On 28 November 2025, there will be a presentation of the monograph “Wartime Crisis Mode: The Impact of Russia’s Aggression on the System of Social Control in Ukraine (Crime, Institutes, and Trust in Criminal Justice)” We cordially invite all experts in the fields of criminal law, criminology, sociology, political science, and other areas and disciplines…
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US President Trump Orders Military to Prepare for Potential Action in Nigeria
US President Donald Trump has directed the military to prepare for possible action in Nigeria, citing the government’s alleged failure to protect Christians from Islamist militant groups. While Trump did not specify which incidents prompted his statement, allegations of genocide against Nigerian Christians have been circulating in some right-wing US circles in recent weeks. However,…
Russia Is Deploying a Network of Total Surveillance: From the Subway to Bank Correspondence
Russia is rapidly expanding its digital surveillance infrastructure, intensifying control over its citizens’ physical and online lives. This pervasive system, often justified under the guise of security, is seen by many as establishing a “digital Gulag” – a mechanism for total societal control. Key Developments in Surveillance:
Europol: Bosnians Among Mercenaries Wanted for Ukraine War Crimes
Bosnian citizens are among 654 alleged members of Russian mercenary companies Wagner and Redut suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, said the European police agency Europol. On October 31, 2025, the European police agency Europol said that an unnamed number of citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina who allegedly fought with Russian ‘private military companies’…
Brazil: At Least 64 Killed in Major Rio Drugs Raid
The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil’s recent history, with human rights organisations calling for investigations into the deaths. A massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday sparked shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, officials said. The operation included officers…
Sweden Plans to Establish Prisons for Young People Aged 13 and Above
In Sweden, offenders as young as 13 will be placed in youth prisons starting next summer. Some time ago, the government commissioned the National Prison and Probation Service to create sections in prisons for 15- to 17-year-olds who have committed serious crimes. This task is now being expanded to include 13- and 14-year-olds, according to…
France: Two Men Arrested Over Theft of Jewels at Louvre Museum
Two suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum.The Paris prosecutor’s office said one of the men had been taken into custody as he was preparing to take a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the world’s most-visited museum last…
Ukraine: 663 Strikes on Populated Areas in the Zaporizhzhia region in 24 hours: Consequences Documented by the Police
On 25 October 2025, Russian occupiers used 414 UAVs (mostly FPV), carried out 5 air strikes and 238 artillery strikes, and fired 6 times from multiple launch rocket systems. The enemy shelled Yurkivka in Zaporizhzhia, Stepnogorsk, Plavni, Stepove in Vasylivka, as well as Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Novodanilivka, Mala Tokmachka, Shcherbaky, Novoandriivka, Charivne, Bilohirya, Uspenivka, Chervone, Malynivka,…
Shelling of Kyiv on 26 October 2025: Ukraine’s National Police Keeps Documenting the Aftermath of the Shelling of the Capital
Two dead and thirteen injured: police continue to document the aftermath of the hostile shelling of the capital that took place on 26 October 2025. In addition to a 36-year-old man whose body was recovered from the rubble in the Desnianskyi district, a 58-year-old man was killed in the same district and was taken to…
Georgia: Police Detained Around 20 Protesters
The solidarity rally for jailed journalists was held amid steady stream of detentions in recent days, and turned tense when demonstrators again blocked Rustaveli Avenue, the city’s main thoroughfare. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detainees were arrested under administrative law for attempting to obstruct traffic illegally. A young woman who reportedly climbed…