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US' HK smears and sanctions face-saving move: China Daily editorial

China Daily 02 Apr 2025
The US State Department's accusations of the central government and SAR government officials using national security laws "extraterritorially to intimidate, silence, and harass 19 pro-democracy ...
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Activists call for Doug Emhoff to resign after the law firm where he is a ...

Business Insider 02 Apr 2025
... activists are calling for Doug Emhoff to resign and "stand on the side of the rule of law."Federal judges have blocked most of Trump's orders that target Big >Law and their security clearance.
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LAPD chief ousts lawyer blamed by union for disclosing thousands of officer photos

The Los Angeles Times 02 Apr 2025
... under the state's public records law in 2022 ... Her job at the LAPD was to ensure officers followed the law, but activists bemoaned what they saw as her unwillingness to push for transformative change.
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Trump administration dealt another loss in effort to deport Palestinian activist

Raw Story 02 Apr 2025
The Trump administration saw another court defeat Tuesday night, this time in its quest to deport a Palestinian activist and lawful U.S ... Mahmoud Khalil's arrest gained national notoriety, as critics say the administration's effort is unconstitutional.
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Critics: Climate change lawsuits on tenuous legal grounds

Potter Leader-Enterprise 02 Apr 2025
This ruling would have been an end to the dispute, but since the Supreme Court’s ruling specifically refers to federal common law, green activists argue there is still a legal path forward for local and state lawsuits.
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Review: ‘La Havana Madrid’ a touching look at the immigrant experience

San Diego Union-Tribune 02 Apr 2025
... laws; Puerto Rican activist Carlos (Jawann McBeth) who chronicled the urban renewal that razed Latino neighborhoods; and Carpacho, a Latino musician struggling to survive for his art (Romero).
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US sanctions 6 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, drawing backlash from the city's government

Times Union 01 Apr 2025
Beijing and Hong Kong officials have used Hong Kong national security laws extraterritorially to intimidate, silence, and harass 19 pro-democracy activists who were forced to flee overseas, including a U.S.
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US sanctions 6 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over rights abuses. Beijing threatens to retaliate

Daily Freeman 01 Apr 2025
Beijing and Hong Kong officials have used Hong Kong national security laws extraterritorially to intimidate, silence, and harass 19 pro-democracy activists who were forced to flee overseas, including a U.S.
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US sanctions 6 officials over erosion of Hong Kong autonomy. China threatens to counter

Newsday 01 Apr 2025
Beijing and Hong Kong officials have used Hong Kong national security laws extraterritorially to intimidate, silence, and harass 19 pro-democracy activists who were forced to flee overseas, including a U.S.
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US sanctions six HK officials for eroding autonomy

Taipei Times 01 Apr 2025
Since Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 to quell the 2019 massive anti-government protests, Hong Kong authorities have prosecuted many leading activists in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
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A Jesuit priest prefers prison over a fine to draw attention to climate change

Fox31 Denver 01 Apr 2025
Alt has said that he had also decided to serve the prison sentence instead of paying the fine "in solidarity with those climate activists who are treated similarly by the administration and the judiciary — it may all be lawful, but it is unjust.”.
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Karakalpak Lawyer Imprisoned in Uzbekistan Alleges Torture, Again

Human Rights Watch 01 Apr 2025
As EU officials look to deepen bilateral agreements with Uzbekistan, they should stress the importance of upholding the rule of law and call for Tazhimuratov’s and other activists’ unconditional and immediate release.
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Pashinyan’s Ruling Party Falls Short in Gymri Elections

Asbarez 01 Apr 2025
Grigoryan held a news conference on Sunday afternoon to condemn law-enforcement authorities for detaining more activists of his opposition bloc, including an elderly woman ... not allowed by Armenian law.
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US sanctions Chinese officials for undermining autonomy of Hong Kong

Suryaa 01 Apr 2025
... Security Law.” ... The law has been used to intimidate, silence, and harass pro-democracy activists, some of whom were forced to flee overseas, including a US citizen and several other US residents.
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Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments to Wisconsin voters after state Supreme Court refused ...

Michigan Live 01 Apr 2025
Schimel said in a national television interview that he does not control “any of the spending from any outside group, whether it’s Elon Musk or anyone else” and that all Trump asked was whether he would “reject activist judges” and follow the law.
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