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A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
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Foreign secretary James Cleverly is meeting senior members of the Chinese government in Beijing amid questions in the UK and from within the Conservative party over the government’s approach to the country. Mr Cleverly is holding talks with senior Chinese officials, including minister of foreign affairs Wang Yi and vice president Han Zheng, on issues… Read more »
The House of Commons is said to investigating an event held last week which reports suggest was attended by a Chinese “spy”. A man, claiming to be a tourist, reportedly tried to enter an invitation-only talk on July 5 which was being addressed by Hong Kong freedom activists. The individual thought to be a spy… Read more »