The Department of Homeland Security detained a New York City Council employee during an immigration appointment on Monday, leading to outrage from Mayor Zohran Mamdani. DHS says the migrant, 53-year-old Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, overstayed on a 2017 tourist visa. They also say he was arrested in an assault case. Mamdani and other city leaders […]
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Court orders detention of Zelensky’s fugitive associate in Ukraine’s biggest corruption case
Businessman Timur Mindich, a former business partner of President Volodymyr Zelensky, fled Ukraine before the court considered the motion. – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com This article is taken based on Law no. 8/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news […]
Protesters demand release of draftees in Vinnytsia, break into detention facility
The online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported that hundreds of protesters joined the rally, while police put the number at 80. The police then arrested some of the demonstrators. – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com This article is taken based on Law no. 8/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can […]
Swamp games: Inside Noem’s controversial ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention strategy
In the middle of directing the most underwhelming deportation effort in modern American history, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has now decided to play swamp games. Literally. Rather than investing in a durable, institutional enforcement backbone capable of sustaining President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mandate, Noem is shoveling detention funds into a pop-up project in […]
Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko released after four years of Russian detention
Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was released on June 20 after more than four years of detention in Russian-occupied Crimea, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported. Yesypenko, a freelance contributor to Crimea.Realities, a regional project of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, reported on various issues in Crimea before being detained by Russia’s FSB in March 2021. He was accused […]
Ukrainian court orders detention of ex-deputy head of President’s Office during corruption probe
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court on May 5 ordered former deputy head of the President’s Office Andrii Smyrnov into pretrial detention until May 22 as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged large-scale corruption, according to a Suspilne correspondent present in the courtroom. The court granted prosecutors’ request in part, setting bail at Hr 18 million […]
General accused of botching Kharkiv defense released from detention facility, lawyer says
The Kyiv Court of Appeal has released Lieutenant General Artur Horbenko from a detention facility and placed him under house arrest until March 20, online newspaper Ukrainian Pravda reported on Feb. 27, citing his lawyer Maksym Tkhorivsky. Horbenko, along with General Yurii Halushkin and Colonel Illia Lapin, was arrested on Jan. 21 on charges of […]