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France rallies against police violence after alleged rape of detainee

Thirteen people have been arrested and two police officers were lightly injured following a protest in Paris against police violence.

France

Theo gives thanks for support

The 22-year-old man whose arrest in northern Paris sparked nights of protests across France has thanked his supporters. Theo posted the video message on Facebook after being discharged.

France

Anti-police riots spill over from Paris suburbs into city centre

The riots rocking the suburbs of Paris since early February spilled over onto the streets of the French capital on Wednesday evening.

France

Hollande urges 'respect' in bid to calm Paris suburb violence

“Police, killers” were among the slogans shouted as French President Francois Hollande visited a gritty suburb of Paris on Tuesday as tensions continue to rise over alleged police…

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France

French riots: wounds show no signs of healing soon

Over a decade after the infamous 2005 riots that rocked France, tensions between police and those living on the outskirts of society don't appear to be easing.

France

Unrest over alleged police brutality in Paris continues over weekend

Cars and rubbish bins were set on fire as clashes between rioters and police show no sign of abating.

France

French President visits 'police rape victim'

French President, Francois Hollande has gone to hospital to visit the man known as Theo who police allegedly ‘raped’ with a baton on 2nd February 2017.

World News

Two dozen held amid riots near Paris over alleged police rape

Anger over the alleged rape by police of a young man in a Paris suburb has erupted into violence for a third successive night.

Philippines

Duterte clashes with the Catholic Church

The gloves are off between the president of the Philppines and the Catholic Church as they threaten to come to blows over his hardline war on drugs.

Philippines

Human rights groups slam Philippine's war on drugs

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International call for investigations into the extrajudicial police killings of President Duterte's war on drugs

United Kingdom

UK officers who Tasered their own race relations advisor acted as the public 'expect'

UK police officers who Tasered a prominent civil rights activist acted how “the public expect of them,” said the head of a local police lobby

USA

Damning US Justice Dept report finds Chicago PD 'routinely violated people's rights'

A damning US Justice Department report finds Chicago Police have routinely violated people's rights.

World News

Peru: Tempers flare in protests over road tolls

Tear gas has been fired in Lima, Peru, as police clashed with lorry drivers protesting at road toll charges going up.

USA

Four held over Chicago assault video

Two men and two women are in custody in relation to a violent attack on a man with special needs that was live-streamed on Facebook

Myanmar

Police officers detained in Myanmar over disturbing video

At least four officers have been detained by over footage that appears to show police beating members of the Rohingya Muslim minority

Republic of the Congo

DRC: Clashes in Kinshasa 'kill more than 20'

Clashes in Kinshasa appear to have left more than 20 civilians dead, the UN reports, citing ‘pretty solid information’.

USA

Police shooting case in South Carolina ends in a mistrial

The case of a South Carolina police officer accused of shooting dead an unarmed black man has ended in a mistrial.

Brazil

Anti-government protesters storm Brazil Congress

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Indonesian police fire tear gas at Muslim protesters

Indonesian police fire tear gas and water cannon to disperse hardline Muslims protesters, after tens of thousands rallied to demand the resignation of the Christian governor of the capital, Jakarta, w

Morocco

Fresh protests in Morocco against gruesome death of a fishmonger

Thousands of Moroccans have taken to the streets for a fourth day of protest over the death of Mouhcine Fikri, crushed in a garbage truck after police confiscated his swordfish.