China – A country which locks up its lawyers
Last year saw reforms designed to make courts less corrupt and less embedded in local politics. Dozens of Chinese lawyers have been detained or interrogated over recent days in what seems to be a co-ordinated roundup. The crackdown has targeted those who take on cases involving free speech, human rights and abuses of power,...
The shame of how Singapore treated Amos Yee
JULY 12 — The clip making its rounds online is heart-breaking. Sixteen-year-old Amos Yee is exiting court, clutching a plastic bag, his mother by his elbow, his father clearing the way cluttered by pushy cameramen and this boy — he is shaking. He is free — the judge having sentenced him to four weeks in jail for “obscenity”...
M’sia Minister: No proof of wrongdoing in 1MDB
(14 Jul) - PETALING JAYA: Baseless allegations against 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) should be put to rest as the preliminary report on its accounts have found “no evidence” of wrongdoings, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (pic). “Therefore the reckless allegations by some parties including the ‘disappearance’...
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