Category: General

Trial opens of four accused of killing Sudan policeman

Published by Al-Araby The trial of four people accused offatally stabbing a senior police officer during anti-coup protests in Sudan opened in the capital Khartoum on Sunday, an AFP correspondent said. The judge ordered an investigation into allegations the four had been tortured in custody and adjourned the court until June 12, according to the correspondent. General Ali Bareema was

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Israeli soldier deliberately shot Al Jazeera reporter, Palestinian official says

Published by Reuters UK By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -The Palestinian Authority said on Thursday its investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh showed that she was shot by an Israeli soldier in a “deliberate murder”. Israel angrily denied the accusation and said it was continuing its own investigations into the death of Abu

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Al Jazeera TV to refer killing of its journalist to ICC – statement

Published by Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV Network will refer the killing of its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), it said in a televised statement on Thursday. Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera reporter, was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on May

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PA says its probe proves Israel killed Shireen Abu Akleh

Published by Al-Araby ThePalestinian Authority released results of its probe into the murder of Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, shortly after the US said it was never formally invited to the investigation into her killing. The Palestinian Authority’s attorney general said on Thursday that its investigation shows an Israeli soldier shot the Al Jazeera journalist in a targeted killing in

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