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Hong Kong rights group says website not accessible through some networks

15 Feb 2022

By James Pomfret and Donny Kwok Hong Kong (Reuters) – The website of U.K.-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch could not be accessed through some networks in the Chinese-ruled city, stoking concerns of internet censorship in the global financial hub, the organisation said. Hong Kong Watch Chief Executive Benedict Rogers, said he was worried …

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Hong Kong rights group says website not accessible through some networks

15 Feb 2022

By James Pomfret and Donny Kwok Hong Kong (Reuters) -The website of U.K.-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch could not be accessed through some networks in the Chinese-ruled city, stoking concerns of internet censorship in the global financial hub, the organisation said. Hong Kong Watch Chief Executive Benedict Rogers, said he was worried the …

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Hong Kong police arrest singer for alleged sedition – media

15 Feb 2022

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 41-year-old man for suspected sedition and money laundering, whom local media identified as singer Tommy Yuen. The Hong Kong police’s national security department confirmed that a 41-year-old had been arrested for public comments and online posts that authorities deemed carried “seditious …

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Indonesia reports record 57,049 new coronavirus cases

15 Feb 2022

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported 57,049 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a record daily high, according to data from its COVID-19 taskforce. The Southeast Asian nation has recorded 4.9 million cases overall and more than 145,000 deaths. (Reporting by Bernadette Christina Munthe and Stanley Widianto; Editing by Martin Petty)

Malaysian girl charged with murder over death of baby born of rape

15 Feb 2022

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian teenager accused of killing her newborn baby she says was conceived of rape was charged on Tuesday with murder, her lawyer said, as activists called for her to be released on bail. The 15-year-old, whose identity has been withheld by authorities, was detained last week after a baby boy …

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Hong Kong rules out citywide lockdown as cases continue to surge

15 Feb 2022

By Twinnie Siu and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday ruled out a citywide lockdown to fight COVID-19, but a surge of infections meant she could not “preclude” the possibility of postponing next month’s chief executive election. Lam, who has not confirmed whether she will seek another five-year term …

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Japan PM Kishida, EU’s von der Leyen discuss Ukraine – ministry

15 Feb 2022

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed the Ukraine situation during a telephone call on Tuesday, Japan’s foreign ministry said. “The two leaders shared the view that they have monitored the situation around Ukraine with grave concern and consistently supported the sovereignty and territorial integrity …

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UK and Japan to conduct joint research on fighter jet sensor

15 Feb 2022

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Tuesday it had signed a letter of arrangement with Japan to work together on research for a fighter jet sensor to detect lethal threats. The universal radio frequency sensor technology could help armed forces to better detect future threats from air, land and sea, quickly …

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Small quakes reported near N.Korea nuclear site amid talk of resumed testing

15 Feb 2022

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -A series of small earthquakes has struck near North Korea’s shuttered nuclear test site, South Korea has said, highlighting the area’s geological instability as Pyongyang hints it could resume testing for the first time since 2017. At least four earthquakes, all of which occurred naturally, have hit the region in …

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Indonesia court jails Islamic school teacher for life for raping students

15 Feb 2022

BANDUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamic school teacher to life in prison for raping 13 students in a case that has spotlighted the need to protect children from sexual violence in the country’s religious boarding schools. Judge Yohannes Purnomo Suryo Adi said that teacher Herry Wirawan had sexually groomed …

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