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Parents in Hong Kong send one in five Nepalese students to Nepal against their will. according to a survey publicized on Friday by Hong Kong Unison, a non-profit organization focusing on equal opportunities and integration for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. In a press conference titled “Challenges Faced by Nepalese Youth in Hong Kong,” Executive [...]

The Hong Kong Department of Justice ordered two convicted protesters to each pay over HK$1.7 million in damages on Friday, local media outlet Hong Kong Free Press said in an exclusive report. The amount covered all costs associated with two police officers’ injuries caused by the protesters’ assault in a 2019 protest. The government relied [...]

Recently, in Karthick v The Registrar General (‘Karthick’), the Madras High Court (‘MHC’) addressed a crucial issue concerning the need to balance the concept of open courts with the right to privacy. At the core of the issue was a plea to redact the name of an accused from a judgment after his acquittal. The [...]

The Zamoskvoretsky court in Moscow ordered the detention of French citizen Laurent Vinatier on Friday, accusing him of collecting information on military issues in Russia. Specifically, Vinatier has been charged with violating the rules of foreign agents’ activity under Part 3 of Article 330.1 of the Russian Criminal Code. If convicted, he faces up to [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a stay Friday pending an appeal of a lower court contempt ruling requiring Southwest attorneys to undergo religious liberty training with a conservative special interest group for their actions in a worker’s bias case. The lower court’s order stems from a contempt proceeding against Southwest [...]

The European Commission announced on Friday that Ukraine and Moldova have met all the requirements needed to start negotiating the countries’ EU membership. European Commission Spokesperson Ana Pisonero confirmed at a press conference that all the necessary criteria had been met by the two countries and that the decision to adopt the negotiation framework and [...]

New York state lawmakers passed legislation on Friday that would force major social media platforms to modify their policies and prohibit the use of “addictive” recommendation algorithms when deciding what children under 18 see in their social media feeds. Under the new legislation, social media companies would display content to younger users in chronological order. [...]

The National Investigation Agency of India (NIA) arrested Thongminthang Haokip on Thursday in relation to a transnational conspiracy to exacerbate violence in Manipur. The arrests were made on various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. According to the NIA, the conspiracy can be traced to Kuki insurgents, including the [...]

US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas formally disclosed Friday two luxury vacations gifted from conservative billionaire and Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow in 2019. The disclosure came as part of a wider report concerning financial disclosures for justices on the high court. The vacations were added as an amendment to Justice Thomas’ 2019 financial disclosure form [...]

A local court in the Indian city of Bengaluru granted bail on Friday to Rahul Gandhi, a prominent leader from the opposition Indian National Congress (INC), in a defamation case filed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate allowed Gandhi’s bail application. In its order, the court said, “The alleged [...]