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HRW: China systemically oppressing critics of human rights abuse
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned both China's oppression of critics of the nation's human rights record and the UN's failure to stop such conduct. The report alleges that, "China has worked consistently and often aggressively to silen (More) |
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China rights lawyer 'confesses' to attempting to overthrow government
Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong confessed at a trial on Tuesday to attempting to overthrow the Chinese government. Jiang has been in custody since November of last year. At the trial, he stated that Western laws led him to attempt to over (More) |
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The Galactic Empire: Lessons in Geopolitics from a "Galaxy Far, Far Away"
JURIST Guest Columnist Roy Lee discusses the applications of principles from the Star Wars film series to contemporary issues in international relations... In the ever-popular Star Wars series, the Jedi and the Rebel Alliance are pit (More) |
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China human rights lawyer arrested
Family members of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong said Friday that police have informed them of his formal arrest and his decision to dismiss all legal counsel. The legal activist disappeared [Guardian report] in November after publicizing the p (More) |
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Trump: US to pull out of Paris climate deal
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the US will no longer be part of the Paris climate accord . 195 nations have signed on to the deal making it a world-wide effort to curb global warming. Foreign leaders, business executive and Trum (More) |
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New South Korea president seeks international assistance against North Korea weapons
Moon Jae-in was sworn in as the 19th President of South Korea on Wednesday, later that day seeking international assistance on North Korean weapons threats. Moon had a phone call with US President Donald Trump focusing [KBS report] on the threat of (More) |
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Trump orders study of US trade deficit, import duty evasion
President Donald Trump on Friday released an executive order instructing the Commerce Department and the US Trade Representative to study causes of the US trade deficit in advance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit next week. Trump urged , (More) |
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Report: China targeting human rights defenders as national security threats
The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) released its annual report on Thursday, highlighting intensified crackdowns on human rights defenders in China. According to the CHRD report, human rights activities are being criminalized as "'p (More) |
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Indonesia corruption group arrests constitutional judge
The Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed Thursday that it had arrested a Constitutional Court judge in an investigation involving three other suspects and as many as 10 other detainments. The investigation surrounds allegat (More) |
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Former China National Petroleum general manager sentenced to 15 years for corruption
A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced Liao Yongyuan, the former general manager of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) , to 15 years for graft, finding corruption based on accepting bribes and holding large amounts of property with no identi (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
