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In nicaragua in the past two weeks. the motive for the arrests is not clear. the hong kong pro—democracy campaigner and former newspaper owner, jimmy lai, has appeared in court to plead not guilty to all charges against him. mr lai faces two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiracy to publish seditious material. theres tight security for the trial. youre live with bbc news. the israeli government has sharply criticised a ruling by the supreme court which struck downju...

Independent media outlets, was raided by the national security police. senior editors were arrested and detained. the charge — publishing seditious material. ronson worked there as an editor. on that morning, national security police came to ronson�*s door. those found guilty of violating the national security law could face life in prison. ronson was taken away for questioning, then released, but his colleagues remain in custody. as chairman of the journalists association, he has long been ...

Ronson chan is one of the most well—knownjournalists in hong kong. the bbc has been following his life since the early days of the national security law. as chairman of the journalists association, he has long been seen as a possible target. those found guilty of violating the national security law could face life in prison. hes a fierce defender ofjournalists rights. he was an editor of one of the last independent media outlets in hong kong. stand news. in december 2021, stand news was raided...

Raided its offices and arrested journalists and other employees as cnns ivan watson reports for us now. this is just the latest example in what has been a horrible year for freedom of the press in hong kong. >> reporter: one of the last remaining independent media voices in hong kong silenced. 200 police officers raided the newsroom of the online portal stand news early wednesday. police also arrested at least seven people, including six current and former senior staff charging them with the pub...

Organization, its called citizen news, shut its doors just a few days after police raided the pro-democracy outlet stand news and arrested several of its employees, claiming they planned to publish seditious material. the closures come as hong kong increasingly cracks down on dissent. firefighters returned to south africas parliament building in cape town after flames reignited the roof. the national assembly building suffered extensive damage sunday, one man was arrested at the scene. president...

Involved. alex hogan is joining us from london with the details. >> this involves 200 officers who went in and seized computers and phones and even arrest seven people. these are senior and former senior editors at this organization and law enforcement are charging them with conspiring to publish seditious material. the most prominent pro-democracy media organization. after this raid, the company dismissed all its employees and said it will shut down. antony blinken condemned this, demanding the...

In d.c. appointed by former president trump has said a conspiracy case against members of the proud boys can move forward. in a 43-page ruling, the judge said the alleged crimes could not be considered protected first amendment speech. in washington, im whitney wild. hong kong pro-democracy outlet stand news announced it will shutdown less than 12 hours after a police raid of its offices. hundreds of police officers swarmed the company headquarters collecting boxes of evidence. at least seven ...

Track there. russia saying sanctions will make no difference to us, and thats what the u.s. has on the table right now. thanks for covering a lot of territory for us there. appreciate it. now, hong kong police have arrested at least six staff and associates of the pro-democracy outlet stand news. officials say theyre suspected in conspiracy to publish seditious material, a blanket charge which has been used to restrict media freedoms in the city. police also visited the home of a seventh emplo...