Jimmy Lai, two more Hong Kong activists convicted over banned Tiananmen vigil

Jimmy Lai, two more Hong Kong activists convicted over banned Tiananmen vigil

Source link. Lai, the 74-year-old owner of the now-shuttered pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, was condemned of illegal assembly charges together with former reporter Gwyneth Ho and prominent rights legal representative Chow Hang-tung. Authorities charged more than two lots pro-democracy political leaders and activists over a vigil last year, which celebrated the victims of Beijings deadly

New Caledonia vote on independence from France to go ahead Sunday

New Caledonia vote on independence from France to go ahead Sunday

The Pacific territory of New Caledonia goes to the surveys on Sunday for a 3rd and last referendum on self-reliance from France with marketing marked by mad needs to call off the vote since of the Covid pandemic. Observers fear that restored tensions might even trigger a return of the kind of violence last seen

Pro-Beijing Solomon Islands PM survives confidence vote, blames crisis on ‘Taiwan agents’

Pro-Beijing Solomon Islands PM survives confidence vote, blames crisis on ‘Taiwan agents’

The pro-Beijing leader easily saw off an opposition effort to oust him, winning 32 votes to 15 after a fractious and hot-tempered day-long debate.The febrile scenes in parliament– in which lawmakers traded claims of corruption, coups and shadowy foreign assistance– echoed current anger on the streets that triggered the arrival of hundreds of worldwide peacekeepers.Three

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