カテゴリー: Global development
Protesters march in Yangon, a day after Aung San Suu Kyi makes videolink appearance to face fresh charge Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Myanmar’s main city Yangon on Wednesday morning to voice their anger against the coup, after a fre…
Hundreds married to men who travelled to Pakistan for militant training now find themselves statelessUnder dark skies in Kashmir’s heavily militarised town of Kupwara, Saira Javed mournfully recalled her happy childhood.Recounting her early life in Kar…
Vaccines also exempt from price caps in divisive move that health experts fear will deepen inequalityCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePakistan will allow private companies to import coronavirus vaccines and has exempted the v…
Since the coup, people in Yangon have been patrolling the streets to protect neighbours from overnight military raids and criminalsSitting next to a makeshift barricade of bamboo and recycled metal, Aung Than, 30, a tour operator, says he is ready to d…
While Aung San Suu Kyi defended a genocidal campaign against the Muslim minority, refugees fear military rule will end dreams of a return homeFor the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar, news of the fall of Aung San Suu Kyi after the military coup was bittersw…
Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the Serum Institute of India, on vaccines, regulation and what comes nextCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAdar Poonawalla, 40, is the chief executive of the Serum Institute of India (SII), …
Supreme court ruling welcomed by rights activists who say it opens the way to broader prison reformsIn a landmark decision, Pakistan’s supreme court ruled this week that prisoners with serious mental health problems cannot be executed for their crimes….
Cases appear low and sports venues are packed, but protests are on the rise as jobs are lost and personal debt soarsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTraffic jams and soaring pollution levels are back. Political leaders are or…
Criticism follows release of 29-year-old who kept girl chained in cattle pen, in latest case highlighting abuses of religious minoritiesThe family of a 12-year-old girl in Pakistan who was chained up in a cattle pen for more than six months, after alle…
Teargas and water cannon also deployed on fourth day of protests against last week’s coupPolice in Myanmar have responded with increasing violence to protests against last week’s military coup, using water cannons, rubber bullets and live ammunition in…
Company says adapting recruitment processes for neurodiverse groups disproportionately affected by unemployment has led to increased innovationTalking to people can be difficult for Rishabh Birla, but his last job demanded he did a lot of it. He has au…
Natural disaster compounded by the collapse of a lucrative export during the pandemic has thrust people into povertyThis time last year the west coast of Bangladesh was a thriving place for shrimp farmers. It was a decent enough living and there was a …
Water cannon used on demonstrators as marches take place in cities and towns across countryMassive crowds of protesters have marched in towns and cities across Myanmar in the largest show of popular defiance so far to a military coup a week ago.From th…
Whole communities supported by overseas work are at risk of extreme poverty after the pandemic forced thousands homeCoronavirus – latest updatesRead more in the series: The return of extreme povertyWhen the pandemic forced Firoza Begum back to Banglade…
Instagram and WhatsApp – owned by Facebook and used to organise protests – also restricted, as UN secretary general condemns coupMyanmar’s army has begun disrupting access to Facebook as it attempts to stamp out signs of dissent, days after it ousted …