カテゴリー: Protest
Belizean national Lee Henley Hu Xiang accused of ‘colluding with foreign anti-China forces’China is prosecuting its first foreign national for involvement in the Hong Kong protests, which racked the city for much of last year.State media said on Friday…
Lawyers say pair were peacefully protesting against Indian citizenship actDelhi police have been accused of slapping two Muslim student activists with “bogus” charges of conspiring to incite the recent riots, the worst religious violence in India’s cap…
The arrest of 15 activists is the biggest crackdown on the pro-democracy movement since the coronavirus pandemic beganThe US and UK have criticised the arrest of 15 Hong Kong democracy activists on charges of organising and participating in anti-govern…
China office says that city’s right to self-rule is ‘authorised by the central government’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHong Kong police have arrested 15 high-profile democracy activists on charges of illegal assembly.The …
Law against use at legal and illegal assemblies was introduced during protestsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs health experts in Hong Kong call for masks to be made mandatory to tackle coronavirus, a ban on their use that …
Australian photographer Brian Cassey visits Hasdeo Arand, one of the largest contiguous stretches of dense forest in central India. The area is rich in biodiversity, containing many threatened species including elephants, leopards and sloth bears. A ra…
Four found guilty of attack that shocked the world were hanged in capital on Friday morningIndia has hanged four men who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi in 2012, in a case that shocked the world and shamed the …
Police detained dozens of protesters on Sunday shortly after journalists witnessed them being attacked. The activists gathered in one of the squares of the capital, Bishkek, when masked men, some of whom wore traditional Kyrgyz white felt hats, attacke…
Mohammad Zubair, a Muslim, was brutally attacked as Delhi experienced some of its worst religious riots in decades. ‘My clothes were drenched in blood,’ he said of his ordeal. Muslims and Hindus across the region have been mourning their loved ones aft…
Two dozen people have died and hundreds have been injured in India’s capital. The prime minister talks of peace and brotherhood, but he has led his country hereAs shocking as the outburst of hatred in Delhi has been, with the deadliest religious violen…
Clashes have been driven by a ruling party intent on painting its largely peaceful opponents as seditious sectariansSince Sunday violent mobs in north-east Delhi have killed 21 people including a police constable, injured hundreds of others, burned mot…
More than a dozen people outside Vancouver courtroom with ‘Free Meng’ signs were promised C$100 for two hours’ work on a movieProtesters calling for the release of a senior Chinese telecommunications executive arrested in Canada have admitted they were…
Ahvin Kumar, director of No Fathers in Kashmir, says it shows the plight of families and people in Britain must not ignore their sufferingA controversial film highlighting “disappearances” in Kashmir that premieres in Britain this week has led to fears…
Student leader beaten with iron bar during attack charged with two offences for prior incidentPolice in Delhi have faced criticism for failing to arrest any members of a violent mob that stormed the campus of the Jawarharlal Nehru University (JNU) in t…
Students have protested in cities across India after a masked mob attacked students and teachers with weapons including sledgehammers, iron rods and bricks, injuring more than 30 people. Opposition parties and injured students blamed Sunday night’s vio…