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Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai leaves the Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong Hong Kong–based pro-democracy media figure Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, more than five years after his arrest in August 2020, sparking global outcry.Lai, 78, was found guilty of “colluding with foreign…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Saturday issued a letter expressing its “strongest condemnation” of the recent incident in Bihar in which CM Nitish Kumar pulled down the hijab of a woman doctor during a public ceremony.The incident, which occurred on December 15 at the chief minister’s secretariat in Patna during the…
NEW DELHI: Cutting across political lines, prominent netas on Monday condemned the attack on CJI BR Gavai, with PM Narendra Modi calling him and saying there is no place for such reprehensible acts in society. The opposition led by Congress expressed anguish over the incident, calling it “unprecedented, shameful and abhorrent”.“Spoke to Chief Justice of…
