HONG KONG (Reuters) – In the past two weeks, Hong Kong editor Raymond Yeung has hastily made changes to a draft of a book titled “To Freedom,” replacing the word “revolution” with “protests.” modifying a prohibited slogan. and cut passages that advocate for the independence of the Chinese-ruled city. The …
Read More »Beijing Hong Kong Office Warns Pro-Democracy Survey May Violate New Security Law
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Beijing’s main representative office in Hong Kong warned that the weekend’s pro-democracy opposition primary elections could violate a new national security law, exacerbating concerns about the crackdown on the democratic movement of the former British colony. FILE PHOTO: Riot police patrol in a shopping center during …
Read More »The United States Supreme Court allows federal executions to proceed
Indiana state police officers block a path leading to the Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, as officials await news of the suspension of execution issued by Daniel Lewis Lee, who is convicted of the murder of three members of an Arkansas family in 1996, and would be the first federal …
Read More »The United States Supreme Court allows federal executions to proceed
Indiana state police officers block a path leading to the Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, as officials await news of the suspension of execution issued by Daniel Lewis Lee, who is convicted of the murder of three members of an Arkansas family in 1996, and would be the first federal …
Read More »EU prepares measures against China on Hong Kong
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union (EU) is preparing countermeasures against China in response to Beijing’s new security law on Hong Kong, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Monday, but the envoys stressed that the likely steps will not amount to Economic sanctions. FILE PHOTO: Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde …
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