Activism
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Noodle vendor who parodied Salt Bae jailed in Vietnam for ‘anti-state propaganda’
Peter Lam Bui posted his video after a Vietnamese official visited the celebrity chef’s London steakhouseA Vie…
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Thursday briefing: How Khan’s controversial arrest threatens stability in Pakistan – and what’s next
In today’s newsletter: Protests could mark the start of a violent showdown that threatens the country’s fragil…
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‘Caste is anti-Asian hate’: the activists fighting ‘less visible’ discrimination in the US
Thenmozhi Soundararajan has spent her life battling for equity. Now California could pass a landmark law prote…
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China should scrap ‘picking quarrels’ crime, says leading lawyer
Suggestion to abolish catch-all offence will be among thousands considered at Chinese Communist party summitCh…
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Journalist held without trial in China said to need urgent medical attention
Advocates of Huang Xueqin accuse authorities of ‘trying to exert mental pressure and physical torture’Advocate…
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‘Freedom in China is precious’: Tiananmen Square protest veteran salutes new generation
Activists have despaired for decades as Beijing has hardened its grip. Now they see a turning tideRose Tang wa…
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Tuesday briefing: What’s behind angry protests against China’s ‘deadly’ Covid restrictions
In today’s newsletter: A timeline of increasing dissent as Chinese citizens demand ‘food, not PCR tests’ and b…
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‘No darkness is for ever’: can an activist in exile persuade the Taliban to allow teaching on TV?
The regime’s closure of her support and literacy centres for women and girls was crushing, but Jamila Afghani …
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Detained Hong Kong activists to plead guilty under China-style law
Former student leader among 29 pro-democracy activists entering same plea on subversion charges after more tha…
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The student, the Penguin and the king: elite Thai university roiled by dissent
Head of student union forced out as debate on monarchy intensifiesJust a few years ago, student activism and p…
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‘We’re all hip-hop family’: the artists fighting to get Afghan breakdancers to safety
Nancy Yu, AKA Asia One is drawing on the hip-hop movement’s activist roots to help a group of artists and thei…
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The unravelling of a conspiracy: were the 16 charged with plotting to kill India’s prime minister framed?
In 2018, Indian police claimed to have uncovered a shocking plan to bring down the government. But there is mo…
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Dissident Pakistani exiles in UK ‘on hit list’
Critics of country’s military told by Met police of plots against them as security forces fear there may be an…
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‘Growing risks’: Hong Kong pro-democracy group scales down
Organisation known for annual Tiananmen vigil lets go of all paid staff and halves its steering committeeOne o…
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Hong Kong trial of 47 pro-democracy activists delayed for 11 weeks
Prosecutors granted more time to prepare cases against those arrested under sweeping national security lawPros…