Violence against women has many faces. During National Socialism, it ranged from the SS-Lebensbornheimen to mass rapes at the end of the war. What survival strategies did the women find, what messages did they pass on to the next generations? A conversation with the writer Ulrike Draesner, who makes the unsaid audible in her novel "Die Verwandten".From Antje WeberEscape, violence, exile - these are the themes that have been on Ulrike Draesner's mind for a long time. The writer, who...
extremism Federal Public Prosecutor: Many "Reich citizens" ready to use violence During a large-scale anti-terror raid on December 7, 2022, so-called Reich citizens were arrested. photo © Jochen Lübke/dpa/symbol image The authorities assume that there are around 23,000 "Reich citizens" in Germany. A large proportion of them would express their fantasies of violence more freely than before, says Attorney General Peter Frank. After the large-scale anti-terrorist raid against so-called Reich citizens on December 7, the federal prosecutor's office is looking...
police violence Sixth police officer fired after Tire Nichols' death Another police officer was fired after the death of black Tire Nichols. photo © Gerald Herbert/AP/dpa He is the youngest victim of American police violence: Tire Nichols succumbed to his injuries inflicted by several police officers. Another officer has now been suspended. After the violent death of Black Tire Nichols in the United States, the Memphis, Tennessee state police have fired another officer. The ex-policeman violated several internal regulations, the...
Status: 04.02.2023 03:30 a.m In Haiti, the state largely exists only on paper. In the capital, Port-au-Prince, criminal gangs have taken control of individual districts. Kidnapping and sexualized violence characterize everyday life. By Anne Demmer, ARD Studio Mexico City When Joel Janus wants to drive through Haiti's capital, Port-au-Price, he rarely knows how far he's going. Burning roadblocks regularly prevent people from continuing their journey. They can sometimes no longer move back and forth between the individual districts that are...
Status: 03.02.2023 2:51 p.m In the fight against the spread of depictions of sexualised violence against children, investigators have shut down three platforms on the dark web. Several suspects have been arrested. Bavarian investigators have struck a blow against operators of platforms on the Darknet, on which recordings of sexualized violence against children are said to have been distributed. The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) and the Central Office for Cybercrime in Bamberg announced that several suspects had been...
Status: 03.02.2023 12:26 p.m In the fight against the spread of depictions of sexualised violence against children, investigators have shut down three platforms on the dark web. Several suspects have been arrested. Bavarian investigators have struck a blow against operators of platforms on the Darknet, on which recordings of sexualized violence against children are said to have been distributed. The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) and the Central Office for Cybercrime in Bamberg announced that several suspects had been...
The couple of octogenarians found dead on Wednesday at their home in Salon-de-Provence in the Bouches-du-Rhône were indeed killed, the public prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence certified to AFP on Thursday."The criminal trail is confirmed," explained Jean-Luc Blachon. "Findings on the spot and the autopsy showed that the people died as a result of multiple blows from sharp and blunt objects to the head, face and skull," he said.The hypothesis of a burglaryFor the moment, the investigation entrusted to the judicial police...
STORY: Wednesday in Memphis, Tennessee. Memorial service for black man Tire Nichols and all the other victims of police violence, such as George Floyd, who died brutally in 2020. At the commemoration, calls for policing reform in the United States grew louder again. Among the invited guests was US Vice President Kamala Harris: “As Vice President of the United States, I demand that Congress pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Joe Biden will sign it." Tire's mother joined...
police violence in the United States Call for reforms at Tire Nichols funeral Civil rights activist Al Sharpton (l) and US Vice President Kamala Harris attend the funeral service for Tire Nichols. photo © Andrew Nelles/Pool The Tennessean/AP/dpa Many people in the United States are mourning the violent death of African American Tire Nichols. There are also political demands. Vice President Harris urges police reform. At a funeral service in the US city of Memphis, hundreds of people commemorated the...
By Le Figaro with AFP Posted 1 hour ago, Update 35 minutes ago Bicycles and scooters, boulevard Haussmann in Paris, January 31, 2023. Francois BOUCHON / Le Figaro A total of 3,260 people died on the roads of France last year, a figure that is stable compared to 2021. A total of 3,260 people died on the roads of France metropolitan in 2022, a balance sheet at a stable level (+0.5%) compared to 2019, the last reference year before the...
