カテゴリー: Protest
Court case begins a day early, without the knowledge of her lawyer and with fresh chargesThe trial in Myanmar of Aung San Suu Kyi appears to have secretly begun a day early, without the knowledge or presence of her lawyer, shortly after the military re…
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…
Veteran activist Lee Cheuk-yan accuses police and government of depriving Hongkongers of constitutional rightsA veteran champion of democracy in Hong Kong has described its legal system as an instrument of political suppression, after he and eight othe…
Protests against military coup continue despite overnight internet blackout and extra soldiers deployedTroops have joined police in forcefully dispersing marchers in the city of Mandalay in northern Myanmar, as protests against the military coup contin…
Paint thrown and bangs heard after Bangkok’s Democracy Monument draped in red clothYouth activists protesting against laws forbidding insult to Thailand’s powerful king briefly clashed with police on Saturday after draping Bangkok’s Democracy Monument …
Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting across Myanmar since the army overthrew the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi and detained most senior leaders on 1 February. Aung San Suu Kyi’s rise to power prompted hope she could end ye…
Hundreds of thousands have joined demonstrations against agricultural changes introduced last yearRoaring crowds, roti and Rihanna: the view from a Delhi farm protest campHundreds of thousands of farmers, the majority of them Sikh and from the northern…
As rhetoric rises on both sides, Indian farmers at the Singhu camp say they are going nowherePuffing out his chest, his lime green turban luminescent in the morning sun, Surinder Singh made it clear he was a man who would not easily be moved. “We will …
The brazen seizure of power by the military has energised the population and produced a public display of cross-party unityA little over a week after the Myanmar military seized power and arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and dozens of other ministers and acti…
Company refused government request to remove more than 1,000 accounts linked to farmer protestsTwitter has expressed concern for the safety of its employees in India after the company’s refusal to comply with a demand from the Indian government to remo…
In northern California, home to a large Punjabi population, residents join backlash against laws ‘shoved down people’s throats’Sukhcharan Singh grows walnuts in Yuba City, California, about 40 miles north of Sacramento. Like many Sikh farmers in this s…
Protesters use tractors, lorries and boulders to create blockades and press for repeal of legislationThousands of farmers blockaded main roads across India for several hours on Saturday to press their demand for the repeal of new agricultural laws that…
My colleagues reporting on alleged police violence at farmers’ protests have fallen foul of Modi’s governmentThe protests against farm laws that were hurriedly passed by the Indian government in September pose the most severe challenge to Prime Ministe…
Protests have spread across country since military coup, as citizens resist return to dictatorshipOn Friday evening, after darkness fell, the sound of car horns and the clanging of pots and pans and metal railings echoed around the compact grid of cent…
At least 30 people have been detained over pot-banging protests against a military coup as demonstrations gather pace Continue reading…