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Hong Kong: 45 Democracy Advocates Harshly Sentenced

Human Rights Watch 21 Nov 2024
“The cruel sentences for dozens of prominent democracy activists show just how fast Hong Kong’s civil liberties and the rule of law have nosedived in the four years since the Chinese government ...
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Uzbekistan Targets 'Undesirable' Foreigners and Stateless Persons

Human Rights Watch 21 Nov 2024
On November 15, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a new law targeting “undesirable” foreign citizens and stateless people whose speech or actions are found by Uzbekistan officials to “discredit” the people of Uzbekistan.
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Jimmy Lai testifies he didn't ask Pence, Pompeo to take action

Asahi News 21 Nov 2024
Authorities have used a Beijing-imposed national security law to prosecute many of Hong Kong’s leading activists, including Lai and 45 democracy advocates who were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison on Tuesday.
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45 anti-China activists get jail terms in Hong Jong under security law

Dawn 20 Nov 2024
A total of 47 activists were arrested and charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under the security law, which carried sentences of up to life in prison ... so far under the 2020 law.
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45 anti-China activists get jail terms in Hong Kong under security law

Dawn 20 Nov 2024
A total of 47 activists were arrested and charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under the security law, which carried sentences of up to life in prison ... so far under the 2020 law.
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World Uyghur Congress condemns arrest of pro-democratic supporters in China

Beijing News 20 Nov 2024
The pro-democracy activists were charged with "conspiracy to commit subversion" under the city's 2020 National Security Law ... to raise their voices against the arrest of pro-democratic activists.
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Bashkortostan Court Sentences Kushtau Protester to 9 Years in Prison

Moscow Times 20 Nov 2024
The hooliganism charges stemmed from Sharafutdinov's initial arrest in November 2020, when law enforcement arrested around 50 Bashkir activists near Karmaskaly village ... The activists denied the ...
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45 pro-democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong's biggest national security case

The Times of India 20 Nov 2024
Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
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HK court sentences 45 for illegal poll

China Daily 20 Nov 2024
The 45 — including former law scholar Benny Tai Yiu-ting and prominent activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung — were among 47 who were charged with violating Hong Kong's National Security Law for their roles ...
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Four men accused of homosexuality beaten, chased out of Nigerian city

Washington Blade 20 Nov 2024
Samson Mikel, a Nigerian LGBTQ activist, said the attack was misdirected anger ... Several LGBTQ people and activists have been arrested under Section 214 ... Consensual same-sex sexual relations remain punishable by death in states with Sharia law.
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Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists

Otago Daily Times 20 Nov 2024
... activists charged under the national security law, in Hong Kong.
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Jimmy Lai trial: key points from media mogul’s testimony on first day

The Guardian 20 Nov 2024
Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national security law Jimmy Lai, ...
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Children's rights activists push for child related laws' implementation, awareness on World Children's day

Urdu Point 20 Nov 2024
<p>ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Nov, 2024) The Children's rights activists Wednesday stressed the importance of raising awareness and ensuring the implementation of ...
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Trump Picks Linda McMahon for Sec. of Education; US plans sanctions after 45 sentenced in ...

The Epoch Times 20 Nov 2024
plans new sanctions after Hong Kong sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists under the Chinese Communist Party’s national security law.
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Imprisonment of Thailand rights lawyer violates international law: UN group

Jurist 20 Nov 2024
... the immediate release of prominent Thai human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa after ruling that his detention under Thailand’s l�se-majest� laws violates international law.

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