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A Hong Kong flag is flown behind a pair of surveillance cameras outside the Central Government Offices in Hong Kong, China July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG, March 14 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Monday criticised Hong Kong authorities for accusing U.K.-based rights group Hong Kong Watch of "collusion with foreign forces" in a "likely" violation of the China-im...

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When the powerful corporations that run America’s biggest retailers took interest in Maine, communities around the state bent over backwards to get them here, offering tax breaks and other incentives that made these rich companies even richer. No wonder the corporations now think they can walk all over them. Throughout Maine over the last several years, the big-box stores that now dominate re...

When the powerful corporations that run America’s biggest retailers took interest in Maine, communities around the state bent over backwards to get them here, offering tax breaks and other incentives that made these rich companies even richer. No wonder the corporations now think they can walk all over them. Throughout Maine over the last several years, the big-box stores that now dominate re...

Let’s start by stating the obvious – acts of sexism are absolutely unacceptable, whether done intentionally or out of ignorance. They are not merely condescending, but hurtful and can do real damage to a person. That is why it is important to learn about proper interpersonal conduct, whether at an early age, or later on, so that a person would consciously avoid something as inappropriate as s...

Benedict Rogers Hong Kong police have threatened the leader of a U.K.-based human rights watchdog with jail, as authorities move to prosecute the Beijing-drafted national security legislation beyond China’s borders. Hong Kong Watch was accused of colluding with foreign forces and ordered to take down its website, in a letter from police to the organization’s chief executive Benedict Rogers, a...

Matt Dolan, center, at a law enforcement roundtable in Columbus. (Photo by Nick Evans, OCJ.) In Columbus, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Dolan hosted a roundtable Friday with law enforcement officials to underscore his record in the Statehouse and his plans for Washington. The Chagrin Falls senator touts his ability as finance chair to deliver funding for police training, fighting huma...

Former U.S. senator Joe Lieberman attends the opening event of the Begin Symposium in Jerusalem, March 13, 2022. Credit: Hanna Taieb. This is the second in a three-part series on the grave dysfunctionality of the Israeli law enforcement apparatus. Part I focused on the disregard of the law by the courts. Part II will turn attention to the disregard of evidence. Duma, Dawabshe and the presumpt...

Two preeminent scholars in property and community development law reform, an emerging voice in legal history, and a clinical professor specializing in criminal justice will be joining the BC Law faculty next fall. Thomas W. Mitchell and Lisa T. Alexander come to BC Law from Texas A&M University School of Law, where they co-founded and co-direct the Program in Real Estate and Community Dev...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police have accused UK-based rights group Hong Kong Watch of "collusion with foreign forces," a "likely" violation of the China-imposed national security law, the group said on Monday. In a March 10 letter seen by Reuters to Benedict Rogers, who heads the U.K.-based rights group, the Hong Kong Police said there were reasonable grounds for suspecting that Rogers...