Given his age and reports of his deteriorating health, the term effectively ensures the British citizen would spend his remaining years in prison.
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“Following today’s sentencing, we will rapidly engage further on Mr. Lai’s case,” U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said.
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The British prime minister began his official visit to China on Jan. 28, amid calls to press on human rights issues with China’s President Xi Jinping, including the case of …
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“I resigned not because I was guilty, but because I love the brotherhood and unity of the church, especially in the Diocese of Bogor.”
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India: Christmas celebrations disturbed or canceled over Hindu nationalist violence
by Anto Akkaraby Anto AkkaraChristian leaders have urged the Hindu nationalists’ government in India to speak out forcefully against Christian persecution and ensure accountability.
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For Jimmy Lai’s daughter Claire, the trial of her father revealed Lai is first and foremost a man of unbroken faith, who trusts in the Lord in times of the …
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Hong Kong’s prominent Catholic, media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai has been convicted of national security offenses under the city’s controversial national security law.
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The floods have receded, and volunteer teams, along with locals, have begun cleaning their homes, which are filled with mud and dirty water.
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Holding inflight news conference, pope talks about peace in Gaza, Ukraine
by Cindy Woodenby Cindy WoodenABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM TURKEY (CNS) — On his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV showed reporters that the inflight news conferences of his predecessors would continue. And, …
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Pope Leo XIV, like his two immediate predecessors, visited the so-called Blue Mosque in Turkey’s capital; he spent about 20 minutes inside but did not appear to pause for prayer …
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