Russians throng to display of Western ‘trophy’ tanks captured in Ukraine
Reuters Western tanks and military hardware captured by Russian forces in Ukraine went on display in Moscow on Wednesday at an exhibition the Russian military said showed Western help would not stop it winning the war. Long queues of people formed on what was a sunny May Day public holiday at the entrance to the […]
Canada sends armoured vehicles to Haiti to fight gang violence
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canada delivered armoured vehicles to Haiti on Wednesday to help combat criminal gangs as the Caribbean nation faces a humanitarian crisis, the Canadian foreign ministry said. Canadian military aircraft made the delivery to the Haitian National Police in the capital Port-au-Prince, it added. Police escort a tanker truck carrying fuel after distribution […]
Ukraine says Russia plans new mobilisation to “turn tide of war”
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia was planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive, even as Moscow was facing some of its biggest internal criticism of the war over a strike that killed scores of fresh conscripts. Kyiv has been saying for weeks that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans […]
Smaller protests in Myanmar as junta deploys more troops, armoured vehicles
Reuters Protesters in Myanmar kept up demands on Monday for the release of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and an end to military rule despite the deployment of armoured vehicles and more soldiers on the streets. Suu Kyi, detained since a 1st February coup against her elected government, had been expected to face […]
Armoured vehicles deployed to major Myanmar cities after mass protests
Reuters Security forces in Myanmar opened fire to disperse protesters at a power plant on Sunday and armoured vehicles rolled into major cities as the new army rulers faced a ninth day of anti-coup demonstrations that saw hundreds of thousands on the streets. As well as mass protests around the country, the military rulers were […]
Essay: Militarisation has fostered a policing culture that sets up protesters as ‘the enemy’
Former US police officer and now a visiting associate professor of sociology at Emmanuel College in Boston, TOM NOLAN looks, in an article first published on The Conversation, says police culture in the US appears to be stuck in an “us vs them” mentality…