Posts Tagged ‘ruptly’

Over 200 injured, Ruptly cameraman attacked as Palestinians & Israeli police clash near Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem

Massive clashes broke out between the Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers who took to Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, as tensions over the pending eviction of some Palestinian families boiled over at the end of Ramadan. At least 205 Palestinians were injured in clashes with police across Jerusalem on Friday, including near the Al-Aqsa mosque, the Palestinian […]

Ruptly crew caught in tear gas as French police crack down on environmental squatters (VIDEO)

RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij, reporting from the thick of the action, said at times it felt like the “sky was raining tear gas.” She said that her colleagues from Ruptly video agency were caught in clouds of the gas.  Law enforcement officials were mobilized for evictions in an area known as the ZAD. Up to several […]

Élysée Palace blocks RT’s Ruptly video agency from Macron-May meeting

Ugo Passuello came to the residence of the French president to cover Macron’s meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May. The palace’s press service released a statement ahead of the conference, saying that accessing it would only require a French press card, which Passuello had with him. However, when he showed it to security he […]

S. Korean ultranationalists attack Ruptly’s producer in Seoul

The incident happened in front of City Hall where the producer and his translator were filming at a camp of supporters of impeached president Park Geun-hye, many of whom are known to be ultranationalists, Ruptly’s producer said. South Korean court upholds President Park’s impeachment, removing her from office “It might have been not even five […]

Liberté d’expression? RT and Ruptly crews barred from Macron HQ

     RT and Ruptly were not allowed into the headquarters of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, despite earlier being promised accreditation by his team. Producers from RT contacted Macron’s press team earlier in April and were promised accreditation for the evening of the first round of the French presidential elections. However, despite repeated requests accreditation […]

France allows off-duty police to carry guns following murders by jihadist near Paris

The decision was made at a Tuesday meeting between police unions and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on. Killer of 2 French police officers was previously sentenced on terrorism-related charges – report “The minister announced that the authorization to carry weapons would be extended beyond the state of emergency,” Yves Lefebvre, secretary-general of the Unité SGP-FO […]

Almost half of Israeli Jews want Arabs expelled – survey

As many as 48 percent of Israeli Jews favor expulsion or transfer of Arabs from Israel, where they constitute 19 percent of the total population, amounting to 8.4 million people, the survey conducted by the Washington-based Pew Research Center and published on Tuesday demonstrates. ‘Israel never short on pretexts when it comes to destroying Palestinian homes’ […]

Rome City-owned property rented out for as little as €10 a month

Rome’s temporary Commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca – who was appointed after the former Mayor Ignazio Marino resigned in November – brought the fact to the authorities’ attention. Italian police seize Mussolini ‘love’ yacht in ‘Capital Mafia’ investigation He said that the prices on 574 apartments were “well below their minimum market prices,” as cited by […]

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