MH17: Three guilty as court finds Russia-controlled group downed airliner
A Dutch court has found three men guilty of murder for shooting down a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people.
The court found that a Russian-made missile supplied from Russia and fired by an armed group under Russian control brought down flight MH17.
The men - two Russians and one Ukrainian - were found guilty in absentia and sentenced to life in jail. A third Russian was acquitted.
The missile attack was one of the most notorious war crimes in Ukraine before allegations of atrocities there became an almost daily reality.
Many of the victims' relatives believe if the world had reacted differently, and taken a tougher stance against Russia eight years ago, the invasion of Ukraine and the geopolitical instability that has followed could have been avoided.
The school with 18,000 students: educating the Philippines’ booming population
Rebecca Ratcliffe and Guill Ramos in Manila
The Philippines young population and changing demographics could present crucial new opportunities for economic growth
At Batasan Hills National High School in the Philippines, every inch of space is used meticulously. Classrooms have been divided in half to make way for extra groups of students and there are designated entry points and passing lanes to accommodate the crowds in between lessons. Even the space under the staircases is not wasted: it’s here, below the sloped ceiling, with no natural light, that teachers cram together to plan lessons and hold faculty meetings.
It’s not, however, enough to fully accommodate the intake of 18,638 students, so instead, the school has resorted to running two shifts, with some students starting class at 6am, while others study from the afternoon until 7.20pm. Other classes are held online.
Court sentences far-right German over extremist letters
The convicted man wrote over 80 threatening letters to women in public life, including lawyers, politicians and journalists, between 2000 and 2007. He will serve a sentence of nearly six years for penning the messages.
A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison by a regional court for sending over 80 threatening letters to public figures.
The presiding judge, Corinna Distler, found the Berlin resident guilty of a number of offenses including public incitement to commit a crime, threats, insulting insult, coercion, disturbing the public peace and incitement to hatred.
The Public Prosecutor's Office had demanded a prison sentence of seven years and six months.
Banned FIFA official Warner loses extradition appeal, vows to fight on
Banned former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has lost his appeal against extradition to the United States but has vowed to fight on against corruption charges.
Warner, one of the members of FIFA's executive committee who voted to hand Qatar the hosting rights to the 2022 World Cup, was once one of the game's key powerbrokers.
The verdict by the Privy Council in London, Trinidad and Tobago's highest court of appeal, opens the way to Warner being extradited over seven years after the U.S issued an extradition order.
Children among dead as Iran sees large protests, strikes
Authorities in Iran are dealing with a three-day surge in protests as the West ramps up pressure over human rights concerns.
At least two children are among more than a dozen people killed during the latest surge in protests across Iran, which have taken place on the anniversary of a previous round of protests three years ago.
Numerous cities across Iran saw chaotic scenes on Tuesday and Wednesday, the first two of three days of protests and strikes which were called online to mark the November 2019 protests, when hundreds were killed amid an internet blackout.
The deadliest incident took place on Wednesday night in Izeh in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, where at least seven people were killed in an incident that some users online blamed on the state and authorities blamed on unknown assailants.
Female migrant workers speak out about harassment in Qatar’s World Cup hotels
As Hope* arrived to start her cleaning shift, her eyes anxiously scanned the room. If she spotted him, her heart sank. She might spend the next eight hours dodging his requests for a date, for a kiss, for more than that.
Over an 18-month period from mid-2020, Hope’s male supervisor at the hotel in Qatar where she was employed repeatedly sexually propositioned her, she says. When she refused his advances, he gave her extra housekeeping work for no additional pay.
“I was feeling low,” she says on the phone from her home in Kenya, where she returned at the start of this year after her contract in Qatar came to an end. “Because when someone tells you such things, you ask yourself: ‘why is he taking advantage of you?’”
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