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HK's High Court disqualifies 2 nation-insulting legislators-elect for violating Basic Law

​Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday disqualified two legislators-elect for using language insulting the Chinese nation while taking oaths, which violated the Basic Law and local laws.

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Bangladesh jails two Hindu teachers for 'insulting' Islam

A court has jailed two Hindu teachers in southern Bangladesh for making derogatory comments about Islam, invoking a rare law from the colonial era that makes insulting any religion a crime.