カテゴリー: Law
European Union says Yu Wensheng’s right to a fair trial was not respected and also calls China national security laws in Hong Kong an ‘assault’ on freedomThe EU has demanded the immediate release of a Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to four years…
Spying charges against former diplomat and businessman are seen as retaliation for Canadian arrest of Chinese telco chiefChinese prosecutors have charged two detained Canadians with alleged espionage, in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge betwee…
Businessman seeks to avoid extradition to India to face allegations of £1bn fraudThe Indian businessman Vijay Mallya is understood to have applied for asylum in the UK in order to avoid extradition to India to face allegations of a £1bn fraud at his de…
Less than three years since a crackdown against Rohingya, troops are again accused of war crimes – this time against Rakhine Buddhists Kyaw Thu* waited until night fell before taking his family to the bank of a river not far from their village. While m…
Campaigners object to Beijing’s proposed laws against ‘treason and subversion’, which follow months of protestsBeijing’s parliament has announced that it will discuss controversial national security laws for Hong Kong in a dramatic escalation of China’…
Lawyers say pair were peacefully protesting against Indian citizenship actDelhi police have been accused of slapping two Muslim student activists with “bogus” charges of conspiring to incite the recent riots, the worst religious violence in India’s cap…
Wang Quanzhang’s wife fears Covid-19 may be used as pretext to keep him under house arrestCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA prominent Chinese human rights lawyer barred from returning home after his prison release two weeks …
The arrest of 15 activists is the biggest crackdown on the pro-democracy movement since the coronavirus pandemic beganThe US and UK have criticised the arrest of 15 Hong Kong democracy activists on charges of organising and participating in anti-govern…
Ex-chair of DB Group Kim Jun-ki ‘forgot his responsibilities’, says Seoul courtThe former head of a South Korean conglomerate who was convicted of raping his maid and sexually assaulting a secretary has been given a suspended sentence.Kim Jun-ki, the 7…
Journalists, intellectuals and dissidents are being threatened by Modi’s governmentAs a lethal virus scorches its way across continents, the leftwing Indian rights campaigner Gautam Navlakha has been reminding us of the words of Leonard Cohen, urging …
Wang Quanzhang released from jail but sent far from his wife and son in BeijingProminent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was jailed for four and a half years for subversion, has been released from prison but barred from reuniting with h…
Joseph Auga Matamata lured villagers to his adoptive country promising work and study, reaping ‘bags of cash’ from their unpaid forced labourWhen Loto* saw the police arrive at the rural property in New Zealand where he had been held captive for nearly…
Fears abuses may go unreported after journalist arrest under terrorism laws for interview with rebel group Arakan Army Myanmar has cracked down on journalists, blocking news websites and maintaining a longstanding internet ban in some areas, prompting …
Rani Bibi was 14 when she was convicted but received no compensation for the miscarriages of justice that led to her spending two decades in prisonA child bride who spent 19 years in prison for a murder she did not commit is to sue the Pakistan authori…
Concerns grow over 54-year-old’s interrogation and treatment while held in isolation with no consular or legal accessChina is preparing to formally indict Australian academic Dr Yang Hengjun with espionage, a charge that potentially carries the death p…