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BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent), accused of violating COVID-9 regulations by hosting a Press conference at his Borrowdale, Harare home on Thursday, was yesterday released on $20 000 bail. Mliswa, who was represented by Musindo Hungwe, will be back in court on March 4. Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro presided over the case. As part of his bail conditions, Mliswa was ordered not to interfere with State witnesses, to reside at his given address until the matter is finalised, to surrender his passport, not to address a Press conference until the matter is finalised and to report at Borrowdale Police Station every Friday. The State, represented by Charles Muchemwa and Constance Ngombengombe, did not oppose the bail. Hungwe, however, put the State on notice saying he would file for Mliswa's removal from remand on the next remand date. “We believe the charges are politically motivated and we will challenge his continued stay on remand since we believe he committed no offence by gathering essential service providers who are protected by COVID-19 regulations,” Hungwe said. Allegations are that Mliswa posted on his Twitter handle inviting people to attend a Press conference at his house on Thursday. Mliswa then allegedly gathered 22 journalists. Police, acting on a tip off from one Joshua Tigere, stormed Mliswa’s home and found him addressing the journalists, leading to his arrest. Follow Desmond on Twitter @ DChingarande1
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
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As the 2013 presidential election approached, many feared a repeat of the deadly violence that plagued the disputed 2007 race and left about 1,300 dead. Those fears did not play out in the tight race between top contenders Prime Minister Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta, the richest man in the country and the son of Kenyas first president. In the March election, Kenyatta won 50.07% of the vote to Odingas 43.7%, narrowly enough to avoid a runoff. Kenyatta and his deputy president, William Ruto, were two of four men charged by the International Criminal Court in 2012 with crimes against humanity for their roles in the violence that erupted after the 2007 elections.
In Dec. 2013, the International Criminal Court case against President Uhuru Kenyatta experienced a severe blow when the prosecution revealed that they had lost two key witnesses. One witness had given false evidence and another was no longer willing to testify. Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor, said that she needed more time to prepare new evidence. After months of delays, Kenyatta appeared in court in early October 2014 when judges held hearings on how to proceed with the case. Kenyatta is accused of obstructing the ICCs investigation into the violence. He is the first sitting head of state to be brought before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The ICC dropped the charges against Kenyatta in December 2014, citing a lack of evidence. Bensouda accused the government of obstructing the investigation. The trial of Vice President William Ruto will continue.
by Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton, Black Enterprise News Service Over the weekend, in Graham, North Carolina, a Black Lives Matter rally was broken up by police officers who then attacked the crowd of protesters using pepper spray, according to CNN.The “I Am Change” march was intended to be a “march to the polls” in honor of the Black […]
BY BLESSED MHLANGA GOVERNMENT has warned that it will revoke operating licences for bars, nightclubs, restaurants and other business entities caught violating COVID-19 lockdown protocols. Addressing a Press conference in Harare yesterday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said police were worried about businesses which were violating COVID-19 regulations and endangering the lives of many by throwing illegal parties. “My ministry is concerned with bars, nightclubs, restaurants and other business entities who are operating, yet according to Statutory Instrument 10 of 2021 these are banned,” he said. “I have directed the Commissioner-General of Police (Godwin Matanga) to ensure that the law takes its course on any individual, syndicate or business entity contravening COVID-19 regulations.” On allegations that well-to-do individuals were throwing classy parties in upmarket places where COVID-19 regulations were disregarded, Kazembe said investigations were underway and action would soon be taken. “We are well aware of the allegations and that action is yet to be taken does not mean nothing is happening, we are investigating these allegations and those caught on the wrong side of the law will face its full wrath. They also risk losing their licences forever,” he said. The Home Affairs minister also called on police to observe the law while enforcing COVID-19 regulations, saying those caught on the wrong side would be dealt with without fear. “My ministry condemns acts of misconduct by the police officers which tarnish the image of the government and the police in particular,” he said.
BERLIN (AP) — More than 180 police officers raided homes in three German states early Tuesday after the German government banned a far-right group, the interior ministry said. The homes of 11 members of the far-right group Wolfsbrigade 44 were searched in Hesse, Mecklenburg West-Pomerania and North Rhine-Westphalia to confiscate the group's funds and far-right propaganda material, the German news agency dpa reported. 'Whoever fights against the basic values of our free society will get to feel the resolute reaction of our government,' Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said. 'There's no place in this country for an association that sows hatred […]
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New MDHHS Epidemic Order OK's Indoor Group Exercise, Public Transportation, Non-Contact Sports The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services [MDHHS] recently updated its epidemic order today during a press conference to allow re-opening of additional activities where Michiganders can remain masked and socially distanced. The updates includes indoor group exercise and non-contact sports … Continued
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Sergeant Harold Preston was two weeks away from retiring.
Despite the launch of an aggressive Saudi-led campaign on Houthi targets, Houthi rebels continued to gain ground in Yemen throughout 2015. Saudi Arabia led a coalition of Middle East nations in the fight. Egypt sent about 800 ground troops to Yemen in September.
In September, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehlib and his cabinet resigned amid widespread allegations of corruption involving Mehlib and several ministers. The charges include embezzlement and accepting bribes.
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Controversy continues to follow the decision not to charge the Louisville police who shot and killed Breonna Taylor.
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Arthur Robert Ashe Jr., legendary tennis player,human rights activist, and educator, was born on July 10, 1943, in Richmond,Virginia, to Arthur Sr. and Mattie Cunningham Ashe. At the age of four, he began playing tennis atBrook Field, a black-only park where his father worked as caretaker.
