Critics

Undang-undang baru mengusulkan hukuman penjara hingga 20 tahun karena mempromosikan ‘kepentingan asing’, serta membatasi mereka yang bekerja sama dengan atau didanai oleh mitra luar negeri. Tokoh oposisi Uganda, organisasi hak asasi manusia, dan pakar hukum telah mengecam RUU luas yang mengusulkan hingga 20 tahun penjara bagi yang mempromosikan “kepentingan asing”, dan memberlakukan pembatasan pada berbagai individu serta organisasi yang bekerja sama dengan atau menerima pendanaan dari mitra luar negeri. Protection of sovereignty bill 2026 sedang dipercepat melalui parlemen, dengan debat yang diperkirakan akan selesai sebelum pelantikan presiden pada 12 Mei. Lanjut membaca...

‘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...