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The leader of the SNP and Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, says "democracy is what is at stake" after the UK Supreme Court ruled against the unilaterial right of the Scottish parliament to call an independence referendum. "It is now about whether or not we even have the basic, democratic right to choose our own future" she adds. SOUNDBITE
Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists gather outside the US Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments in the fiercest challenge to abortion in a generation, as a Supreme Court dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump hears a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights. The nine justices -- among them six conservatives -- are examining a 2018 law in the southern state of Mississippi that prohibits most terminations after 15 weeks of pregnancy. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Mar 2 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were brought back to court for bail hearing Tuesday morning after the court adjourned the trial overnight when one of the dissidents collapsed and had to be sent to the hospital.Joshua Wong and Benny Tai had to spend the night in the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, one of the largest prisons in Hong Kong, before being brought back to the court early Tuesday morning. Police have charged 47 pro-democracy activists with conspiracy to subvert state powers under the National Security Law. The group of arrestees comprises most of the 55 people arrested in January 2021 under the national security law over primary elections held in July 2020. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTER IN HONG KONG, CHINA.FOOTAGE SHOT ON MONDAY MARCH 1ST, 2021.
Hong Kong, Feb 9 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, accused of colluding with foreign forces, will remain in prison after the city's top court on Tuesday upheld an appeal by the government against his release on bail in December.Lai can appeal the ruling by the Court of Final Appeal.The court said the judge, who granted Lai bail in December, "misconstrued" a clause of the national security legislation, public broadcaster RTHK reported. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: PRO-DEMOCRACY AND PRO-CHINA SUPPORTER HOLD A PLACARD SHOWING A PICTURE OF HONG KONG MEDIA MOGUL JIMMY LAI OUTSIDE THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL IN HONG KONG.
Stella Moris, the fiancee of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, calls for the Department of Justice to drop the charges against Assange and for the president of the US to pardon him after a London court denied him bail. SOUNDBITE
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