The G7, joined by Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, and the Netherlands, has publicly condemned Hong Kong’s issuance of arrest warrants and bounties targeting 19 pro-democracy activists living abroad. The move…
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Panama president says Trump lied about Panama Canal’s ‘reclaiming’
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskPanama’s President José Raúl Mulino has accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of “lying” about Washington taking back the Panama canal. “Once again, President Trump is lying. The Panama…
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A Hong Kong court convicted on Thursday prominent former pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting for rioting after he was attacked by a white-shirted mob in July 2019 at the height of…
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Hong Kong man sentenced to 14 months in jail for ‘seditious’ T-shirt
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskA Hong Kong man has been sentenced to 14 months in jail for wearing a T-shirt and a mask with protest slogans deemed “seditious”, the first person to be convicted…
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Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskA Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet, in a sedition case. Stand News former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were…
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Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskCriticizing laws or 0 can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly…
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Hong Kong court rejects bid to drop sedition charge against Jimmy Lai
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskA Hong Kong court on Friday rejected a bid by the legal team for pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to have sedition charge against him dropped, in a closely watched national…