カテゴリー: Protest
State of emergency imposed on Friday as country faces severe shortages of food, fuel and other essentialsArmed troops in Sri Lanka confronted crowds protesting against a worsening economic crisis, after a social media blackout failed to halt another da…
Nancy Yu, AKA Asia One is drawing on the hip-hop movement’s activist roots to help a group of artists and their families escape the TalibanA veteran of the hip-hop scene and internationally celebrated breakdancer, Nancy Yu – AKA Asia One – has her fair…
A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Myanmar to Mexico Continue reading…
Picking Off New Shoots Will Not Stop the Spring was born from a desire to preserve online expressions of outrage, grief and dissent, say editorsThe first literary work to emerge from Myanmar since the military seized control of the country a year ago r…
Sound system on parliament grounds plays vaccine messages, Macarena and the crooner’s 1970s hitsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand authorities have deployed Barry Manilow against protesters at its parliament, playin…
The blockade of Ottawa has sparked copycat action around the globe, and such disparate demonstrations of grievance may prove hard to shut downIt only took six dozen trucks, and a few hundred protesters to bring Canada’s capital to a standstill and clos…
With the military increasing its use of informants, rappers and artists must keep their identities secret, even from one anotherEarly one morning last February, a group of young people gathered on a street corner in Myanmar armed with brushes and bucke…
Hlaing Thayar was at the centre of Myanmar’s protests, but brutal crackdowns and the collapse of the local garment industry have taken their tollRead more in our Reporting Myanmar seriesAs Thitsar* walked through her neighbourhood one December morning,…
Exiles advised to keep a low profile as hitman is convicted in LondonPakistani exiles seeking refuge in the UK are being advised by counter-terrorism police to keep a low profile following warnings that their lives may be at risk after criticising Paki…
Urgent protection for minority groups facing increased repression needed in crisis connected to escalating clashes across central Asian ex-Soviet region, say human rights groupsParents of men killed by Tajikistan forces have called on the international…
Urgent protection for minority groups facing increased repression needed in crisis connected to escalating clashes across central Asian ex-Soviet region, say human rights groupsParents of men killed by Tajikistan forces have called on the international…
Faced with increasing state violence, young people across Myanmar are learning to fight. This is one young woman’s storyRead more in our Reporting Myanmar seriesIn the year since the 1 February coup, young people across Myanmar have risked their lives …
Faced with increasing state violence, young people across Myanmar are learning to fight. This is one young woman’s storyRead more in our Reporting Myanmar seriesIn the year since the 1 February coup, young people across Myanmar have risked their lives …
Pro-democracy groups condemn Noeleen Heyzer’s comments in a TV interview, and maintain the junta is losing its gripThe UN special envoy to Myanmar has been widely rebuked for suggesting that pro-democracy activists should negotiate a power-sharing agre…