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Sheikh Hasina is sworn in as Bangladesh PM

13 1 月, 2014 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Sheikh Hasina has been sworn in as Bangladesh’s prime minister for her second straight term after a election marred by violence and boycotts.

Her party won a clear majority, but many seats were not contested by the opposition who demanded a neutral caretaker government to oversee voting.

The new cabinet was also sworn in, during a televised ceremony in Dhaka.

The international community has called for a re-run of the election amid fears of more unrest.

At least 18 people were killed and more than 100 polling stations set on fire on election day, which saw Ms Hasina’s Awami League party win a predictable majority.

Egypt army chief al-Sisi may run for president

13 1 月, 2014 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will run for president if the people request it and the military supports the bid, state media quote him saying.

“If I nominate myself, there must be a popular demand, and a mandate from my army,” state paper Al-Ahram quoted him as telling Egyptian officials.

The general feels he could not stand aside if there was palpable demand for him to run, an official told AFP.

Recent local reports have suggested the general is eyeing a presidential bid.

Reports of his latest comments come just days before a referendum on a new constitution, the first in a series of polls that the military-installed government says will restore elected rule in the wake of the army’s ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.

Photojournalist Ahmed Fardan released from Bahrain

13 1 月, 2014 / By Armoured Cars / In security

The authorities in Bahrain have released a photojournalist who was detained last month, officials say.

Amnesty International said Ahmed Fardan was tortured during interrogation after being held on a charge of “intending to participate in gatherings”.

The public prosecutor had ordered that he be detained for 45 days pending investigation on 1 January.

However, a government spokeswoman said Mr Fardan had been freed two days after a campaign demanding his release.

The photojournalist was reportedly arrested by plainclothes security personnel during a raid on his home in the village of Abu Saibah, west of the capital Manama, on 26 December.

Clashes and boycott mar Bangladesh election

6 1 月, 2014 / By Armoured Cars / In security

There have been violent clashes between opposition activists and police during Bangladesh’s general election, amid a boycott by the opposition.

At least 18 people were killed during Sunday’s polling. Dozens have died in the run-up to the election.

Scores of polling stations have been torched. Voting ended at 10:00 GMT and was said to be thin.

The opposition has boycotted the vote and called a two-day strike over what it termed a “scandalous farce”.

Results are expected to come in during the early hours of Monday morning.

However, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League is assured of victory, with government candidates already declared victors by default in many seats.