Court softens journalist Jones Abiri’s bail conditions

Derek Chauvin, the 44-year-old white officer who was filmed pressing his knee on the handcuffed Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, made his first court appearance on Monday. Chauvin did not enter a plea and the Hennepin County District Court judge set his bail at $1 million with conditions, or $1.25 million without.

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2 has ordered the release of detained spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Barrister Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere.

Demonstrators gather in Saint Paul, Minnesota to protest the $1 million bail release of Derek Chauvin, the police officer charged with killing George Floyd. Floyd's death sparked a mass protest movement in the United States and abroad.

Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been granted bail and put under house arrest. The media mogul had been kept behind bars since December 3 over suspicions of fraud and colluding with foreign forces.

Court adjourns ruling on Sowore's bail application to January 8th

A court has denied bail for the jailed climate activist Disha Ravi after her arrest on charges of involvement in an online "toolkit" to help protesting farmers. Police say the web document has defamed India's image.

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Three pro-democracy figures have been charged with violating royal defamation laws over a rally in Bangkok last year. They were also charged with sedition, along with 15 other protesters.

Sri Lankan Mrs. World released on bail following chaos at Sri Lankan beauty pageant

Mrs. World has been freed after being charged with intimidation and assault after a fight with the winner of the Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant. Divorcees are ineligible to compete, she had argued.

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Jeffrey Moyo, a Zimbabwean freelance reporter for the New York Times, walks out of prison after he was granted bail three weeks following his arrest over claims he helped two foreign colleagues enter the country fraudulently. The New York Times had said at the time of Moyo's detention that the paper was "deeply concerned" by his arrest. "Jeffrey is a widely respected journalist with many years of reporting experience in Zimbabwe and his detainment raises troubling questions about the state of press freedom in Zimbabwe," it had added in a statement.