War on Gaza: Israeli troops withdraw from al-Shifa hospital, leaving piles of dead bodiesGaza's civil defence put the figure of those killed at around 300. The army said it conducted its raid without harming civilians and medical personnel, but medical organisations and eyewitnesses have strongly rejected the claim. The World Health Organisation said at least 21 patients died during the siege. Survivors told Middle East Eye that scores of civilians were killed during the fortnight-long siege.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-troops-withdraw-al-shifa-leaving-pile-dead-bodiesIsraeli parliament passes law paving the way for Al Jazeera closureThe law, which passed in a 70-10 vote in the Knesset, gives the prime minister and the communications minister the authority to order the closure of foreign networks operating in Israel and confiscate their equipment if it is believed they pose “harm to the state’s security”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/1/israeli-pm-netanyahu-revives-push-to-shut-down-al-jazeerahttps://archive.is/CiwcV SOHR: ISIS executed 14 Syrian soldiers, including two officers The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that ISIS cells continue their executions of soldiers, the majority of whom are from the regime troops, in various areas in the Syrian desert as part of the dangerous escalation of the cells during the recent period.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/sohr-isis-executed-14-syrian-soldiers-including-two-officers-72518Thai court acquits dozens who shut down Bangkok airports in 2008The Bangkok Criminal Court ruled on Friday that the so-called “Yellow Shirt” protests, which opposed a government headed by allies of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, were protected under the constitution because they were peaceful and the protesters were unarmed, according to local media and one of the defendants.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/29/thai-court-acquits-dozens-who-shut-down-bangkok-airports-in-2008https://archive.is/VNlr0Pakistani court suspends sentence for ex-PM Khan and wife in a graft case but couple won’t be freedThe court ordered the release of the couple on bail but under the country’s laws Khan and his wife won’t be freed because Bibi is serving a prison term in another case and Khan has been convicted and sentenced in multiple cases.
https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-court-suspends-corruption-sentence-imran-khan-e7b46e43aca447c045633070ac3d84c6Indian court sends top opposition leader to prison until April 15A COURT in India placed a top opposition leader in two weeks of judicial detention today after the expiration of a 10-day stint in the custody of a federal agency.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/indian-court-sends-top-opposition-leader-prison-until-april-15‘Poison portal’: US and UK could send nuclear waste to Australia under Aukus, inquiry toldNew laws to establish a safety framework for Australia’s planned nuclear-powered submarines could also allow the US and UK to send waste here, while both of those countries are struggling to deal with their own waste, as no long-term, high-level waste facilities have been created.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/poison-portal-us-and-uk-could-send-nuclear-waste-to-australia-under-aukus-inquiry-toldTelegram suspension in Spain: ‘It’s like closing a province because a robbery occurred there’Telegram is the subject of a legal dispute in Spain. Spanish media firms — including Mediaset, Atresmedia and Movistar Plus — filed a lawsuit against the instant messaging app for its alleged unauthorized use of copyright-protected audiovisual content and requested that it be suspended as a precautionary measure. On Friday, Judge Santiago Pedraz from Spain’s high court, the Audiencia Nacional, agreed to suspend Telegram, while the probe into the allegations is carried out.
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-03-24/telegram-suspension-in-spain-its-like-closing-a-province-because-a-robbery-occurred-there.htmlShell's legal action against Greenpeace labelled ‘intimidation lawsuit’ by supportersLEGAL action against environment campaign Greenpeace by energy profiteer Shell has been labelled an “intimidation lawsuit” in a letter supported by more than 100,000 people. Supporters include more than 30 public figures such as Stephen Fry, Benedict Cumberbatch and Greta Thunberg, and organisations like Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/shells-legal-action-against-greenpeace-labelled-intimidation-lawsuit-supportersFrance to send old armoured vehicles, new missiles to UkraineHe said France was looking at providing hundreds of VAB (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) front-line troop carriers in 2024 and early 2025. France's army is gradually replacing its thousands of VABs, which first went into operation in the late 1970s, with a new multi-role troop carrier.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-send-old-armoured-vehicles-new-missiles-ukraine-2024-03-31/