カテゴリー: Protest
To avoid arrest, the staff of the 74 Media left their home city, only to face shellfire in their border refuge. The editor describes the risks faced by his media outletRead more in our Reporting Myanmar seriesShweeeee … Boooom. The noise of the explodi…
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…
Students who speak out against royal family’s role in universities face jail but can also be pressured by pro-monarchy parentsWhen 24-year-old Krai Saidee returned to his alma mater Chiang Mai University on 14 January, nearly two years after his gradua…
NLD politician and hip hop artist Phyo Zayar Thaw handed sentence alongside democracy activist Kyaw Min YuA military tribunal in Myanmar has sentenced a member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted party to death for terror offences, as the junta ramped up a cr…
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…
Edward Leung, who came up with ‘Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times’, has spent four years in prison over 2016 riots Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, who coined the now-banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” has been releas…
Prosecutor says dead include security forces and ‘armed bandits’, with toll dramatically increased from previous figuresThe violent unrest in Kazakhstan that began with peaceful protests in early January has left 225 people dead, authorities have said …
Thousands of people still in jail after protests while behind-the-scenes power struggle continuesKazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who at the height of unrest last week said he had ordered troops to shoot to kill without warning, has spent…
Watchdog’s latest report argues autocrats around the world are getting desperate as opponents form coalitions to challenge themIncreasingly repressive and violent acts against civilian protests by autocratic leaders and military regimes around the worl…
The tragic events of last week, in which dozens lost their lives, have exposed hidden political tensionsFor many Kazakhs, the full story behind the unrest of the past week remains as murky as the mist that enveloped Almaty, the country’s largest city a…
The illusion of a successful, free-market economy is shattered – and now Tokayev’s violent crackdown bodes ill for dissentersAlmaty, the commercial capital of Kazakhstan, is the kind of mirage that oil-rich nations so often produce. It has all the trap…
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev calls protesters ‘bandits and terrorists’ and says use of force will continueKazakhstan’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has said he personally gave the order to security forces and army to “open fire with lethal force” against…
Footage taken on the streets of Almaty appears to show guns being fired as unrest continues. Initially angered by a fuel price rise, protesters have been storming buildings and chanting against President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s predecessor, Nursultan N…
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declares state of emergency and says he plans to act ‘as toughly as possible’Kazakhstan’s president has appealed to a Moscow-led security bloc to help regain control amid protests sparked by fuel price rises, after demonstrators t…