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Hong Kong court finds former Stand News editors guilty of 'sedition'
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
District Court judge Kwok Wai-kin announced the verdict on Thursday, which declared former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam guilty of conspiring to publish seditious publications based on 17 articles.
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Verdict awaited for Hong Kong journalists accused of sedition, to test pre
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Two Hong Kong journalists will face the result of their historic sedition trial this week, Al Jazeera reported, adding that the decision may have a significant impact on the direction of media in the city.
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Hong Kong laws behind massive decline in media freedom: Report
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
It includes substantially tougher penalties for sedition, which Cheng described as "the main legislation that's been used against speech and media work" since the implementation of a new National Security Law in 2020.
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International human rights organisation condemns cases filed against Mahra
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Front Line Defenders, a human rights organization based in Dublin, Ireland, condemned the First Information Report (FIR) and false sedition charges filed against Mahrang Baloch, a prominent Baloch rights activist from Balochistan.
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Sedition case: Delhi HC grants bail to Sharjeel Imam
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted statutory bail to Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case for allegedly making inflammatory speeches in Jamia area and Aligarh Muslim University in 2019.
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Delhi HC adjourns sine die Sharjeel Imam's plea challenging framing of cha
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned sine die the appeal of Sharjeel Imam challenging the framing of charges in connection with a 2020 communal riots case involving allegations of sedition.
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Hong Kong legislature passes tough new national security law, expands govt
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The Safeguarding National Security Law passed includes new measures on treason, espionage, external interference, state secrets and sedition.
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Key witness in Jimmy Lai trial allegedly mistreated in custody, experts ra
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Accused by prosecutors of orchestrating the crowdfunding effort, Lai, a 76-year-old British national, faces grave charges including "collusion with foreign forces" under the national security law and sedition.
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Sharjeel Imam sedition case: Delhi HC issues notice to Delhi police on Sha
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Sharjeel Imam had approached the high court seeking statutory bail under section 436 A CrPC.
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Delhi Police arrest elusive SIMI member Hanif Sheikh after 22 years
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Officials said that the arrested accused was wanted in connection with an unlawful activities and sedition case and was declared a proclaimed offender.
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"Actions and acts of accused can be termed seditious," says Delhi court wh
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed Sharjeel Imam's bail plea in a sedition case. He is also accused in the larger conspiracy of the Delhi riots in 2020.
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Delhi Court reserves order on Sharjeel's bail plea in sedition case
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Delhi Court on Wednesday reserved its order on Sharjeel Imam's bail plea in the sedition case. The order is to be pronounced on February 17.
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