Tag: Rhineland-Palatinate
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At least ten deaths after police used Taser in Germany: Introduction in further federal states to come
Five German states are using ‘distance electro-pulse devices’ in patrol duty, with more to follow. The Federal Police are also trialling their introduction in Berlin. In Germany, the police have been using Tasers since the turn of the millennium, but…
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US military stockpiles cluster munitions in Germany, which thus could be in breach of the Oslo Convention
According to a media report, the US army is stockpiling cluster munitions for Ukraine in a depot in Rhineland-Palatinate. But the Oslo Agreement, however, probits transport through and storage in Germany. The US Army stores cluster munitions in the Miesau…
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Turmoil over Budapest antifa trial: Italy summons Hungarian ambassador, Meloni calls Orbán
In the “Day of Honor” trial, the Italian defendant was led into the courtroom in Budapest in chains. The heads of state are said to have spoken on the phone afterwards. There is also news about the German secret service.…
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Church asylum in Germany defended: Deportation of Syrian refugee stopped
A German foreigners authority wanted to deport a Syrian to Malta. 150 people therefore protested at the site of his sanctuary in a church in Darmstadt. The Mainz-Bingen foreigners authority from Rhineland-Palatinate stopped the deportation of 35-year-old Syrian Abderrahman G.…
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Focus in Saxony: Germany-wide again significantly more right-wing extremist marches
Most recently, 400 people celebrated the attack on refugees at a demonstration in Sebnitz The political gatherings organized from the right-wing scene in Germany have tripled compared to the previous year. In the first half of 2022, 35 Nazi marches…
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End of Berlin model project: Politicians, police dispute about tasers
Since the turn of the millennium, German special forces have been equipped with “distance electric pulse devices”, and more and more states now allow them in patrol duty. Within three years, six people died in Germany after being shot. The…