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NewsFeed Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in prison, over a move to challenge Beijing’s influence on Hong Kong elections. The trial has been criticised as political and unfair. Published On 19 Nov 202419 Nov 2024 Source link
Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city’s once feisty democracy movement and drawn international condemnation. A total of 47 pro-democracy activists were arrested and charged in 2021 with conspiracy to commit subversion under […]
A Swedish court has sentenced a far-right activist to four months in jail for inciting hatred against Muslims at two protests in 2022. Rasmus Paludan sparked protests around the world when he staged demonstrations against Islam in Malmo that saw him burn a copy of the Quran. The court said he made offensive remarks directed at Muslims, […]
The Mdina Dungeons Museum has taken a much campier approach to teaching history than some of Malta’s more serious museums. It is located within the historic walled city of Mdina underneath the Magisterial Palace (also known as the Vilhena Palace). The construction of this building was commissioned in the 1720s by Grand Master Antonio Manoel […]
A “relentless and cruel” online predator who blackmailed girls around the world was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison on Friday after being convicted of the manslaughter of a victim who took her own life. Prosecutors say 26-year-old Alexander McCartney, from Newry in Northern Ireland, pretended to be a teenage girl and carried […]
A Moscow court sentenced Oscar-nominated film producer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years jail in absentia on Monday for spreading “fake” information about the Russian army. Rodnyansky, 63, was born in Kyiv but spent most of his career in Russia, producing dozens of TV series and movies there including Oscar-nominated crime drama “Leviathan.” He left the […]