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UK urged to tackle transnational repression, as dissidents say Beijing has targeted them with tax bills and other threats“I didn’t feel safe, even though I’m not based in Hong Kong any more,” said Christopher Mung Siu-tat after getting tax bills from H…
Sebastien Lai criticises ministers for not putting conditions on his father’s release during Beijing tripThe British son of the jailed Hong Kong media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai has criticised the UK government for failing to place conditions on his father…
Work by almost 70 artists – including Marina Abramović – has made an art fair in Kochi one of the hottest tickets in south Asia. This sixth instalment uses farmers’ fields and patched-up buildings to take visitors ‘back to nature’Say someone brings you…
Police ask Paramjeet Singh Pamma to install security cameras and reinforce door locks at his homePolice have advised a high-profile Sikh activist in the UK to install security cameras at his home and reinforce door locks because of threats from Hindu n…
Rahima Mahmut, in exile in the UK, ‘disappointed’ at failure to describe Beijing’s crackdown on minority as genocideA leading Uyghur activist has accused the Labour government of “falling behind” its allies in failing to stand up to China, after minist…
In letter to Ilham Aliyev, campaigners urge release of Gubad Ibadoghlu after pre-trial process halted indefinitelyA group of British MPs have called on the Azerbaijan government to free an academic from the London School of Economics and Political Scie…
Ahmad* was approved for relocation to UK before Home Office refusal meant he missed evacuation from Afghanistan in 2021An Afghan former interpreter with the British army has resettled in the UK with his family after a lengthy legal battle with the gove…
Some have waited years in Pakistan for Britain to fulfil its promises – and are now at risk of deportationFor a year after the fall of Kabul and the swift withdrawal of international allies from Afghanistan, Jawed* and his family were in hiding, evadin…
Demonstrators stage protest outside Indian high commission questioning UK government’s response to killingsSupporters of the Sikh separatist Khalistan movement gathered outside the Indian high commission in central London to call for the UK government …
Son calls on UK to intervene in case of Gubad Ibadoghlu, critic of Azerbaijani government who was arrested there in JulyThe family of a UK-based Azerbaijani academic and prominent opposition figure have raised concerns over his health after he was deta…
Gurpreet Singh Johal calls for increased pressure to free brother Jagtar after Rishi Sunak raised case with Narendra ModiThe brother of a British man held in an Indian jail for six years fears the UK government is “more talk” and “no action”, after Ris…
Pro-democracy leader who now lives in UK argues UK government is doing too little about Chinese threatWhen Finn Lau woke one morning this month to dozens of messages urging him to take care, he was confused as to what had happened. But he was not distr…
More than 2m litres of water pumped from dam on orders of food inspector who said device held sensitive government dataA government official in central India has been suspended after he ordered a reservoir to be drained to retrieve his dropped phone.Mi…
Report finds stock indexes provided by MSCI include companies using forced labour or constructing surveillance state in XinjiangMany of the world’s largest asset managers and state pension funds are passively investing in companies that have allegedly …
Activists fear for their safety after limited UK riposte to assault on demonstrator outside Chinese consulateHong Kong migrants who fled repression by China said they fear for their safety and are calling on the UK government to take a bolder stance af…