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Trump given partial gag order in election conspiracy trial
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The federal judge set to preside over Donald Trump's trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election imposed a partial gag order on the former president on Monday.
Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election case
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he led a criminal conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss in the southern state of Georgia.
Elon Musk lifts political ad ban at rebranded Twitter
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk on Tuesday lifted a ban on political ads put in place at Twitter to thwart misinformation before the billionaire bought the platform now called X.
Hong Kong makes national security ‘fun’
Published on 15/04/2023
» HONG KONG: The sweeping national security law has stifled dissent in Hong Kong but on Saturday the government turned to a giant board game in an attempt to promote it to the public.
China jails 2 prominent human rights lawyers for over 10 years
Published on 10/04/2023
» Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, including one who had called for leader Xi Jinping to resign, have been jailed for over a decade, an advocacy group and one of the men's wives said Monday.
Hong Kong's largest national security trial begins
AFP, Published on 06/02/2023
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's largest national security trial opened Monday with dozens of pro-democracy figures accused of trying to topple the government in a case critics say reflects the criminalisation of dissent in the Chinese territory.
Hong Kong's largest national security trial to begin with 47 in dock
AFP, Published on 06/02/2023
» HONG KONG - The trial of 47 of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy figures begins Monday, in the largest prosecution under a national security law that has crushed dissent in the city.
More Hong Kong activists plead guilty
Published on 20/08/2022
» Six Hong Kong residents who belonged to a pro-independence student group pleaded guilty on Saturday to charges of subverting the state under a Beijing-drafted security law, according to the local media outlet HK01.
Joshua Wong ‘to plead guilty’ in Hong Kong security case
Published on 18/08/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong will plead guilty in the city’s biggest national security case, local media reported, after being detained for more than a year without a trial date under the China-drafted law.
Hong Kong pro-democracy figures set for largest national security trial
AFP, Published on 07/06/2022
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's largest national security case was sent to trial on Tuesday, after lingering 15 months in pre-trial procedures during which most of the 47 defendants were denied bail.