カテゴリー: Global development
Photojournalist Moe documented the military’s terrifying and brutal attacks on protests in Mandalay, until even carrying his camera became too riskyMy first encounter with the military came on 4 February 2021, three days after the coup. From the back o…
Junta warns public not to take part in planned ‘silent strike’ and arrests business owners who vowed to close on 1 February Myanmar’s military junta has threatened sedition and terrorism charges against anyone who shuts their business, claps or bang po…
Farm workers from south Asia describe exploitative conditions at the heart of Europe’s soft fruits industryWorkers paid less than minimum wage to pick berries destined for UK supermarketsThree days after Sagar* arrived as a worker in Portugal from Nepa…
After a year in power, evidence is growing of regime scorched-earth tactics to terrorise the civilian populationOn the morning of 6 January, Boi Van Thang set out on a motorbike across the mountainous terrain of Chin state in western Myanmar. He would …
Funds will go only to those provinces where girls are in school if Taliban renege on promise, diplomats sayThe west is planning to incentivise the Taliban to abide by their promise to allow girls to be educated by providing funding for teachers’ salari…
Many swear words in India, as elsewhere, have one thing in common – they target and shame women. Sunil Jaglan wants to empower women and end the culture of profanitiesOn a cold January afternoon, women gather on the veranda of a government-run nursery …
Human Rights Watch reports cases of mob attacks, gang-rape and death threats, with LGBTQ+ people living in fear and unable to fleeThe lives of LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan have “dramatically worsened” under Taliban rule, according to a new survey, whic…
The river town of Mongla is leading the way in a project to resettle people in a region decimated by extreme weatherBy the time the rising sun breaks through the morning mist over the Mongla River, the rhythmic chug of motors strapped to wooden canoes …
Campaigners arrested by armed men days after anti-hijab protest in Kabul, with beatings reportedTaliban gunmen have raided the homes of women’s rights activists in Kabul, beating and arresting female campaigners in a string of actions apparently trigge…
In rural provinces, women have always reared animals but are excluded from selling them. A new market is changing attitudesOn Saturday, Rozina Ghulam Mustafa arrived at the market in Tando Allahyar city, Pakistan’s Sindh province, to sell the goats she…
Technique using artificial scabs made from a patient’s own blood could also help those with diabetes, say doctorsDoctors at a Nepal hospital trialling a new treatment for skin wounds say the technique, which mimics the scabbing process, has “enormous p…