An American human rights lawyer was among 50 people arrested in Hong Kong today in a dramatic escalation of China’s crackdown on opposition in the city. John Clancey was led away and detained on suspicion of ‘subversion’ after national security police searched his law firm which is known for taking on human rights cases in the former … Read more
The Prime Minister was surprisingly jaunty… Keir Starmer’s brow crinkled with perplexity: HENRY DEEDES sees Boris Johnson on top form batting off the Opposition By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 23:02 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 23:56 GMT, 11 November 2020 Armistice Day in the Commons, where at PMQs Labour’s guns fell … Read more
Shocking moment Ugandan reggae star and opposition Presidential candidate Bobi Wine is dragged from his car and arrested after saying he would stand in next year’s election Video shows the reggae singer being violently dragged from his car He was later released and transferred to his home in Magere He hopes to unseat Yoweri Museveni, … Read more
Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who was snatched by masked men on Monday and nearly deported, is being held in Mink prison. She was driven to the border in the dead of night but she tore up her passport to foil authorities trying to deport her to Ukraine. Her fellow opposition members have now claimed Kolesnikova … Read more
A Belarus opposition leader tore up her passport to foil authorities trying to deport her to Ukraine in the dead of night, it was claimed today. Maria Kolesnikova was driven to a border crossing in the early hours of this morning but ‘took action’ to prevent her ‘forcible expulsion’, Ukraine’s government said, a day after … Read more
The authorities in Belarus arrested two leading opposition figures on Monday and called a Nobel laureate in for questioning, a day after thousands of people defied the army to march demanding the downfall of president Alexander Lukashenko. Two weeks after an election which his opponents say he rigged, Lukashenko has shown little sign of bringing … Read more
President Xi Jinping is facing widespread opposition within his Communist Party and leading China into ‘disaster’, insider claims Cai Xia, a retired Chinese professor of politics, criticised the nation’s leader She claimed discontent within the ruling Communist Party was widespread It came after Ms Cai was expelled from the party due to a leaked recording She … Read more
The woman trying to bring down ‘Europe’s last dictator’ is a 37-year-old English teacher described as an ‘accidental Joan of Arc’ who ran for the presidency of Belarus after her husband was arrested and barred from the ballot in May. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s unlikely rise to political stardom has posed the most serious challenge to strongman … Read more
The main opposition leader in Belarus has fled to Lithuania ‘for the sake of her children’ amid deadly clashes after losing a disputed election to Alexander Lukashenko. Protesters fought police with stones and fireworks and were hit with rubber bullets and tear gas on the streets of Minsk as they accused strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko … Read more
Six Harvey Weinstein accusers urged a judge to reject an $18.9million settlement with the disgraced movie mogul and the board of his former studio, slamming it as a ‘cruel hoax’ on Monday. The settlement announced on June 30 would end litigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James and separate class-action litigation, and permit accusers … Read more