Live Breaking News & Updates on துறை கீழ் துருப்பு
Stay updated with breaking news from துறை கீழ் துருப்பு. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
January 08, 2021 A handout photo. Freelance journalists of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam Pham Chi Dung (R), Le Huu Minh Tuan (C) and Nguyen Tuong Thuy (L) stand between police during their trial at a court in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, Jan 5, 2021. VNA via Reuters Authorities in Vietnam are ramping up their crackdown on dissent just weeks before the Communist Party’s national congress, with the jailing of prominent journalist Pham Chi Dung on Tuesday (Jan 5) just the latest in a string of sentences handed down to critics of the state. Before his arrest, Dung was chairman of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam, a group he founded that has advocated for press freedom in the country since 2014 yet is considered an illegal organisation by Hanoi. ....
Hungary’s new envoy in D.C. is not new to issues of antisemitism Szabolcs Takács, who also serves as head of Hungary s delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, is ready for a pivot to the Biden administration By Share Szabolcs Takács, Hungary’s newly appointed ambassador to the United States, is beginning his posting at what is shaping up to be an uncertain moment for diplomatic relations between his home country and the United States. The past four years have been relatively clear-cut for Hungarian diplomats, as President Donald Trump maintained an unusually chummy relationship with Hungary’s far-right leader, Viktor Orbán, who has been criticized for violating democratic norms. Trump has told the prime minister he is doing a “tremendous job,” and the feeling is apparently mutual: In September, Orbán enthusiastically endorsed the president’s reelection bid. ....