Before she died in 1950, Ashe’s mother taught him the importance ofeducation. His father, now a singleparent, sponsored his early development in tennis. Ashe developed into a prodigy in the early 1950sunder his lifelong coach Dr. Walter Johnson, who also trained professionaltennis player and golfer Althea Gibson. In1953, at the age of 10, Ashe won the American Tennis Association’s National Championship for boys 12 years and under. Determined to play in the all-white Junior United States TennisAssociation (USTA), Ashe broke its racial barrier in 1957 when he competed in Marylandboys championships. This led to hisregular inclusion in local summer UTSA tournaments from 1957 to 1960.
In 1960, 17-year-old Ashe first gained national recognition as a high schoolstudent-athlete in Sports Illustrated. The following year he entered theUniversity of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) on a full scholarship. In Ashe’s sophomore year he made the 1963 USDavis Cup team, a feat he repeated from 1964 to 1970 and again in 1975, 1976and 1978. In 1965 Ashe was named the top-ranked amateur player in men’s tennis and, asteam captain, guided the UCLA tennis team t o the NCAA teamchampionship, winning the individual and doubles titles.
From 1966 to 1968, Ashe attended the US MilitaryAcademy at West Point, New York and graduated with the rank of secondlieutenant. In 1969 he first spoke outagainst South African apartheid which he saw as an extension of his fightagainst Jim Crow in the United States. From that date he became one of the most outspoken opponents of apartheid, constantly using his own success to challenge SouthAfrica. In 1973 he forced concessions whichled to his inclusion in the 1973 South African Open.
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narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO, IVAN PEREIRA and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) - A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.29 million people worldwide.…
Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights activist, was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. Cleaver, a child of six, lived in a household where his father abused his mother. The Cleavers moved to Phoenix, Arizona and finally settled in Los Angeles, California where Cleaver spent much of his childhood in and out of reform schools for petty crimes. In 1957, at the age of 22, he was convicted of assault with intent to commit murder and sent first to California’s San Quentin Prison and then transferred to Folsom Prison. As an inmate, Cleaver spent most of his time reading works by Thomas Paine, Voltaire, Karl Marx, and Richard Wright. He was also inspired by the teachings of Malcolm X who was assassinated during his incarceration. Their writings influenced him to write, in prison, a collection of essays on race and the black revolution. Those essays were published as the book Soul on Ice in 1968, two years after his release from prison.
In 1966, Cleaver joined the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense shortly after it was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland. Cleaver became the Partys first information minister. The following year he married fellow Black Panther Party member Kathleen Cleaver. Due to the popularity of Soul on Ice, Cleaver soon became one of the best known Panther leaders, a position enhanced by his 1968 run for U.S. president on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. That same year Cleaver was severely wounded during a shootout between Black Panthers and Oakland police. Facing attempted murder charges, he skipped bail and fled the United States, living in exile in Mexico, Algeria, Cuba, and France.
When Cleaver returned to the U.S. in 1975, he experienced a political transformation. He denounced the Black Panther Party and told the media that he would receive a fair trial in the American legal system. After a long legal fight, the court dropped his attempted murder charge and he was placed on probation for assault.
In the 1980s Cleaver’s political and religious
WESTERN BUREAU: President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), Janet Silvera, is appealing to the Government to provide another stimulus package for seriously impacted businesses and citizens, including displaced tourism...
Four more Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers are facing questioning in relation to Tuesday’s major ganja bust and shootout in St Elizabeth. Two JDF corporals were detained by the police and are facing criminal charges. READ: Busted soldiers...
Editor’s note: This is the Thursday, Feb. 11 edition of the Inside the Dodgers newsletter from reporter J.P. Hoornstra. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Trevor Bauer’s three-year contract with the Dodgers is official. On stage at a press conference in the Dodger Stadium outfield Thursday afternoon, Bauer slipped on a […]
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individuals race, children, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and retaliation for reporting, participating in, and/or opposing a discriminatory practice.[3]
On March 6, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925, which required government contractors to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.[4] It established the Presidents Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity of which then Vice President Lyndon Johnson was appointed to head. This was the forerunner of the EEOC.
The EEOC was established on July 2, 1965; its mandate is specified under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA),[5] the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The EEOCs first complainants were female flight attendants.[6] However, the EEOC at first ignored sex discrimination complaints, and the prohibition against sex discrimination in employment went unenforced for the next few years.[7] One EEOC director called the prohibition a fluke... conceived out of wedlock. [7]
All Commission seats and the post of general counsel to the commission are filled by the US President, subject to confirmation by the Senate.[8] Stuart J. Ishimaru, a Commissioner who was confirmed in 2003 and 2006,[9] served as Acting Chair of the Commission from January 20, 2009 until December 22, 2010, when the Senate confirmed Jacqueline Berrien to be the chairwoman. She had been nominated as chairwoman by President Barack Obama in July 2009.[10] In September 2009, Obama chose Chai Feldblum to fill
An 18-year-old eastern Kingston resident has been charged with murder. \tThe police say Jamarley Palmer otherwise called ‘Ziggy’ of Mountain View Avenue, Kingston 2 has also been charged with conspiracy to murder, and illegal...
With a cigarette in hand Chappelle blew off a little steam.
According to the Associated Press, Juneteenth has officially become a state holiday in Virginia after lawmakers unanimously approved legislation during the Virginia General Assembly special session…
