A growing number of Republicans has questioned the seriousness of the Capitol riot, given the lack of sedition or treason charges. This may in part be an answer to that argument, reports the BBC's ...
The law, called Article 23, covers treason, sedition and state secrets, and allows for trials to be held behind closed doors. Hong Kong's leader, John Lee, signed the law into force on 23 March.
Both were accused of treason and sedition, although it is their characters and not their politics for which they have been judged. Benjamin Church, born in 1734, attended Boston Latin School (the ...