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Austria celebrates last surviving shock ‘actionist’ artist
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» VIENNA - Several shows are recognising Guenter Brus, the last surviving key member of Vienna's famed "actionists", who turned 85 this week and whose radical movement broke new ground using the body to make art.
Depp-Heard trial's impact 'potentially catastrophic' for abuse survivors
AFP, Published on 04/06/2022
» WASHINGTON: The acrid US defamation trial between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard -- and the decision to televise it -- will have a "potentially catastrophic" impact on abuse survivors, advocates say.
Justice del ayed, often denied
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/11/2021
» The impact of Covid-19 on the functioning of Thai courts has created case backlogs and raised concerns over the human rights of the accused during trials via video conferencing, legal experts shared at a panel discussion hosted by the European Union.
Huge changes for internet and Big Tech under US antitrust proposal
AFP, Published on 20/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: The antitrust overhaul package unveiled in Congress targeting Big Tech, if enacted, could have far-reaching effects on how people use the internet and on America's biggest and most successful companies.
Melancholy and absurdity
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/05/2021
» Chaitanya Tamhane was 27 years old when his breakthrough film Court became a critical sensation and won the Lion of the Future Award at the Venice festival in 2014. A film of understated power about India's Kafkaesque judicial tribulation, Court announced the arrival of an exceptional talent from Mumbai, a proud cinema city usually associated with rambunctious Bollywood titles.
Change is nigh?
Life, James Hein, Published on 14/10/2020
» A long-awaited US congressional report into Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google has been published. The surprise for some is that this report from the Democrat-run House Judiciary Committee concludes that the online giants are monopolists that need to be broken up.
'I insist': Film gives new voice to jailed Iran rights lawyer
AFP, Published on 12/10/2020
» PARIS - Tehran, March 2018: the lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh reflects on a career that has seen her take on the most sensitive of causes in Iran, including saving juveniles from the death penalty, defending outlawed religious minorities and standing up for women's rights.
Lawmakers slam Big Tech 'monopolies' in new report
AFP, Published on 07/10/2020
» WASHINGTON: A House of Representatives panel said in a report Tuesday that four Big Tech firms are "monopolies" which abuse their market dominance and called for sweeping changes to antitrust laws and enforcement, which could potentially lead to breakups of the giant firms.
US Congress to question heads of tech giants on Wednesday
AFP, Published on 26/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - A highly anticipated congressional hearing on anti-competitive practices, bringing together the heads of four US technology giants, has been rescheduled for noon (1600 GMT) Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee has announced.
At the crossroads of justice and virtue
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 10/07/2020
» The judiciary is the least studied element of the Thai polity. That did not matter much 25 years ago because it played almost no political role. But now the courts bring down governments, exile leaders, dissolve political parties, punish protesters and jail people for thought crimes. This book is long awaited and does not disappoint.