Tag: Politics
Myanmar junta blocks Facebook to shut down dissent as West increases...
Move to silence online activists came after Myanmar police filed charges against elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar doctors stop work to protest coup as UN considers response
Staff at 70 hospitals and medical departments in 30 towns across the country stop work
Christians in India targeted under new anti-conversion laws, group says
Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is politicizing religious conversion, says rights group
Noisy anti-coup protest reverberates in Myanmar’s largest city
People in Yangon banged on metal pots in a traditional gesture to drive away evil or bad karma
Martin Lee, Hong Kong pro-democracy leader, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Lee has pursued every avenue at his disposal for the aim of securing freedom and safety for the people of Hong Kong, says Norwegian parliamentarian
Watch: Regional lawmaker escorted out of her house by soldiers in...
Lawmaker's husband seen pleading with men in military uniform standing outside their home
Ambitious but cornered, Myanmar army chief took full power
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in full charge of Myanmar after a coup topples elected leader Aug San Suu Kyi
Rights group fears WHO probe into pandemic in China won’t be...
WHO doesn't want the international community to have high expectations for this investigation, political commentator says
Sri Lanka govt ‘aggressively attacking efforts’ to address rights abuses
Trials of military and intelligence officials accused of enforced disappearances have been delayed and disrupted, says rights group
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s tainted torch bearer for democracy, detained...
In Myanmar, she remains adored but has failed to unite its myriad ethnic groups or end its decade-long civil wars