Day: February 16, 2025

UK News: Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threats

UK-based lawyers have spoken out about being targeted by the Chinese state and its supporters in a campaign of intimidation including surveillance, hacking of bank accounts and rape threats.

The barristers, from Doughty Street Chambers in London, say there has been a coordinated and concerted campaign against them since they began acting for the jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media mogul, Jimmy Lai, three years ago. Continue reading…
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ICYMI: 33 new movies and TV shows were added to Netflix UK this week.
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We join volunteers in Bristol as they hand out DNA test kits they say can empower victims and deter perpetrators … and hear from critics who call the project reckless

On a bitingly cold Tuesday, ambassadors dressed in bright orange sweatshirts hand out self-swab rape kits and packets of chocolates from a paddling pool to fellow Bristol University students moving between lectures. “Can I take one for my daughter?” asks a middle-aged woman.

The ambassadors are volunteers for Enough, a not-for-profit organisation that was launched as a pilot in October, offering free DNA testing kits to students in Bristol who had reported rape, and online resources to support them. Continue reading…
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