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United Kingdom

UK policeman murder investigation: Police search caravan site

Andrew Harper died after attending the scene in Berkshire, west of London, at around 11.30 pm local time (00.30 CEST) on Thursday, say Thames Valley Police.

16/08/2019

USA

Philadelphia: Suspect in active shooting taken into custody

All six police officers who were shot were released from the hospital, said a spokesman.

15/08/2019

Greece

Greece scraps university sanctuary law banning police from campuses

Greece has scrapped a law that made universities a no-go zone for police — a move critics have blasted as a clampdown on democracy.

09/08/2019

Russia

How heavy-handed are Russian police compared to elsewhere in Europe?

Vladimir Putin, on the back of criticism of Russian police's response to protests in Moscow, says law enforcement is even tougher in the West. Is he right?

09/08/2019

France

French police and protesters clash in Nantes over man's death

The death of 24-year-old Steve Maia Canico in June has once again sparked a debate over police accountability and brutality in France.

03/08/2019

Italy

US teen implicated in policeman murder 'didn't know friend was armed'

The father of a US teen arrested for the murder of an Italian policeman murder said his son didn't know his friend was armed.

01/08/2019

USA

Video shows Oklahoma woman hit with stun gun after kicking officer

The 65-year-old woman refused to sign an $80 ticket for a broken tail light before driving away and resisting arrest, according to the footage.

01/08/2019

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Protesters in fresh clashes with police in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police clashed with protesters outside Kwai Chung police station on Tuesday (July 30) where dozens of protesters are being held.

31/07/2019

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Italy mourns policeman killed, two US teens in jail

Thirty-five-year-old police officer Mario Cerciello Rega was stabbed to death in a central neighbourhood of Rome on Friday, July 26th, while trying to arrest two young American citizens who were charged with the murder.

29/07/2019

Russia

Euroviews. The chilling inaction on domestic violence in Russia is endangering women’s lives ǀ View

Russia has no domestic violence law and does not treat domestic violence as a stand-alone criminal offense. In a dramatic step back in 2017, certain forms of domestic violence were actually decriminalised.

29/07/2019

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Another night of stand-offs and clashes in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police on Sunday used rubber bullets and tear gas canisters to disperse hundreds of protesters from Hong Kong's Sheung Wan district

29/07/2019

Italy

Watch again: Italian policeman mourned in US murder suspect probe

Italian police investigate picture of blindfolded US murder suspect as hundreds gathered to mourn the policeman allegedly murdered by two American teenagers .

29/07/2019

United Kingdom

Army bomb experts sent to Northern Irish town

Police suspect dissident Republican terrorists of planting a viable device to deliberately target police officers.

28/07/2019

Romania

Romania's police chief fired after missing girl killed by kidnapper

The chief of the Romanian police Ioan Buda was fired by the Romanian Interior ministry on Saturday after a series of errors in his police department led to their failure to save a missing girl.

27/07/2019

Russia

Police arrest hundreds of protesters in Moscow

The authorities had banned the protest which was against the exclusion of opposition candidates in local elections but thousands ignored it and defiantly took to the streets.

27/07/2019

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Hong Kong police fire tear gas in clashes with protesters

Hong Kong police have fired tear gas at protesters who defied police warnings not to march in a neighbourhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station.

27/07/2019

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Hundreds of people arrested at Moscow free elections protest

Hundreds of people were arrested as protesters gathered in Moscow on Saturday to demand free and fair elections.

27/07/2019

Spain

Made toupee? Man 'tries to smuggle cocaine under his wig'

Spanish police said he attracted their attention because he looked nervous and had a disproportionately large hairpiece under his hat.

16/07/2019

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French police fire tear gas as protests follow Bastille Day parade

During Sunday's Bastille Day parade in Paris, dozens of yellow vests activists, with yellow balloons and a lot of noise, tried to mix with the audience. Police intervened to keep them away from the parade.

14/07/2019

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Protesters and police clash in Hong Kong after peaceful march

Police used pepper spray and batons to disperse the crowd as fleeing protesters scrambled over each other, with some falling to the ground.

13/07/2019