カテゴリー: Protest
Peter Lam Bui posted his video after a Vietnamese official visited the celebrity chef’s London steakhouseA Vietnam court has jailed a noodle seller who went viral for impersonating celebrity chef Salt Bae, after the restaurateur served a gold-leaf stea…
Action by workers has trebled this year as the country emerges from its draconian coronavirus measuresProtests in China are often small- scale. On 17 May, a handful of workers at an air-purifier factory in Xiamen, a coastal city in Fujian province, sou…
Publications targeted include those about protest and subjects Beijing deems politically sensitiveBooks about the Tiananmen Square massacre, Hong Kong protest movements, and other subjects deemed politically sensitive by Beijing have been removed from …
Consul general calls for ‘constructive engagement’ with territory as China’s Han Zheng confirms he will attend king’s coronationBritain’s most senior diplomat to Hong Kong has called for an end to “megaphone diplomacy” between the UK and the Chinese te…
The formidable Indian environmentalist discusses her 50-year struggle to protect seeds and farmers from the ‘poison cartel’ of corporate agricultureYou don’t have to look very far to find the essence of life, says Vandana Shiva. But in a society caught…
Two men in New York are accused by the FBI of being covert enforcers for the Chinese government. Such operations are being uncovered worldwideThe FBI this week arrested two men accused of running a covert overseas police operation in New York on behalf…
Nisar Ahmed was almost killed in the Delhi riots. But when he became a witness in court cases against the alleged perpetrators, he realised that was only the start of his troublesArchive: The Guardian Continue reading…
Patrick Amadon, whose work flashed up names from pro-democracy protests, says it had to be taken down ‘to be a completed piece’A Hong Kong department store took down a digital artwork that contained hidden references to jailed free-speech defenders, in…
Barriers also removed from high commissioner’s residence after Sikhs protest at Indian mission in LondonNew Delhi has reduced security outside the British high commission and the high commissioner’s residence in the Indian capital, removing the usual y…
High court move follows violent clashes between police and supporters outside former PM’s house in LahoreA court in Pakistan has ordered police to suspend an operation to arrest Imran Khan, after violent clashes between the former prime minister’s supp…
Prosecutors said Chow Hang-Tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were under foreign influence but refused to say who it wasA Hong Kong court has jailed three former members of a group that organised annual vigils to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square cra…
‘Tonmai’, 26, given two-year sentence over cartoons of yellow ducks that became symbol of democracy protestsA 26-year-old man in Thailand has been sentenced to three years in prison, reduced to two years, for selling satirical calendars featuring pictu…
Nisar Ahmed was almost killed in the Delhi riots. But when he became a witness in court cases against the alleged perpetrators, he realised that was only the start of his troublesThis is how Nisar Ahmed remembers it. On 24 February 2020, at about three…
Ding Jiaxi also tells lawyer he is worried about health after being held for more than three yearsThe detained human rights activist Ding Jiaxi has expressed concern for young protesters who have disappeared since participating in the “blank paper” pro…
Footage seems to show 10 officers training to neutralise one man using fabric bannersHow many police officers does it take to neutralise a single unarmed protester? According to a video purported to be from China, it takes at least 10 highly discipline…