Description
Added on the 02/02/2021 07:11:31 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Turkish police set up a heavy presence outside Istanbul's Caglayan Courthouse after an armed attack on a security checkpoint, in which a man and a woman were shot dead by officers. According to a government minister, the pair belonged to a leftist "terrorist" organisation and several police officers and citizens were injured. IMAGES
Moscow (Russia), Feb 20 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Yury Kochetkov) The Moscow Court on Saturday rejected the appeal of the 3.5 years in prison to which Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni was sentenced in 2014, in a trial described as "arbitrary" by the European Court of Human Rights.FOOTAGE OF ALEXEY NAVALNY'S LAWYERS, VADIM KOBZEV AND OLGA MIKHAILOVA, APPEARING BEFORE THE MEDIA IN FRONT OF THE BABUSHKINSKY DISTRICT COURT IN MOSCOW.
A Moscow appeal court has upheld a prison sentence imposed on chief Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after he returned to Russia from Germany last month. Judge Dmitry Balashov rejected Navalny's appeal of the February 2 ruling, which turned a 2014 suspended sentence on embezzlement charges into real jail time. IMAGES
Russia actor Pavel Ustinov leaves a courthouse in Moscow after it overturned on Monday his prison sentence, giving him instead a one-year suspended sentence, in a case that has sparked protests and a major solidarity campaign. IMAGES
Heavy police presence is seen on Broadway outside Columbia University's campus, raising fears of a clash with student protesters as administrators struggle to contain pro-Palestinian demonstrations. IMAGES