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US charges Chinese manufacturers for alleged fentanyl ingredient trafficking in landmark case | South China Morning Post
The US Justice Department filed criminal charges on June 23, 2023, against four Chinese chemical companies and eight individuals for allegedly trafficking ingredients used to make fentanyl, a highly addictive painkiller that fuelled the opioid crisis in the United States. The court indictments were the first filed a…
Will Australian military top brass go to the Hague for Afghanistan war crimes?
By Graham Hryce, an Australian journalist and former media lawyer, whose work has been published in The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Sunday Mail, the Spectator and Quadrant.
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Experts, Activists Review Tumultuous Year Since US Court Ruling on Abortion
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· Laurel Bowman
Auto shop owner who paid worker in 91,500 oily pennies ordered to pay nearly $40,000 more
ATLANTA (AP) — The owner of an auto repair shop who paid a former employee with 91,500 oily pennies has been ordered by a judge to pay nearly 4 million more cents.
Australian war hero found complicit in murdering unarmed Afghans refuses to apologise | South China Morning Post
Australian war hero Ben Roberts-Smith has been found by a civil court to be complicit in the murder of unarmed Afghans and lost out on a defamation case against three local newspapers. Speaking on June 14, 2023, after the release of the judgment, Roberts-Smith said he was devastated about the court outcome and refus…
Heated Political Debates Flare Ahead of Trump’s Court Appearance
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· Veronica Balderas Iglesias
Donald Trump becomes first ex-US president to face criminal charges: lawyer | South China Morning Post
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VOA60 Africa - UN war crimes court rules Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga unfit to stand trial
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IN NUMBERS: Things to know about the Philippine Supreme Court and its justices
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· Jairo Bolledo
China’s first commercial driverless sky train begins trial run in Wuhan's hi-tech park | South China Morning Post
The Chinese city of Wuhan began testing a driverless sky train in its hi-tech park on May 9, 2023. The country’s first commercial sky train is expected to open to the public later in the year. The Guanggu train is said to be able to accommodate as many as 200 passengers when it starts operation.
Elderly woman dies after being tasered, officer charged in Australia | South China Morning Post
A 95-year-old woman who was tasered by an officer in Australia has died a week after, police announced on May 24, 2023. Clare Nowland suffered from dementia and was living in a nursing home. The officer, Kristian White, reportedly used a stun gun on the victim as she approached him with a walking frame and a steak k…
Abby Choi murder: Friends remember kindness of “sincere” socialite | South China Morning Post
Court proceedings have been continuing into the murder of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung, who was killed in February 2023. The dismembered body of the young mother of four was found inside a rented village home in the New Territories. Her ex-husband and three of the victim’s former in-laws stand accused of t…
Pakistan’s Ruling Coalition Rallies Against Chief Justice
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· Sarah Zaman
Rugby community | South China Morning Post
Scheme capitalising on Hong Kong women’s Olympics success to empower youth‘I was always really scared to go to a court or park because there are a lot of guys there’ says one student as WISE HK rolls out coaching sessions, company visits and gender role discussions for city’s young women.
Listen to Her: online advice helps navigate complex and costly divorce proceedings in Hong Kong | South China Morning Post
Divorce can be a difficult process for all parties involved, emotionally and financially. Lawyer Caroline Choi set up an online platform called Hong Kong Divorce to provide individuals with free access to information about separations. Though she says it is not a substitute for professional advice, the site can help…
VOA60 World- Former prime minister Imran Khan was granted bail by the Islamabad High Court Friday
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Pakistan’s top court orders former prime minister Imran Khan be released from ‘invalid’ detention | South China Morning Post
Pakistan’s supreme court ordered the release of former prime minister Imran Khan from custody on May 11, 2023. The top court declared Khan's arrest “invalid” and ruled that legal proceedings against him would be reversed. The order came two days after Khan was detained on a graft allegation that sparked violent and …
Pakistani Supreme Court Declares Arrest of Former PM Khan Unlawful
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· Sarah Zaman
VOA60 World - Pakistan Supreme Court orders release of former PM Khan
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US Representative George Santos pleads not guilty to 13 charges of fraud and money laundering | South China Morning Post
US Representative George Santos has pleaded not guilty to 13 charges over fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. The first-term Republican congressman vowed to fight the charges, calling his prosecution a “witch hunt” during remarks to reporters outside court in Long Island, New York on May 10, 2023. Des…
Watch dramatic arrest of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan in front of Islamabad High Court | South China Morning Post
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As Australian reporter marks 1,000 days in detention, China says Cheng Lei’s rights ‘protected’ | South China Morning Post
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said an Australian television presenter’s “legitimate rights and interests are protected in accordance with the law” on May 8, 2023, one day before Cheng Lei marked 1,000 days in detention in China. Since she disappeared on August 13, 2020, Beijing authorities have accused the Chinese-bo…
Will ChatGPT replace reporters? We asked AI to write for the Post | South China Morning Post
The education and legal fields are just some of the sectors feeling the impact since the arrival of artificial intelligence chatbot tools. Will journalism be the next industry to be disrupted by the likes of ChatGPT? The Post gave it a task to test it out.
