On 28 April, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon signed into law a Decree imposing the Procedure for burying the bodies of terrorists neutralised in the course of a counterterrorism operation. In the regime’s parlour, this means the bodies of those killed and/or assassinated. The new procedure denies the families of those killed in what the regime calls anti-terrorism operations the possibility of burying the dead in a place they want, knowing where the dead are buried, investigating how the death occurred, and burying the dead with the religious or other rites the dead or the family would have chosen.
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Police officers injured in wake of Southport’s deadly stabbing attack
Police officers have been injured in disorder outside a Southport mosque – with the chaos erupting in the wake of a knife attack that left three girls dead in the Merseyside town. A crowd of men, many wearing masks and hoodies, were embroiled in a running battle with officers outside the mosque on Tuesday evening.
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Typhoon Haikui hits Taiwan
Two people have been injured and nearly 10,000 homes left without power as Typhoon Haikui made landfall in Taiwan. The two injured people were traveling in a van when a tree fell on the vehicle.
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Ukrainian top military commanders continue to defend Bakhmut
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his top military commanders have pledged to continue defending the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut in the face of intense Russian pressure. Moscow has targeted the embattled Donbas city with heavy shelling in a three-sided assault, but its forces have been unable to deliver a knockout blow which would enable them to seize it and finish off the resistance.
