Chinese Court Sentences Lai to Five Years on ‘Fraud Charges’
Tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced by Chinese Authorities to more than five years in prison for fraud. Pro-democracy Jimmy Lai, a businessman from Hong Kong, was found guilty of fraud and given a five year, nine month prison term. The 75-year-old billionaire was found guilty on Saturday of two Continue Reading
Chinese Court Sentences Lai to Five Years on ‘Fraud Charges’
Tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced by Chinese Authorities to more than five years in prison for fraud. Pro-democracy Jimmy Lai, a businessman from Hong Kong, was found guilty of fraud and given a five year, nine month prison term. The 75-year-old billionaire was found guilty on Saturday of two Continue Reading
27 Asphyxiated Dead Ethiopian Immigrants Discovered in Zambia
27 suspected Ethiopian migrants’ dead and suffocated bodies were discovered in the capital of Zambia. On the outskirts of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, at least 27 suspected migrants from Ethiopia were discovered dead, smothered, and maybe thrown from a truck.Security personnel only discovered one survivor who was “not breathing,” according to Continue Reading
Iran Executes and Publicly Hangs Another Protester
Majidreza Rahnavard was publicly hanged from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others after being convicted of stabbing two members of a paramilitary force. Activists warn that at least a dozen people have already been sentenced to death in closed-door hearings. On Monday, Iran’s Mizan news agency published Continue Reading
World Humanitarian Day
There is a saying that goes: It takes a village to raise a child. Similarly, it takes a village to support a person in a humanitarian crisis. With record-high humanitarian needs around the world, this year’s World Humanitarian Day (WHD) builds on this metaphor of collective endeavour to grow global Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia Executes 81 People in one day’s Mass Execution
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history. The number of executed surpassed even the toll of a January 1980 Continue Reading
