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British judges paid £40,000 to sit on Hong Kong court despite pro-China crackdown
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoOn Thursday, 14 pro-democracy activists were found guilty of charges of subversion under that law,...
Protecting the right to protest is how we protect democracy in North Carolina
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWithout the Civil Rights Movement, for instance, our -children — who are Black and white — would not...
Opinion: Will Trump’s conviction hurt him in the public eye? These countries give us a clue
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoItaly’s Berlusconi. France’s Sarkozy. Brazil’s Lula. Now, add to that ignominious list the name of...
Myanmar's Tin Oo, pro-democracy general who co-founded Suu Kyi's party, dies at 97
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTin Oo had a pivotal role with Suu Kyi in the 1988 creation of the National League for Democracy...
Hong Kong Convicts Pro-Democracy Figures in Case That Cements Beijing’s Control
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoBut in 2019, as surging pro-democracy protests swept the streets, she felt inspired to stay and join...
Former Met commissioner John Stevens: ‘I’ve never seen the force in such a bad way’
Daily Telegraph· 12 hours agoOther protests saw Stevens criticised for a draconian approach to demonstrations, with the Met...
Taiwan opposition pushes for more reform as pro-democracy protests continue
Semafor via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIndeed, there are differences between how demonstrators and the DPP have framed the bill: The DPP...
Hong Kong 47: Who are the democracy activists facing jail?
BBC News· 5 days agoThe primaries were held in July 2020 in defiance of Hong Kong officials and amid warnings that they...
Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted in most significant verdicts since Beijing’s national security...
CNN.com· 3 days agoMore than a dozen of Hong Kong’s leading democracy figures were found guilty Thursday on subversion...
14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case on...