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China-critic & media tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years in Hong Kong sedition case; Beijing under fire for ‘death sentence’, draws global condemnation

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…

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Hong Kong fire: Citizens’ anger over 146 deaths spills on to streets, demand fair probe; China slaps sedition law

Public anger over Hong Kong’s deadliest residential fire in decades has spilled into the streets, even as a student activist who demanded accountability was reportedly detained under the city’s national security regime.Miles Kwan, 24, had been distributing flyers outside a city train station on Friday, urging commuters to support an independent investigation into the blaze…

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‘Forwarding pro-Pak message not sedition’: Allahabad high court grants bail to man | India News

BAREILLY: The Allahabad high court (HC), while granting bail to a Meerut man accused of sharing a “Pakistan zindabad” post on social media, observed that “simply posting support for another country won’t attract the offence of endangering sovereignty of India under BNS”.“Merely forwarding a message to show support of any country may create anger or…

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