Law
- Asia Pacific, China, Europe, Freedom of speech, Germany, Hong Kong, Human rights, Jimmy Lai, Law, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, World news
Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins free speech award in Germany
Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security lawThe jailed …
- Asia Pacific, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Law, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, World news
Philippines’ ex-president Rodrigo Duterte to face trial for crimes against humanity
ICC judges say there are substantial grounds to believe Duterte guided anti-drugs crackdown that killed thousa…
- Afghanistan, Classical music, Culture, Folk music, Human rights, Islam, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Music, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture
The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We c…
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Duterte at ‘very heart’ of murderous drug crackdowns in Philippines, ICC told
Ex-president, accused of crimes against humanity, selected targets and promised immunity for death squad membe…
- Fashion, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, H&M, Human rights, India, Law, Life and style, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Unions, World news
Justice for Jeyasre: how a brutal murder led to a better deal for garment workers in India
After a 21-year-old employee was raped and killed by her supervisor in 2021, campaigners ensured conditions at…
- Africa, Bangladesh, Human rights, International court of justice, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, The Gambia, United Nations, World news
‘Big step forward’: Myanmar military faces Rohingya genocide case at UN court
Survivors of violence hope proceedings will bring justice a step closer and set a precedent for future genocid…
- Bangladesh, British identity and society, Counter-terrorism policy, European court of human rights, Home Office, Human rights, Islamic State, Law, Politics, Shabana Mahmood, Shamima Begum, Society, South and Central Asia, Syria, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons
The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenshi…
- Chagos Islands, Immigration and asylum, Law, Migration, Politics, Refugees, South and Central Asia, UK news
Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia
British Indian Ocean Territory commissioner’s appeal against decision last year rejected by judges in LondonAp…
- Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Global development, Human rights, Human trafficking, Law, Malaysia, Migration, Migration and development, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘A generation lost at sea’: the desperate Rohingya falling prey to traffickers as they flee Bangladesh
Barred from work and school in Bangladesh, thousands of refugees are making the perilous voyage to Malaysia by…
- Books, Culture, Food, Food and drink books, Intellectual property, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Publishing, South and Central Asia, UK news
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial gra…
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Handling of China spying case was ‘shambolic’, security committee concludes
Report says ‘systemic failures’ led to collapse of trial, but found no evidence of UK government interference …
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Leading lawyers condemn ‘contrived’ Bangladesh trial of former UK minister
Exclusive: High-profile lawyers suggest ex-City minister Tulip Siddiq has not enjoyed basic rights during her …
- Global development, Global health, Law, Pakistan, Reproductive rights, South and Central Asia, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
The young lawyer taking Pakistan to court over its unfair ‘period tax’
Mahnoor Omer hopes the case will put public pressure on the government to make sanitary products affordable in…
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Missing ‘critical element’ caused UK China spying trial to collapse, say prosecutors
Refusal to describe China as security threat meant ‘all routes were closed’, says director of public prosecuti…
- China, Chris Philp, Crown Prosecution Service, Espionage, Jonathan Powell, Keir Starmer, Labour, Law, MI5, Politics, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse
Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being dropp…