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Vietnam tycoon to avoid death penalty after law change
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/06/2025
» HANOI — Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including bribery and embezzlement, paving the way for tycoon Truong My Lan to be spared execution, according to a senior parliament official.
Freed Belarus opposition figure urges Trump to help release all prisoners
AFP, Published on 22/06/2025
» VILNIUS - Belarus opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky, who was released following an appeal from the White House, said Sunday that US President Donald Trump could secure the freedom of all Belarusian political prisoners.
Northern group accuses PM of threatening nation, plans rally
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 22/06/2025
» PHITSANULOK: A group of about 40 people in this northern province filed a complaint with police on Sunday accusing Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of jeopardising national security. The group is planning a protest on Wednesday.
Belarus opposition leader freed from jail after US mediation
AFP, Published on 21/06/2025
» WARSAW - Belarus's top jailed opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky was freed alongside over a dozen other political prisoners on Saturday in a surprise release hailed as a "symbol of hope".
PM in crisis after leaked audio
News, Published on 20/06/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is under intensifying legal and ethical scrutiny after a leaked audio recording of her conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen surfaced, triggering a wave of high-profile complaints.
Activists say PM could be guilty of death-penalty offence
Published on 19/06/2025
» KHON KAEN - Two activists in this northeastern province have filed a police complaint against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, accusing her of violating several sections of the Criminal Code, with punishments that could even include the death penalty.
Hong Kong girl, 15, arrested over 'space oil' after dad alerts police
Published on 15/06/2025
» Hong Kong police have arrested a 15-year-old after her father reported she was smoking an e-cigarette containing "space oil" at home with her classmate, who is wanted by the force, the Post has learned.
Taunt too far; Dad turns on killer son; defiant druggie
News, Mae Moo, Published on 08/06/2025
» Poking the bear in his cave
Sexually assaulted and smeared in excrement: Uganda activist details torture in Tanzania
AFP, Published on 25/05/2025
» KAMPALA - Stripped naked, beaten until she could no longer walk, sexually assaulted and covered in excrement: award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire told AFP of the torture she suffered at the hands of security forces in Tanzania this week.
Ugandan activist details torture in Tanzania
AFP, Published on 24/05/2025
» KAMPALA - Stripped naked, beaten until she could no longer walk, sexually assaulted and covered in excrement: award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire told AFP of the torture she suffered at the hands of security forces in Tanzania this week.