Record Settlement by Fox News in Defamation Lawsuit
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· Laurel Bowman
India’s Supreme Court Holds Landmark Hearings on Legalizing Same Sex Marriage
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· Anjana Pasricha
Survivors of Bangladesh factory collapse still waiting for justice 10 years later | South China Morning Post
Protesters in Bangladesh took to the streets on April 24, 2023, to mark the 10th anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex that killed more than 1,100 garment workers near the capital Dhaka. Despite signs of cracks seen before the building collapse, workers were forced to stay in the building by …
Court Blocks Small South African Town From Using Alternate Power Source
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· Jan Bornman
US Lawmakers React to Ruling That Upholds Access to Abortion Pills
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· Arash Arabasadi
VOA60 America - US Supreme Court Temporarily Extends Access to Abortion Pill
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Russian Court Refuses to Release US Journalist from Pretrial Detention
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· Cindy Saine
VOA60 America - Russian court denies bail to U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich
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Moscow court sets appeal date for jailed WSJ reporter seeking to lift his pre-trial detention | South China Morning Post
A Moscow court plans to hear an appeal, on April 18, 2023, from the lawyers of American reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is seeking to lift his pre-trial detention. Gershkovich, a US citizen, was arrested on March 29 in Russia and charged with espionage, which carries a prison term of up to 20 years. Media groups and …
Protesters damage President Macron’s favourite bistro, as pension demonstrations turn violent | South China Morning Post
Clashes erupted in Paris as nationwide protests against pension reform entered the eleventh day on April 6, 2023. Demonstrators threw bottles and paint at police and set fire to the awning of the bistro La Rotonde, one of French President Emmanuel Macron’s favourite restaurants. The Constitutional Council is expecte…
Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts over 2016 hush money case in New York court | South China Morning Post
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Manhattan District Court on April 4, 2023. He’s been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The case related to a 2016 pay-off of adult film star Stormy Daniels has resulted in the first criminal charges ever being brought against a former …
Malaysian lawmakers move to scrap mandatory death penalty and natural-life sentences | South China Morning Post
Malaysia’s lower house of parliament has passed a legal reform measure that would put an end to issuance of mandatory death penalties and natural-life sentences. The country paused executions in 2018, but courts have continued to send inmates to death row. The bill passed by the Dewan Rakyat on April 3, 2023, would …
VOA60 Africa - Rwandan President Paul Kagame reelected as leader of ruling party
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Meet the students taking climate justice to the world’s highest court | South China Morning Post
Cynthia Houniuhi and 26 other law students banded together in 2019 and started a campaign to bring climate change to the world's top court. They asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to define the obligations of states to combat climate change and the consequences for not doing so. On March 29, 2023, the Un…
Malaysia's ex-PM Najib Razak fails in final bid to overturn 1MDB-related corruption conviction | South China Morning Post
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak failed in his latest, and last, attempt to quash his corruption conviction on March 31, 2023, as the country’s highest court upheld its decision to send him to jail. He will continue to serve a 12-year jail sentence unless he receives a royal pardon from the king. In Augus…
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich detained in Russia on espionage charges | South China Morning Post
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained for two months by a Moscow court on espionage charges on March 30, 2023. Russia’s Federal Security Service confirmed the 31-year-old journalist had been detained for attempting to obtain classified information on Russia’s “military-industrial complex”. Inter…
War crimes tribunal going after Putin, but ignoring bigger war criminals? | South China Morning Post
The Post’s chief news editor, Yonden Lhatoo, accuses the International Criminal Court of cowardice and double standards after it issued an arrest warrant only for Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering an invasion of Ukraine.
Suu Kyi’s party among dozens dissolved by Myanmar junta as election registration deadline passes | South China Morning Post
Military leaders in Myanmar have dissolved Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) and 39 other political parties over their failure to register for the next general election, according to junta-controlled media reports on March 28, 2023. The previous day, military chief Min Aung Hlaing said in an Arm…
‘People are losing hope’: New policy sparks fear among Hong Kong’s asylum seekers | South China Morning Post
A revised law in Hong Kong has sparked fear among the estimated 14,800 asylum seekers and refugees who live in the city. Introduced in December 2022, the new policy allows immigration authorities to remove unsuccessful claimants from the city before they can exhaust legal pathways to challenge the decision. The gove…
Canadian lawmaker Han Dong denies Beijing ties, but resigns from ruling party | South China Morning Post
Chinese-Canadian lawmaker Han Dong has exited Canada’s governing Liberal Party following unconfirmed media reports that he had ties to the Beijing government. The reports said Han secretly met a senior Chinese diplomat in 2021 and suggested that Beijing hold off on freeing two Canadians who had at the time been deta…
Ukrainian Refugees in Israel Stuck in Legal Limbo
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‘We can’t get away’: Self-made bunkers built in Myanmar to protect against junta air strikes | South China Morning Post
Displaced villagers in Myanmar have built bunkers made of earth and sandbags to protect themselves from attacks by their own ruling government. The military government has been fighting armed rebel groups since staging a coup in 2021 that overthrew the democratically elected government. Experts say the junta relies …
Pakistan police raid Imran Khan’s home as former prime minister appears at court | South China Morning Post
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan arrived at court in the country's capital Islamabad on March 18, 2023, days after a failed attempt to arrest him led to clashes between his supporters and police. Earlier the same day, police stormed Khan’s home in the eastern city of Lahore and arrested dozens of his supp…
Indonesians take Swiss concrete giant to court seeking climate justice | South China Morning Post
The 1500 inhabitants of Pari Island say they have not contributed to the climate crisis, yet, they are suffering the consequences. Under current CO2-emission levels, environmentalists say most of the 42-hectare (103-acre) island could sink by 2050 because of rising sea levels. Environmental litigation against govern…
Families of Indonesian stampede victims condemn court decision to acquit 2 police officers | South China Morning Post
Family members of victims of the deadly football stadium stampede in Indonesia have criticised the acquittal of two policemen linked to the tragedy. The court decision, handed down on March 16, 2023, cleared the pair of any wrongdoing in the October 2022 stampede, which claimed the lives of around 135 people. Indone…