US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds
Law enforcement responses to more than 13,000 protests show a clear disparity in responses, new statistics show
Police in the United States are three times more likely to use force against leftwing protesters than rightwing protesters, according to new data from a non-profit that monitors political violence around the world.
In the past 10 months, US law enforcement agencies have used teargas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and beatings at a much higher percentage at Black Lives Matter demonstrations than at pro-Trump or other rightwing protests.
Law enforcement officers were also more likely to use force against leftwing demonstrators, whether the protests remained peaceful or not.
Navalny facing three-year jail term upon return to Russia, says lawyer
Navalny was poisoned with novichok in a suspected FSB attack last year
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny faces three and a half years in jail upon his return to Russia, his lawyer has claimed.
Mr Navalny fell into a coma onboard a flight from Siberia to Moscow last year, after he was poisoned with novichok in a suspected FSB attack.
Russia's opposition leader was transferred to a hospital in Germany for treatment on 22 August and has remained in the country ever since.
Ugandans vote in contested presidential election
Bobi Wine, a 38-year-old musician, is the frontrunner among the 10 opposition candidates looking to replace Yoweri Museveni, who is seeking a sixth term. The 76-year-old clams Wine is backed by foreign interests.
A 38-year-old musician-turned-politician is looking to unseat Uganda's longtime-president, Yoweri Museveni, as the country headed to the polls on Thursday.
The Associated Press reported that there were long lines of people queuing in Kampala to cast their ballots in the election.
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia, Azerbaijan ‘violated laws of war’
Amnesty says rival sides attacked civilian areas, as it called on both countries to investigate use of ‘inaccurate’ weapons.
Azerbaijan and Armenia violated international humanitarian law in recent fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, Amnesty International has said, as the rights group accused both sides of indiscriminately killing civilians.
In a report published on Thursday, it said there was “clear evidence” Armenian and Azeri troops had repeatedly attacked residential areas far from the front lines in last year’s six-week-long conflict, noting weapons including cluster munitions were used.
Black mothers in the UK are four times more likely to die in childbirth than their White counterparts. Little is being done to find out why
Updated 1053 GMT (1853 HKT) January 14, 2021
When pharmacist Ifeoma Onwuka, known to her friends as Laura, went into hospital to have her daughter, she and her husband hoped the delivery would go smoothly, and that they would soon be able to take their new arrival home to meet her siblings.
Past Covid-19 infection may provide 'months of immunity'
By Smitha Mundasad
Health reporter
Most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least five months, a study led by Public Health England shows.
Past infection was linked to around a 83% lower risk of getting the virus, compared with those who had never had Covid-19, scientists found.
But experts warn some people do catch Covid-19 again - and can infect others.
And officials stress people should follow the stay-at-home rules - whether or not they have had the virus.
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