Experts say their fears are not unfounded. Prof Jerome Cohen, a China law expert at New York University, said he was concerned about the law because “the breadth of the prescribed definitions is not yet known”, and the law will integrate Hong Kong into the Chinese system that subjects criminal justice to the security agencies. He is also worried that national security cases that end up in indefinite detention will work like the pre-trial incommunicado detention in China, where suspects are held for months before the criminal process begins. … [Read more...] about The ‘real’ handover: Hong Kong fears looming laws will end ‘one country, two systems’
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Boris Johnson speaks to President Joe Biden in phone call – with hopes of ‘deepening longstanding alliance’ with US
More from Boris Johnson COVID-19: Virus will be 'with us forever, but controlled', admits government adviser Number 10 refuses to criticise Joe Biden for removing Churchill bust - despite PM's disapproval of same move by Obama Is Joe Biden woke? Boris Johnson says there's 'nothing wrong' if he is Theresa May attacks Boris Johnson for 'abandoning moral leadership' Boris Johnson 'does not have a nap' during the day, Downing Street says Kelly Tolhurst: Minister resigns to spend 'precious time' with family after 'devastating news' … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson speaks to President Joe Biden in phone call – with hopes of ‘deepening longstanding alliance’ with US
Boris Johnson hails ‘glad tidings of great joy’ in Christmas message after historic £660bn Brexit trade deal
"With the UK’s share of fish in our waters rising substantially, from roughly half today, to closer to 2/3 in five and a half years’ time after which there is no theoretical limit beyond those placed by science or conservation on the quantity of our own fish that we can fish in our waters." … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson hails ‘glad tidings of great joy’ in Christmas message after historic £660bn Brexit trade deal
‘Money-obsessed’ husband stabbed his estranged disability rights campaigner wife to death after she refused to sign his plans to divide £1m family fortune, court hears
She also told the court Hoadley called his dead wife's mobile phone six times the next morning and left three messages before ringing emergency social services to say Ms Hoadley and Eleanor hadn't turned up to a meeting in the town centre. … [Read more...] about ‘Money-obsessed’ husband stabbed his estranged disability rights campaigner wife to death after she refused to sign his plans to divide £1m family fortune, court hears
Twisted father who repeatedly raped his two stepdaughters from the age of 12 is free to roam his victims’ home town as he’s pictured sipping on wine and gorging on pizza – despite pleading guilty to horrific sexual abuse charges two MONTHS ago
August 2020 - Melville reverses decades of denials and pleads guilty to six offences in the Sydney District Court, appearing by video link from Western Australia. The court does not revoke bail after the guilty plea, and Melville remains a free man while awaiting sentencing … [Read more...] about Twisted father who repeatedly raped his two stepdaughters from the age of 12 is free to roam his victims’ home town as he’s pictured sipping on wine and gorging on pizza – despite pleading guilty to horrific sexual abuse charges two MONTHS ago
