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Shafaq News
2 days ago
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Iraq sentences Baghdad bomber to death
Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq sentenced a man to death for planting a roadside bomb in Baghdad in 2013, killing one soldier and wounding two others, Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council announced on Sunday. According to the Council, the al-Karkh Criminal Court issued the verdict under Article 4 of the 2005 Anti-Terrorism Law, a statute routinely applied in cases linked to extremist violence. Executions carried out in Iraq are almost exclusively under this provision. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch's latest figures show executions in Iraq nearly quadrupled in 2024, rising from at least 16 to at least 63, placing the country among the world's top enforcers of capital punishment.
Days of Palestine
10-08-2025
- Politics
- Days of Palestine
100K Demonstrate in London in Solidarity with Gaza, 'Palestine Action'
DaysofPal- Over 100 thousand people took to the streets in the British capital, London, today, Saturday, protesting against the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip and in solidarity with the Palestinian people there. The march coincided with a rally called by hundreds of supporters of the 'Defend the Juries' movement, denouncing the criminalization of the 'Palestine Action' group under anti-terrorism laws. Protesters marched toward the British government headquarters, where large police forces were deployed at the solidarity rally with 'Palestine Action,' arresting dozens of participants. Moreover, in Parliament Square, hundreds sat holding signs reading: 'I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.' The British capital's police announced that they had arrested 150 people during the protest outside Parliament in opposition to the decision to ban the movement, stating on the X platform that the arrests came after crowds gathered in Parliament Square waving banners in support of 'Palestine Action.' Among those present were dozens of elderly citizens, including people with disabilities, who defied the law and expressed readiness to be arrested. One participant told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed: 'I am here today because I am against the genocide in Gaza and against criminalizing protests against it. Our government should be ashamed of itself, and we will stand here until the genocide stops and our government's complicity ends.' Parliament Square has been witnessing heightened tensions in what is considered the largest act of civil disobedience against the anti-terrorism law, where the British police arrested several participants. The British government banned the movement under the Anti-Terrorism Law in early July after activists targeted two Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton on June 20, spraying them with red paint, an act that 'caused damage estimated at around seven million pounds sterling,' according to the UK Home Office. Shortlink for this post:
Shafaq News
13-06-2025
- Shafaq News
Iraqi intelligence captures 5 ISIS militants in Nineveh
Shafaq News/ Iraq's Military Intelligence Directorate announced, on Thursday, the arrest of five ISIS members in the Qayyarah subdistrict of Nineveh province. The directorate stated that intelligence units from the 16th Division, in coordination with the 75th Infantry Brigade and other security and intelligence agencies, apprehended the suspects, who are wanted under Article 4/1 of the Anti-Terrorism Law. The operation was carried out based on precise intelligence and close field monitoring. The arrests followed a series of well-planned ambushes, in coordination with the Intelligence Section of the Nineveh Operations Command.
The National
01-05-2025
- Politics
- The National
Jordan jails four for 20 years over plans to 'target national security'
A Jordanian court sentenced four people to 20 years in prison on Wednesday over plans to "target national security", after a plot was uncovered last month. The four people were convicted of the "possession of explosives, weapons and ammunition with the intent to use them illegally and commit acts that would disrupt public order and threaten social safety and security, in violation of the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law", Jordan's State Security Court said in a statement. It comes weeks after the kingdom foiled an armed plot against the kingdom's securityby members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The court statement did not specify whether the four people jailed were members of the group, but said the ruling was part of a "broader case involving 16 defendants". The four were arrested in 2023 after the authorities seized weapons and explosives, it added. Jordan's intelligence service announced on April 15 that it had foiled a plot against the kingdom and arrested 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on suspicion of manufacturing rockets and possessing explosives. Last week, authorities banned any political activities related to the Muslim Brotherhood and closed its offices. The group said it had "no link" to those arrested and that the people involved in the plot carried out "individual actions, within the context of supporting the resistance". The group operates in Jordan under the banner of the Islamic Action Front, a religious party that has played a significant role in organising demonstrations in support of Gaza. The party made gains in Jordan's parliamentary elections in September last year, adding 24 seats to the eight it already held, raising its share of seats to one fifth of the assembly. Official TV reported that Ibrahim Mohammad, one of the 16 arrested, was a "primary" instigator of the plot. He is said to have come up with the plan of making missiles and arranged for two members to visit Lebanon and receive training.
Arab News
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Jordan jails 4 for 20 years in case linked to Muslim Brotherhood
AMMAN: A Jordanian court sentenced four people to 20 years in prison on Wednesday over plans to 'target national security,' in a case linked to the recently outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Earlier in April, the kingdom's intelligence service announced it had arrested 16 suspects and 'foiled plans aimed at targeting national security, sowing chaos and sabotaging within Jordan.' Jordan then announced last week that it was banning the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Islamist movement, accusing it of manufacturing and stockpiling weapons and planning to destabilize the kingdom. On Wednesday, Jordan's state security court said in a statement that it had sentenced four of the 16 defendants to 20-year jail terms and unspecified fines. The four were convicted of 'possession of explosives, weapons and ammunition with the intent to use them illegally and commit acts that would disrupt public order and threaten social safety and security, in violation of the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law,' it said. The statement did not specify whether they were members of the Muslim Brotherhood, but state television had previously broadcast what it described as confessions from three of the 16 suspects admitting they were members of the Islamist group. The Brotherhood later issued a statement distancing itself from the individuals and saying they acted on their own motives. Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya announced on April 23 that the government had decided to 'ban all activities of the so-called Muslim Brotherhood and to consider any activity (carried out by it) a violation of the provisions of the law.' The Muslim Brotherhood has continued to operate in Jordan despite a ruling by the country's top court dissolving it in 2020, with authorities turning a blind eye to its activities.
