Tag - Landmark Trial

Bangladesh court detains army officers for landmark trial

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court remanded in custody on Wednesday (Oct 22) 15 high-ranking army officers on charges of enforced disappearances and atrocities committed during the 2024 uprising that toppled the government. It is first time that formal charges have been brought for enforced disappearances in Bangladesh, and the first time so many senior military officials have...

First activist to defend himself in landmark Hong Kong security trial says he has no remorse

HONG KONG (Reuters): The first Hong Kong activist to defend himself in person in a landmark national security trial against 47 pro-democracy campaigners said on Tuesday he had no remorse over the alleged conspiracy. Ng kin-wai, 28, was one of 47 activists arrested and charged in 2021 with "conspiracy to commit subversion to subvert the state...