Law & Order
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Hong Kong court sentences Tong Ying-kit to nine years in jail for breaking national security law
Former waiter Tong Ying-kit, 24, was accused of driving his motorcycle into three riot police last year while carrying a…
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Malta failed to protect murdered journalist, says inquiry
The government of Malta failed to adequately protect anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and bore responsibility for creating a “culture…
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Current Global Legal Regime on Sea
The third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, which began in 1973, was only concluded with the…
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‘No arbitration’ occurred, says Duterte despite PCA ruling favoring PH
“What will I do with a document that does not bind China because they were never a part of that…
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UK and France sign post-Brexit Channel security pact
Britain and France today signed a limited post-Brexit security treaty aimed at protecting passengers on Channel ferries from terror attacks.…
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Riots Reveal South Africa’s Enduring Rifts
Mobs attacked shopping malls and factories in two provinces. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Pauline Bax explains that the…
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Reform of police body-worn camera laws flagged
The court ruling in September last year has the potential to deny crucial evidence from being tendered during civil proceedings…
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Myanmar doctors in hiding and hunted by the junta as Covid crisis ravages the country
Images from the biggest city, Yangon, show families of the sick waiting at oxygen plants in the hopes of refilling…
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A Hindu married a Muslim for love. Her parents called the police
A Sikh by birth, Bali converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man, Shahid Nazir Bhat. Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall…
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The ‘car park rorts’ story is scandalous. But it will keep happening unless we close grant loopholes
The Australian National Audit Office told a parliamentary committee a list of the top 20 marginal electorates guided the distribution…
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Israel threatens legal action over Ben & Jerry’s boycott
Israel warned the consumer goods giant Unilever on Tuesday that it was considering a legal response against one of its…
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Turkey’s Mobgate Reveals the Islamist Deep State
The revelations of Turkey’s most notorious mob boss, Sedat Peker, have made Ankara’s open secrets even more open: bribery, murder,…
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Majority of women in Victoria’s prisons have not been found guilty
Ava often feared for her safety when they argued, but kept the police out of it. Megan Pearce The Age…
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Spyware used to target journalists and activists around the world, reports indicate
Military-grade spyware was used to hack the smartphones of dozens of journalists and activists, according to an investigation conducted and…
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Companies can ban headscarves at work, top EU court rules
Private companies can prohibit employees from wearing headscarves at work, the EU’s top court ruled on Thursday. Liv Klingert Politico…
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Federal Government faces criticism after telling UN raising the age is the duty of states and territories
Currently, children as young as 10-years-old can be held criminally responsible and face incarceration in Australia. This is four years…
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