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Pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai sentenced in Hong Kong


Pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai sentenced in Hong Kong
By The World staff
© AP/File photo
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong, Aug. 10, 2020.
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In another apparent blow to the democracy movement in Hong Kong, media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 73, was sentenced Friday to 14 months in prison. The pro-democracy advocate was sentenced alongside other leading activists for their role in organizing and participating in a 2019 anti-government protest.
At the same time in Hong Kong, former lawmaker Martin Lee, 82, and three others had their sentences suspended age and other factors were taken into consideration. ....

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Australians stranded amid the pandemic turn to the UN


Australians stranded amid the pandemic turn to the UN
By Rupa Shenoy
© Niranjan Shrestha/AP
Stranded Australian citizens arrive to catch a bus to take a rescue flight from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 1, 2020. Stranded tourists from Australia and New Zealand boarded a chartered flight out of Nepal Wednesday. The Nepal Airlines flight had 222 Australians and 28 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents.
Pieter den Heten left Australia for work in Germany before the pandemic shut things down and was then unable to return. That was in September of 2019.
Den Heten became the face of an Amnesty International campaign on behalf of stranded Australians. He testified as a witness for an Australian Senate Committee hearing. Lawmakers said they’d have everyone back by Christmas, but that didn’t happen. ....

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