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Bangkok, Sep 3 (EFE/EPA).- Two pro-democracy activists were on trial in Bangkok Thursday for their participation in anti-government rally after being arrested by the police in August on charges of violating the emergency decree and instigating political disturbance. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS PANUPONG JADNOK AND ANON NAMPA ARRIVE AT THE CRIMINAL COURT IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.SOUND BITES: THAI PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS PANUPONG JADNOK AND ANON NAMPA (IN THAI).TRANSLATIONS:1. PANUPONG JADNOK, THAI PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST.I am ready to fight despite having my freedom restricted. I believe that our people will keep on demanding for democracy and freedom of expression. (01:03 - 01:24)2. ANON NAMPA, THAI LAWYER AND PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST.It is obvious that the government is using their power to intervene in the justice system. They asked to have us jailed so we cannot call for constitution amendment. (01:34 - 01:48)
Hong Kong's largest-ever national security trial begins final arguments Wednesday, more than 1,000 days after the case against 47 democracy activists under the Beijing-imposed law began. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a journalist who became known after protesting against the Russian military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state television, waits for a Moscow court session inside a defendants' cage over charges of "discrediting" the Russian army fighting in Ukraine. As she waits, Ovsyannikova holds up a paper that reads 'May the dead children haunt you in your dreams'. She is facing up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. IMAGES
Beirut (Lebanon), Oct 6 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Nabil Mounzer) Lebanon's anti-government activists protested on Wednesday, under the slogan 'Cry of Depositors', against Ryad Salame, the Central Bank and others entities in front of the Beirut Bank in downtown Beirut.The governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon had enacted a law since the beginning of the financial crisis, whereby depositors' money is delivered in Lebanese pounds at the exchange rate of 3,900 pounds to the dollar.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN LEBANON.
Hong Kong, Sep 23 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and opposition figures charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under Beijing's imposed national security law, returned to the West Kowloon Court Thursday as they waited for the case to be transferred to the higher Court of First Instance, where the maximum sentence is life in prison. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS AND OPPOSITION FIGURES ARRIVE AT WEST KOWLOON COURT IN HONG KONG.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).