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Hong Kong: Media baron Jimmy Lai, six former Apple Daily employees hit with fresh sedition charge

Hong Kong: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six former employees of his now defunct Apple Daily are now facing sedition charges while awaiting trial under the Beijing-imposed national security law.

Bhutanese court scraps sedition case against businessman; verdict hailed as victory of democracy

A sedition case against Penjore, a businessman, was perhaps one of the most keenly watched legal cases in recent times in Bhutan. A conviction would have been perceived by most Bhutanese, if not all,  as the end of freedom of speech and the rule of constitutional law. A Thimphu district court in Bhutan, this week, dismissed the case, restoring the confidence of many people in the virtues of dissent and criticism in a democracy.