カテゴリー: Protest
Government says it will carry out autopsies on all 40 animals and investigate spill from Japanese shipThousands of protesters demonstrated in the Mauritius capital Port Louis on Saturday, calling for an investigation into an oil spill from a Japanese s…
Ted Hui and Lam Cheuk-ting held over incident in July 2019 when white-clad thugs attacked activists at train stationHong Kong police have arrested pro-democracy lawmakers over involvement in protests in 2019, including one who was injured when a large …
People gathered in Bangkok on Sunday for one of the biggest demonstrations against the country’s military rulers since the 2014 coup. The student-led movement has three core demands: hold new elections, amend the constitution and end the intimidation o…
Mostly student protesters demand dissolution of parliament, with some calling for reforms to the monarchyAt least 10,000 demonstrators, mostly students, gathered at Bangkok’s democracy monument on Sunday, as they stepped up their demands for political …
Pro-democracy rallies continue with large event due to be held in Bangkok on SundayA prominent student protest leader in Thailand has been arrested on charges of sedition as pro-democracy rallies continued across the country.Parit Chiwarak, 22, whose a…
Since erasing the region’s special status India is selling off its rich land and mineral rights – and crushing all dissentMirza Waheed is a novelist and essayistI’m sure many people have heard of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. It’s a mo…
The decision is ‘an assault on fundamental freedoms’, says Hong Kong Watch, as democracy deterioratesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Hong Kong government has postponed its upcoming elections for one year, citing the grow…
Decision to bar pro-democracy candidates is a sign that even moderate dissent will not be toleratedHong Kong’s decision to bar 12 pro-democracy candidates from standing for office sets a sweeping precedent and may signal the end of meaningful political…
Disqualifications and growing number of activist arrests under law imposed by China signal curtailment of city’s civic freedomsTwelve pro-democracy candidates have been disqualified from Hong Kong’s upcoming legislative elections, in the most sweeping …
Responding to public pressure, authorities will investigate the decision to drop charges against Vorayuth ‘Boss’ YoovidhyaThai police opened an internal investigation Monday after charges were dropped against the billionaire Red Bull heir in a fatal hi…
Chairs of eight parliamentary foreign affairs committees say new security law infringes human rightsThe chairs of eight parliamentary foreign affairs committees from across Europe have written to the Chinese government in opposition to Hong Kong’s new …
As the first young person in China to engage in Greta Thunberg-inspired Fridays for Future climate strikes, Howey Ou says she has become a target for the authorities who see that activism as a challenge to their control.The 17-year-old claims…
Demonstrators call for new constitution, new elections and end to repressive lawsSeveral thousand anti-government protesters rallied in Thailand’s capital on Saturday to call for a new constitution, new elections and an end to repressive laws.Chanting …
Muralists are covering the Afghan capital’s blast walls with agitprop imagery and calling out corruptionFrom the killing of George Floyd in the US and the drowning of Afghan refugees in Iran, to the signing of the US-Taliban agreement towards peace and…