Hong Kong implements robust new safety legislation at uncommon pace

[ Below strain from Beijing, Hong Kong authorities are struggling to cross a long-delayed nationwide safety legislation that would impose life sentences for treason, rise up and collusion with exterior forces within the Asian monetary hub. Harsh punishments could also be imposed with the goal of additional deterring dissent. The legislation, often known as Article … Read more

'Decolonizing' Ukrainian artwork, one name-and-shaming put up at a time

[ Oksana Semenyk, who spent days hiding within the basement of a kindergarten in Bucha, a Kiev suburb that has change into synonymous with Russian battle crimes, had time to assume. Outdoors, Russian troopers have been ransacking the town, killing civilians out within the streets. Realizing she wouldn’t succeed, Ms. Semenyk, an artwork historian, turned … Read more

Eire's referendum on ladies and household defined within the Structure

[ For the previous eight a long time, Eire's structure has included language enshrining ladies's function within the dwelling, which equality advocates have lengthy seen as a relic of a patriarchal previous. On Friday, the Irish public will vote on proposals to alter that language and broaden the definition of what constitutes a household. The … Read more

The ICC arrest warrant for Russian officers will reverberate past Russia.

[ The Worldwide Prison Courtroom introduced Tuesday that it has issued arrest warrants for 2 senior Russian commanders, charging them with battle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity. The ICC, based mostly in The Hague, Netherlands, is the world's solely everlasting worldwide felony courtroom with the facility to analyze and prosecute crimes of genocide, … Read more