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Father of pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok first to be convicted under Hong Kong national security law

Officials arrested Kwok Yin-sang after he tried to end his daughter’s insurance policy and withdraw the fundsA Hong Kong court has found the father of a wanted activist guilty of a national security violation, after he tried to end her insurance policy and withdraw the funds, drawing international criticism for the targeting of relatives of pro-democracy campaigners.Kwok Yin-sang, 68, is the first person to be charged under a homegrown national security law, also known as Article 23, for “attempting to deal with, directly or indirectly, any funds or other financial assets or economic resources” belonging to an absconder. Continue reading...

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Turkey's Erdogan replaces justice and interior ministers in reshuffle

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has carried out a surprise mini Cabinet reshuffle, replacing Turkey's justice and interior ministers

Democrats introduce ‘Virginia’s law’ bill to end statute of limitations on civil sexual abuse cases

Proposed legislation, named after Virginia Giuffre, a survivor of Epstein’s abuse, also tackles jurisdictionDemocrats in Congress were joined on Capitol Hill by survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse to introduce legislation to end the statute of limitations and restrictions on jurisdiction in civil sexual abuse cases.The move comes less than two weeks after the justice department released 3.5m pages of heavily redacted documents related to Epstein, as ordered by the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act. Continue reading...

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Person detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie disappearance

Individual detained Tuesday south of Tucson, Arizona, in relation to case of mother of NBC’s Savannah GuthrieA suspect in the abduction of US television host Savannah Guthrie’s elderly mother, Nancy, was taken into custody in Arizona on Tuesday, nine days after the 84-year-old woman was reported missing, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the case.The Pima County sheriff’s department issued a separate statement online late on Tuesday saying deputies had “detained a subject during a traffic stop” and that the individual was “being questioned in connection to the Nancy Guthrie investigation”. Continue reading...

Federal prosecutors reportedly failed to secure indictments against six Democratic lawmakers over US military video – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: Why did FBI raid Georgia election office? Trump-loyal election deniers told them toJamie Raskin, a top House Democrat, accused the justice department of making “puzzling, inexplicable redactions” to documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that obscured the names of abusers, while allowing the identities of the disgraced financier’s victims to become public.Raskin told reporters that he wanted to view the complete files to better understand how the justice department handled the redaction process. Continue reading...