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Guardian and Observer style guide: B


bete noire
betting odds
We frequently get this wrong. A brief explanation: long odds (eg 100-1 against, normally expressed as 100-1) mean something unlikely; shorter odds (eg 10-1) still mean it’s unlikely, but less unlikely; odds on (eg 2-1 on, sometimes expressed as 1-2) means it is likely, so if you were betting £2 you would win only £1 plus the stake.
Take care using the phrase “odds on”: if Labour is quoted by bookmakers at 3-1 to win a byelection, and the odds are cut to 2-1, it is wrong to say “the odds on Labour to win were cut last night” – in fact, the odds against Labour to win have been cut (the shorter the price, the more likely something is expected to happen). ....

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Hong Kong court convicts veteran rights activists including 'father of democracy'


Hong Kong court convicts veteran rights activists including father of democracy
The group face jail for their roles in an unauthorised protest during the pro-democracy movement that roiled Hong Kong in 2019
1 April 2021 • 1:30pm
Martin Lee, who helped write Hong Kong s mini-constitution, was convicted over his role in an unauthorised assembly
Credit: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
Nine veteran Hong Kong activists face jail after they were convicted on Thursday over their roles in an unauthorised assembly at the height of the protest movement that engulfed the city in 2019. 
The defendants feature some of the city’s most prominent and moderate pro-democracy figures, including distinguished barristers Martin Lee, 82, and Margaret Ng, 73. Mr Lee is known widely as the “father of democracy” and helped draft Hong Kong’s mini-constitution.  ....

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Future of Hong Kong: Beijing targets independent judiciary with fierce clampdown on lawyers


The new national security law is a game-changer for the city’s common law system
This article is the first in our three-part series, The Future of Hong Kong, looking at how much has changed since the first protests against Beijing s extradition bill two years ago.
Martin Lee, a respected Hong Kong barrister, had just finished his Saturday morning walk around Hong Kong’s Victoria Park when seven police officers arrived at his door to arrest him.
The detention of Mr Lee, known by many as the “father of democracy” in Hong Kong and who helped to write its mini-constitution, was seen as a clear signal of the erosion of the city s rule of law. ....

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Defeat of genocide amendment is not a cause for despair


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Screenshot from Twitter of alleged Uyghur prisoners, blindfolded and cuffed being loaded on to trains. (Via Jewish News)
Last Tuesday was a good day for progress on tackling the genocide of the Uyghurs. In one of his very last acts as United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo determined that the atrocities perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party regime against the Uyghurs constitute genocide. His successor, Antony Blinken, immediately agreed, stating at his confirmation hearing in the US Senate that: “On the Uyghurs I think we’re very much in agreement. And the forcing of men, women and children into concentration camps, trying to, in effect, re-educate them to ....

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