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Chinese rights lawyer sentenced to 5 years in prison: HRW

Xie, who has defended Christian and pro-democracy activists, was detained in January 2022 NEW YORK: Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang has been sentenced...

Bangladesh court orders authorities to request Interpol red notice for arrest of British MP

ulip Siddiq faces charges of corruption in Bangladesh for using her connection with her aunt, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to influence a process to illegally award land to a...

Yoon Suk Yeol receives life sentence for role in insurrection

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Insurrection SEOUL – In a historic and landmark ruling, a South Korean court sentenced former President...

Accused Bondi killer Naveed Akram appears in court by video link

Akram wore a green jersey during the hearing, which dealt mostly with technical matters such as suppressing the identification of some victims He appeared in a Sydney...

New Zealand mosque shooter always planned to admit his crimes, his former lawyers tell...

The Australian man was sentenced to life without parole for terrorism, murder, and attempted murder after the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks WELLINGTON: The self-professed white...

Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and wife to 17 years in...

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court convicted and sentenced imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi on Saturday to 17 years in prison after finding them guilty of retaining and...

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial

Three government-vetted judges on Monday found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles

Washington shooting suspect pleads not guilty to murder, ordered detained

A lawyer for Lakanwal pushed for his release, citing his lack of criminal history WASHINGTON: The suspect accused of shooting two National Guard members in...

Bangladesh’s ex-leader Hasina and niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, found guilty of corruption

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A court in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, British Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to...

Bangladesh court finds ex-PM Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity

A Bangladesh court on Monday found ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity, a verdict which she could face the death sentence for