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Saturday, August 27, 2022

Tsang was trafficked and tortured after falling victim to an internet scam. He's not the only one

When Tsang boarded a plane from Hong Kong to Thailand for what he thought was to meet his girlfriend in-person for the first time, he had no idea the traumatising experience that awaited him.

After landing in Bangkok, he was smuggled to Myanmar and detained.

The 28-year-old Hong Kong resident told local media organisation Headline Daily that his family was forced to pay a large ransom for his release, but not after he endured a month of beatings and torture.

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Why this woman feels a sense of responsibility for the Saudi sisters found dead in Sydney

Saffaa is like a mother to Sydney’s small community of mostly young asylum seeker women from Saudi Arabia.

The 45-year-old activist, artist, and disability support worker says she has been an unofficial source of help for many such women who have fled their homelands, seeking protection in Australia, in recent years.

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Saudi activist Salma al-Shehab sentenced to 34 years in prison over Twitter posts

A Saudi terrorism court has sentenced a women’s rights activist and academic to 34 years in prison, followed by a 34-year travel ban due to tweets she posted calling for basic rights in the country.

The ruling against Salma al-Shehab, 34, is the longest prison sentence given to a Saudi women’s rights defender, marking an escalation in Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s (MBS) crackdown on dissent.


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It's not the first time two Saudi sisters have fled their country and been met with tragedy

The mysterious deaths of two Saudi Arabian women in Sydney are not the first time two sisters from the kingdom have pleaded for international help, or the first time their stories have ended in tragedy.

NSW Police has appealed for the public's help in understanding the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23. The women's bodies were found in their beds in the southwest Sydney suburb of Canterbury on 7 June with police confirming their identities on 27 July.

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Bodies found in suitcases purchased at auction were of two young children, NZ police confirm

New Zealand police have confirmed that human remains found in two suitcases bought at an Auckland auction were of two primary school-aged children, with officers vowing to find those responsible.

Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua said on Thursday the bodies were likely to have been in storage for several years and the victims are thought to have been between five and ten years old.


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Malone was sexually abused online aged eight. Many perpetrators are in Australia

When agents from the Philippines National Bureau of Investigations stormed into his uncle’s house, Malone (not his real name) prayed that his ordeal was finally over.

He was just 11 years old, and for two years he and his sister had been sexually abused by their uncle at the request of men overseas, who paid to watch it happen live over the internet.


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Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech over alleged mRNA vaccine patent infringement

Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.

The lawsuit, which seeks undetermined monetary damages, was being filed in US District Court in Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Dusseldorf in Germany, Moderna said in a news release on Friday.

The affidavit that led to FBI's raid on Donald Trump's Florida home has been released. Here are the key takeaways

The stunning FBI raid on Donald Trump's palatial Florida home was triggered by a review of 15 boxes of records previously surrendered by the former US president that contained top secret information — including about human intelligence sources.

The FBI, in the affidavit used to justify the 8 August raid of Mar-a-Lago, said it was conducting a criminal investigation into "improper removal and storage of classified information" and "unlawful concealment of government records."


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