“Prisoners have been tortured into confessing, and if physical torture didn’t work, interrogators would threaten their families. Many women have reported being raped whilst in prison,” writes civil rights activist Nasrin Parvaz.
Chinese demand for nickel, an important ingredient in EV batteries, has triggered a mining boom in the remote regions of Indonesia. The country has signed over a dozen deals worth more than $15 billion with suppliers for EV giants like Tesla and Hyundai Motor, but deaths and injuries from industrial accidents have been racking...
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Gene X Hwang knew his days on Twitter as @x were numbered....
Some 1,430,000 criminal verdicts at court of first instance were issued in 2022. Of those, 354 were not guilty judgments, the NGO Safeguard Defenders says.
To the surprise of no one, California cops spend most of their time harassing taxpayers via traffic stops instead of work on solving actual crimes.
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On 25 July, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was removed from his position and replaced by his predecessor, Wang Yi. No official reason is provided by Chinese authorities for the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress’s decision to replace Qin following his vague, “health-related” absence from his official...
A grand jury in the Southern District of Florida has charged former President Donald Trump with a new count of willful retention of National Defense Information in the case related to his handling of classified documents. The new charge stems from a top-secret presentation Trump waved at aides at his Bedminster, N.J., resort....
The government had sought the injunction banning online publication or distribution of the song, arguing it insulted China’s national anthem and could give people the impression that Hong Kong was an independent country.
For people in Taiwan living under regular military threats from China, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the West’s responses to it have prompted queries about the Taiwanese military forces’ own readiness and resilience. In the early days following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Taipei quickly...
A recent study conducted by the Rand Europe research institute utilizes satellite imagery and night-time lighting data to suggest an increase in activity within high-security detention facilities in Tibet. The increased activity could potentially indicate an escalation in the severity of imprisonments imposed by Chinese...
Raw Story is running a poll on if Trump should be allowed to run for office....
Even if the legal turmoil that has surrounded Hunter Biden for years is wrapped up, the political battle will continue.
Jury at Southwark crown court finds Oscar-winning actor, 64, not guilty after four-week trial
