By Gazette reporter2021-04-19T08:36:00+01:00
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales have condemned what they describe as the ’disproportionate sentencing’ of veteran Hong Kong pro-democracy figures, including Martin Lee QC and Dr Margaret Ng, barrister. The veteran lawyers are among seven prominent figures who pleaded not guilty in February to accusations of organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly.
Dr Margaret Ng (pictured) and Martin Lee QC were given suspended prison sentences
Source: Michael Cross
Baroness Kennedy QC, director of the IBA Human Rights Institute commented: ‘Margaret Ng and Martin Lee have received several accolades for their lifelong defence of fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law. Their sentencing is unjust and represents an assault on the principles of modern democracies worldwide. It must be met with vehement condemnation by the international
Why I stopped presentation of petition during plenary – Deputy Speaker
Mr Wase says his decision to stop a member from presenting a petition during plenary was strictly based on parliamentary procedures. 3 min read
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, said his decision to prevent a member of the House, Mark Gbilah, from laying a petition last Thursday “was strictly based on rules of parliamentary procedures”.
The deputy speaker disclosed this in a statement by his media aide, Umar Puma, on Monday.
Mr Wase was reacting to a trending video, showing him preventing Mr Gbilah from laying a petition while he (Wase) was presiding during plenary session.
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FACTS ABOUT MR. KORNA ANONGO TERHEMEN WHO DROPPED OUT OF UI MEDICAL SCHOOL
For some days now, we have carefully and painstakingly followed reports, call-outs, insinuations and opinions in the media about Mr. Korna Anongo Terhemen who dropped out of the University of Ibadan Medical School.
Most of the reports on this protracted matter of more than 20 (twenty) years are full of wide gaps and misrepresentations which this write up will address:
To begin with, it is on record that the University of Ibadan responded to a petition by Mr. Terhemen to the Honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives dated 26 March, 2014 which was served on the University for consideration and appropriate response through the Senate Committee on Education in April 2014. The University responded (after painstakingly going through its Committees and processes) by a letter from its immediate past Registrar dated 20th February, 2015 with 10 Annexures.
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Coalition of Nigerian in Diaspora Organisations (NIDO) drawn from Europe, Americas, Asia, Oceania and Africa have threatened to halt annual diaspora remittances worth over $23 billion into the country, in protest against the disparaging and derogatory statements made by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Idris Wase last Wednesday.
In the 4-page protest letter dated March 14, 2021, and addressed to the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the coalition alleged that the Deputy Speaker’s statements “vilify the whole Nigerians in diaspora and putting to doubt our citizenship, privileges and rights as Nigerians.”
Copies of the petition was also sent to President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan; Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Governor Kayode Fayemi; Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora Affairs; Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora Affairs; Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Minister of Foreign Affairs; Minister