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United Nations experts have expressed deep concern over alleged incommunicado detention and conditions in Belarus, describing practices at Novopolotsk correctional colony that may amount to torture. They highlighted the mistreatment of detainees, including prolonged solitary confinement and inadequate medical care, raising significant human rights violations.

The German government has approved measures allowing the military to shoot down suspicious drones near military installations and other critical infrastructure. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser emphasised the increasing drone threats since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, stating that the technology poses significant challenges for police forces.

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