Tag: Politics
Myanmar’s COVID quarantine campaign raises questions over election
Lockdowns leave candidates unable to campaign normally while international observers are shut out of the country
New bill will throttle development work in India, NGOs warn
New legislation is about keeping civil society on a tight leash by starving it of funds and forcing rules to choke their existence, critics say
Crackdown in Cambodia brings fear and resilience
Hun Sen’s regime uses repression and dependence on foreign powers to prop up continued hold on power
Campaigners say Myanmar students face jail over anti-war pamphlet protest
14 students charged with offences carrying up to two years in jail after handing out pamphlets criticizing govt and military, say student representatives
Malaysia takes huge gamble on back-to-work policy
Govt needs to wean the nation off its addiction to migrant workers, but Malaysians just don’t want to do the dirty jobs
UN rights envoy to Myanmar says election will fail to meet...
Due to disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims
Sri Lanka’s Catholic church leaders refute politician’s claim about Easter Sunday...
Politician implied Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith had advance knowledge of terror attacks
Under Marcos, the lush sugar lands of Negros Island turned red
Man — not nature — ushered in famine on the island’s vast plains
Philippine bishop calls on church leaders to ‘amplify prophetic voice’
The country is under a dictatorship hidden in the guise of populism, Bishop Pabillo says
Brothers sentenced to death in ‘blatantly unfair trial’ in Vietnam
The two brothers' 83-year-old father was shot dead by police during a clash at Dong Tam, a small rice-farming community next to a military air base
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