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Days before a national election, Turkish police have forced their way into the offices of an opposition media outlet in a crackdown on companies linked to a U.S.-based cleric and foe of President Tayyip Erdogan. Pavithra George has more.
Police raid media outlets close to a Muslim cleric and detain at least 24 people in operations against what President Tayyip Erdogan calls a terrorist network conspiring to topple him. Mana Rabiee reports.
Police take Hong Kong's Stand News editor in chief out of the building where the local media outlet's office is located, and load boxes of evidence into a truck after they raided its office and arrested six current and former staff for "seditious publication". IMAGES
Hong Kong police surround the offices of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily after arresting five of its executives under the city's national security law, including chief editor Ryan Law. [COMPLETES VIDI9CD48N_EN] IMAGES
Catalan police raided FC Barcelona's main office in Camp Nou and carried out several arrests. Spain's Cadena Ser radio said one of those arrested was former club president Josep Maria Bartomeu, who resigned in October, along with CEO Oscar Grau and the club's head of legal services. But the police refused to confirm names, saying only "arrests are taking place" and adding that the operation was being run by officers from the financial crimes unit. IMAGES outside Camp Nou