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  “Each person only has a life, but if I had the chance to choose again I would still choose my way.” They are the words of one of Vietnam’s most influential bloggers — known by her online pseudonym, Mother Mushroom — minutes before she was handed the shock sentence of a decade in prison. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh directed her defiant comments at her 61-year-old mother, who was watching a live feed in a room next door as she was not allow into the courtroom. The 37-year-old was accused of defaming Vietnam’s communist regime in her blogs and interviews with foreign media.

Thursday 6 July 2017 12.59 BST Last modified on Thursday 6 July 2017 22.00 BST “D o you want to take her back alive? Or do you want her corpse?” That’s what Jahanara’s husband asked her mother as he beat his wife 10 years ago. That night, Jahanara gave up on her brutal marriage and left her home and four children. Since then, her husband has refused to let her see the children, though they live in the same city, Jaipur. He has paid no alimony. He has refused to give her the 15 grammes of gold promised as part of the mandatory payment that Muslim men must make to their wives if the marriage ends. Her share in the marital home has also been denied her. ‘If a man can do it, why can't I?’: turning the tables on India's

A coalition of human rights groups has condemned as unconstitutional the Tanzanian president’s comments that pregnant girls should be banned from school. President John Magufuli was widely criticised by campaigners after he told a rally last week: “As long as I am president … no pregnant student will be allowed to return to school … After getting pregnant, you are done.” A law dating back to the 1960s allows all state schools in Tanzania to ban young mothers from attending. Over the past decade more than 55,000 Tanzanian pregnant schoolgirls have been expelled from school, according to a 2013 report by the Center for Reproductive Rights. Make or break moment beckons for education at G20 summit Read more Women’s groups said the ban is out of touch with public opinion and breaks international human rights conventions. It also contradicts a promise set out in the ruling party’s 2015 election manifesto, which pledged to allow pregnant school girls to continue with their studies. Fai...

Tech entrepreneur Cheryl Yeoh's account of sexual harassment by a leading Silicon Valley investor is the latest discrimination scandal to rock the tech industry. Dave McClure resigned from 500 Startups, the firm he co-founded, following claims made by another woman - which encouraged Ms Yeoh to publish her own story online. In her first interview, Cheryl Yeoh explains why she decided to talk publicly about the incident, which took place in 2014, and what she thinks needs to change. It has been edited for length. How do you feel about what happened now? "I was obviously angry and hurt but also surprised that I felt like it wasn't a rare thing, it was considered normal in the start-up world, the tech world. "Now I realise that's not OK and that's part of the problem. That's why we need to speak up about it and have a conversation around how do we change this dynamic, how do we change the narrative?" You thought that it was "normal" f...

Hadi sasa Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Chama, Mwenyekiti wa BAWACHA Taifa na Mbunge wa Kawe, Halima Mdee bado anashikiliwa na Jeshi la Polisi, Kituo cha Polisi Oysterbay, takriban masaa 72 tangu alipokamatwa na kuwekwa ndani kwa masaa 48 kwa maagizo ya Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Kinondoni. Kwa mujibu wa Mawakili wa Chama wakiongozwa na Peter Kibatala, ambao wamekuwa wakifuatilia hatma ya Mhe. Mdee tangu ilipotolewa amri ya kukamatwa kwake, wanasema polisi wanaendelea kumshikilia Mhe. Mdee kwa ajili ya mahojiano ambayo hadi jioni hii haijaelezwa yatahusu tuhuma zipi. Mahojiano hayo ambayo leo yameshindikana kufanyika kwa siku nzima kwa kile kilichoelezwa kuwa RCO ambaye ofisi yake ilikuwa na jukumu la kumhoji Mhe. Mdee alikuwa katika shughuli zingine ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwa kikaoni Makao Makuu ya Jeshi la Police. Msimamo wa chama Tunaendelea kusisitiza msimamo ambao tayari tumeshautoa kuwa Chama kinakusudia kuchukua hatua za kisheria dhidi ya wakuu wa mikoa na wakuu wa wilaya ambao wamekuwa wa...

Leaders of 19 nations at the G20 summit in Germany have renewed their pledge to implement the Paris deal on climate change, despite the US pulling out. Deadlock over the issue had held up the last day of talks in Hamburg but a final agreement was eventually reached. It acknowledges President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement without undermining the commitment of other countries. The compromise comes after violent protests in the host city. The joint summit statement released on Saturday said: "We take note of the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from the Paris Agreement." However, the leaders of the other G20 members agreed the accord committing nations to restrict global temperature increases was "irreversible". In her closing news conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she still deplored Mr Trump's position on the Paris accord but she was "gratified"...

John Legend (his real name is John Stephens) is well on his way. Get Lifted, his debut album, produced by Platinum rapper-producer Kanye West, has become one of the top sellers in the nation. Legend assisted on West’s double-Platinum College Dropout CD as a vocalist, pianist and co-writer on several tracks. He performed its biggest hit, "Jesus Walks," with West, Mavis Staples and the Blind Boys of Alabama on the 47th Annual Grammy Awards Feb. 13. West was the most nominated artist in the awards, with 10. Philly-bred singer, songwriter and pianist John Legend was born into a musical family in 1979, the grandson of a minister who spent much of his childhood singing and playing in church. His family moved from Ohio to Pennsylvania when he was a child, and...