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A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed pro-democracy publisher’s legal bid in his fight to use a British lawyer in his landmark national security trial

Sunday May 21 is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters decide on 65 members of parliament to represent them. Each election is a reminder of the successful regional and international cooperation that led to Timor-Leste’s independence. It’s also a reminder of the importance of Timor-Leste as an exemplar of democracy,…

The Criminal Court has sentenced Jatuporn Prompan, former chairman of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), to two years in prison in connection with the violent 2007 protest at the Si Sao Thewes Residence, then home of late Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda.

Election falsehoods are thriving on Twitter after former President Donald Trump dug in on those claims during a recent CNN town hall

Hedge funds’ bottom-line mindset leads to less-robust local news operations, Common Cause VP says

She also recommended the immediate closure of Confucius Institutes in the U.K., which could be replaced by institutions from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Experts say arrests are part of a broader campaign by the army to consolidate control over aid relief.

Hate and prejudice hold no place in our community and we will not tolerate any offensive and abhorrent anti-social behaviour.

While both judgments explain the constitutional position clearly, the Maharashtra judgment contradicts the core principle applied in the Delhi case

As the right-wing judiciary thrashes democracy, Dems reintroduce bill to expand the Supreme Court

International academics join effort to highlight crackdown on freedom after jailing of opposition leader, Rached Ghannouchi