Critics

नए कानून में 'विदेशी हितों' को बढ़ावा देने के लिए 20 साल तक की जेल का प्रस्ताव है, और यह उन लोगों पर प्रतिबंध लगाता है जो विदेशी साझेदारों के साथ काम करते हैं या उनसे वित्त पोषित होते हैं। युगांडा के विपक्षी नेताओं, मानवाधिकार संगठनों और कानूनी विशेषज्ञों ने उस व्यापक विधेयक की निंदा की है जिसमें 'विदेशी हितों' को बढ़ावा देने के लिए 20 साल तक की जेल का प्रस्ताव है और विदेशी साझेदारों के साथ काम करने या उनसे धन प्राप्त करने वाले लोगों और संगठनों की एक विस्तृत श्रृंखला पर प्रतिबंध लगाता है। संप्रभुता संरक्षण विधेयक 2026 को संसद में तेजी से आगे बढ़ाया जा रहा है, जिस पर 12 मई को राष्ट्रपति के शपथ ग्रहण से पहले बहस समाप्त होने की उम्मीद है। आगे पढ़ें...

‘Partnership’ on drug pricing also gives patients in Britain greater access to potentially life-extending treatments British drug exports to the United States will escape tariffs imposed by Donald Trump as part of a controversial UK-US medicines deal that critics fear will mean less money for the NHS.The deal will also give patients in Britain greater access to potentially life-extending drugs because the rules have been relaxed to allow the NHS to pay more for particular treatments. Continue reading...

Other winners include Inter Alia’s Rosamund Pike, Ivo van Hove for All My Sons and Hayley Atwell who beat her Much Ado co-star Tom Hiddleston to best Shakespearean performanceBrendan Gleeson has been named best actor at the Critics’ Circle theatre awards for his West End debut in Conor McPherson’s pub drama The Weir. He beat fellow nominees including Bryan Cranston and Paapa Essiedu, both recognised for All My Sons, and James Hameed and Arti Shah, the duo who together portray Paddington in the new musical about Michael Bond’s bear. The Weir, directed by McPherson, was entirely omitted from the nominations for this year’s Olivier awards and is being turned into a film with Gleeson and the rest of the West End cast.All My Sons, a critically adored production of Arthur Miller’s 1946 classic at Wyndham’s theatre, won in two categories at the Critics’ Circle awards: best revival of a play or musical and best director for Ivo van Hove. A new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, directed by Jordan Fein at the Bridge theatre, also won two prizes – best designer (Tom Scutt) and the inaugural award for best ensemble or cast. Continue reading...