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HK Stand News, editors ‘guilty’ of sedition

HONG KONG – Hong Kong pro-democracy news outlet Stand News and its two former chief editors were found guilty of sedition on Thursday, the...

1 convicted, 6 freed in bomb plot case

HONG KONG – A Hong Kong jury on Thursday found one person guilty and acquitted six others in what authorities said was a plot...

Rare Hong Kong protest sounds alarm on new security law

Hong Kong, China—Hong Kong activists on Tuesday staged a rare public protest against government plans for a new national security law, saying it lacked...

Court starts trial for 14 accused of Hong Kong protest bomb plot

HONG KONG – Fourteen people went on trial Monday in Hong Kong for allegedly planning to carry out a bomb attack to murder police...

Hundreds of Thai children facing charges for protests

More than 200 children in Thailand are facing serious criminal charges, including sedition, for their role in largely peaceful pro-democracy protests that shook the...

HK activist jailed ahead of planned protestvs. Olympics

A veteran Hong Kong activist was arrested for “incitement to subversion” on Friday ahead of a planned protest against Beijing’s hosting of the Winter...

HK elites elect new ‘patriots only’

Hong Kongers began casting ballots for city lawmakers on Sunday under Beijing’s new “patriots only” rules which drastically reduce the number of directly elected...

Anonymous Myanmar photographer wins major photojournalism award

A Myanmar photographer won the top award Saturday at photojournalism's biggest annual festival for his coverage of the troubled nation's pro-democracy protests and bloody...

Myanmar junta mulls raising village militias

Myanmar's junta is considering raising village militias to combat opposition to its rule, state media said Tuesday, as it struggles to assert control more...

Hong Kong activist jailed over explosives

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Youngest Hong Kong protester, only 16, sentenced for rioting

Hong Kong—A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest person so far to plead guilty to rioting during 2019’s huge pro-democracy protests on Wednesday, as...

HK police arrest 3 more for chanting banned slogans

Hong Kong police arrested three people on Monday for chanting banned slogans at a university campus last month, accusing them of violating a draconian...

Thousands flock to support Thai royals at Bangkok drone show

Some ten thousand royalists turned out in Bangkok on Saturday for a drone show honouring the Thai king's late father, in a show of...

3 prominent HK activists arrested on illegal assembly charges

Three prominent Hong Kong activists are facing jail after pleading guilty on Monday to inciting an “illegal assembly” outside the city’s main police station...
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