Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International

21 April 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe GERMANY: The comic Jan Böhmermann, who broadcast a satirical anti-Erdogan poem on TV, has been put under police protection.  Chancellor Merkel has agreed that he is to be prosecuted under an old and little-used law – “insulting a foreign head of state” – which needs the approval… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International

Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Pakistan’s Own Goals(Neil Tidmarsh)

21 April 2016 Pakistan’s Own Goals Security and intelligence in Karachi and Islamabad. by Neil Tidmarsh This week, the judge in a terrorism trial in Karachi called upon an explosives expert from the police to explain a technical detail to the court.  Officer Abid Ali enthusiastically obliged, even bringing a hand-grenade with him as a… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Pakistan’s Own Goals(Neil Tidmarsh)

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