カテゴリー: Asia Pacific
Arrests come as Indonesian police ban demonstrations promoting separatismFour Australians who allegedly took part in a pro-independence demonstration in West Papua are being deported, Indonesian immigration authorities have said.The four Australians wi…
Three students believed killed in dormitories on Sunday, as video emerges of last week’s clashes in which soldiers fire on peaceful protestsThree West Papuan students have reportedly been killed in their dormitories by militia groups amid growing tensi…
After 1997 UK replaced passports giving right of abode with visa-free travel documents with no work rightsCalls for the UK to restore the right of abode to people in Hong Kong are growing as the political crisis in the former British colony escalates.A…
Cantopop star says city has become a police state as young people fight for their lives “We are officially in a police state,” the Hong Kong Cantopop star and activist Denise Ho told a sold-out audience in Sydney on Sunday night.Speaking at the Sydney …
Fears of Tiananmen-style crackdown as regional officials’ tactics only serve to fuel unrestHow far will China go to end Hong Kong’s unrest, now in its 13th week and still growing? Senior officials have spoken not only of “terrorist acts” but of “colour…
Activists take over shopping complex and vandalise rail station after trying to choke city’s international hubPro-democracy protesters have taken over a shopping complex in Hong Kong, vandalised a railway station and burned a Chinese flag as hundreds o…
Bike riding courses run in Auckland are such a hit that ReBicycle is urgently looking for more volunteersLeila Rahimi was so scared when she first moved to New Zealand that she struggled to leave the house; and would spend days working up the courage t…
Anger is rising as the state crackdown intensifies, and protesters say they are prepared for confrontation and sacrificeRyan Lee, a 27-year-old computer engineer, only started taking part in Hong Kong’s demonstrations in June. Since then, it has been a…
Unrest deepens on anniversary of Beijing’s move to limit democratic reforms in territoryHong Kong riot police have stormed a metro station, using batons to beat passengers as violent clashes deepened political unrest in the city for the 13th weekend in…
At a pivotal moment in the region’s struggle for self-determination, there is seething anger as well as hopeAt the base of the verdant mountains of Sentani, where dense, tropical jungle overlooks a sprawling teal lake, worshippers stream into church, m…
From bottle feeding infants in the chamber to a playground on the front lawn, speaker Trevor Mallard has welcomed infants into the corridors of power Trevor Mallard thought his days nursing babies might be over when he became speaker of New Zealand’s p…
Some day, I hope to visit the country with my grandparents, whose belief in independence was always unshakableIn my family, the thought of Timor always lingered in the air.At birthday dinners, or Easter or Christmas with the cousins (like all Timorese,…
Former student leaders among dozens detained in move critics say is attempt to deter protesters from planned rallyHong Kong police have launched a wave of arrests against prominent democracy activists and protesters, marking a new phase in government e…
Chun Han Wong, who covered Xi Jinping extensively, is in effect expelled from countryChinese authorities have declined to renew the press credentials of a Beijing-based Wall Street Journal reporter, in effect expelling a journalist who extensively cove…
Three of the most high-profile pro-democracy campaigners are among those who were heldJoshua Wong was a key student leader during pro-democracy protests in 2014 that paralysed parts of Hong Kong for 70 days in what came to be known as the “umbrella mov…