Exclusive: Iranian footballer is among dozens facing execution while the West is distracted by Christmas, supporters fear
Shahid Alikhani square is a nondescript part of the historic Iranian city of Isfahan. Its sole claim to prominence is the grand entrance to one of the city’s main metro stations.
But now it has become a place of pilgrimage for supporters of the high-profile Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani who fear the young man could be executed in the square, where an execution platform has been installed, a witness close to Nasr-Azadani in Iran told CNN.
Terrified Iranian families believe that while the Western world is preoccupied with Christmas celebrations, a wave of executions in the country is imminent following the recent protests that have swept the country following the death in September of Mahsa Amini, a young woman detained by Iran’s notorious morality police for being accused of improperly wearing her hijab.
Thai police raid former Tesco clothing supplier at centre of sweatshop claims
VK Garment factory in Mae Sot is subject of a UK lawsuit against the supermarket from 130 ex-workers
Thai police have raided a clothing factory previously used by Tesco that is the subject of a UK lawsuit over alleged sweatshop conditions.
The Guardian revealed earlier this week that Burmese workers who produced F&F jeans for Tesco in Thailand reported being trapped in, in effect, forced labour, working 99-hour weeks for illegally low pay in appalling conditions.
Thailand’s deputy national police chief, Gen Surachet Hakparn, personally led a raid at the VK Garment factory (VKG) in Mae Sot on Tuesday. With a team of senior police and labour officials, they checked VKG’s working conditions and interviewed workers.
Spain's prosecutors drop Melilla migrant deaths probe
Prosecutors investigating the tragic death of at least 23 people say there was no evidence of misconduct by Spanish guards.
Spain's public prosecutor on Friday closed an investigation into the June deaths of at least 23 migrants who had tried to storm a Spanish enclave from Morocco.
"It cannot be concluded that the conduct of the [Spanish] security officers involved increased the threat to the life and well-being of the immigrants, so no charge of reckless homicide can be brought," the public prosecutor said in a statement.
The statement added that the migrants were "hostile and violent," and that Spanish security forces had "no reason to believe that there were people at risk who required help.''
Clashes erupt in Paris after deadly attack at Kurdish centre
Clashes erupted in Paris on Friday as shocked members of the Kurdish community in Paris demanded justice after a deadly shooting attack killed three people at a Kurdish cultural centre.
A 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested. The suspect, a retired train driver, was deliberately seeking out foreigners, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.But he added that it was "not certain" that the man was aiming to kill "Kurds in particular".
As evening fell, riot police fired teargas to push back an angry crowd a short distance from the scene of the shootings as projectiles were thrown at officers, rubbish bins and restaurant tables overturned and at least one car damaged.
China’s foreign minister warns US not to cross its ‘red line’
Wang Yi accuses the US of ‘salami slicing’ tactics and ‘bullying’ in a call with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The United States must stop its “old routine of unilateral bullying”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a telephone call.
Wang on Friday accused the US of trying to suppress China’s development. Washington must pay attention to Beijing’s legitimate concerns, he said, warning the US against trying to challenge China’s red lines using “salami slicing” tactics.
He was referring to the practice of using a series of small actions to achieve a much larger result that would be difficult to accomplish with a single large action.
Killing of artist brothers shatters Mexico City’s veneer of safety
Grisly discovery rocks capital, an oasis of tentative calm in a country that saw more than 35,000 murders last year
The two brothers’ bodies were found in a cellar, bound hand and foot, their heads wrapped in packing tape. Their elderly uncle, who had also been murdered, lay nearby.
The grisly discovery, announced by authorities on Sunday, has rocked Mexico City, piercing the veneer of relative safety that has long characterised the capital, an oasis of tentative calm in a country awash with violence.
Ravaged by powerful cartels battling for control of territory, as well as a justice system marred by corruption and malfeasance, Mexico saw more than 35,000 murders last year.
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