投稿者: Emma Graham-Harrison
Survey finds more than 600,000 may want to move to Britain, many within two years of January start dateHong Kong residents are likely to move to the UK faster than the British government has anticipated, and more should be done to prepare for their arr…
Haze Fan was escorted from her apartment by officials on suspicion of endangering national securityChinese authorities have detained a citizen who works for Bloomberg news in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security, in the latest incident…
The 27-year-old activist, who was forced to flee the city by Beijing’s crackdown, is determined to continue the fight for freedom‘We need to keep talking about how we’re feeling’: the NHS staff who became social media starsSee the Observer’s faces of 2…
Helmand journalist Elyas Dayee latest person killed in nationwide string of attacksWhen he wasn’t chasing stories, Elyas Dayee loved tending to his flowers, cooking with his wife and playing with his toddler daughter, the only survivor of triplets, now…
Attacks up since September amid fears Taliban biding their time until US forces leaveDonald Trump’s plan for a swift withdrawal of over half the US troops in Afghanistan comes at a dangerous time for a country officially in peace talks, but grappling w…
As Beijing tightens its grip, opposition groups fear that their support base is dwindlingHong Kong’s battered pro-democracy opposition faces a bleak political future after a week that saw the entire bloc resign from the city’s legislature to protest at…
Tip-offs for alleged breaches of national security law could tear city apart, says one lawyerHong Kong police have launched a hotline for the city’s residents to inform anonymously on anyone they allege has broken a sweeping new national security law.C…
Longstanding cultural ties and a newly welcoming government have led to prominent exiles choosing London as their baseThe UK has become an international hub for Hong Kong dissidents as China’s harsh new security law leads to an exodus of pro-democracy …
Construction has continued despite Beijing’s claim ‘re-education’ system is winding downChina has built nearly 400 internment camps in Xinjiang region, with construction on dozens continuing over the last two years, even as Chinese authorities said the…
Lockdowns brought temporary relief to some but, everywhere, test and trace is key Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first wave of coronavirus swept through a world unprepared. Authorities struggled to test for the disease,…
Document defending camps for Uighurs released days after US blocked some Xinjiang importsClues to scale of Xinjiang labour operation emerge as China defends campsChina’s new white paper on forced labour in Xinjiang suggests a government uneasy about gr…
Negotiations to end the long civil war were agreed as part of a withdrawal deal signed by the USThe Afghan government and the Taliban will open peace talks on Saturday, trying to reach a power-sharing deal as American troops leave the country after nea…
Mashal Naseem has got used to the death threats since she began campaigning for justice for her father, Tahir Ahmad Naseem, who was shot in a Pakistan courtroom last monthIt has only been a few weeks, but Mashal Naseem has already got used to shrugging…
Nations from New Zealand to Cuba closed borders promptly with strict quarantine rules, but the UK won’t admit its ‘serious mistake’Island nations have an advantage when it comes to stopping travellers importing disease, be it Covid or other infections….
Other senior Chinese and Hong Kong officials sanctioned by USTensions between Beijing and Washington escalate sharplyThe US government has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam, and 10 other senior Chinese and Hong Kong officials, in respo…