Living the ‘Chinese Dream’: Beijing’s new world order | Politics News
Ever since China abandoned its zero-COVID policy at the end of last year, Beijing has been involved in a flurry of engagements from East to…
UK says raised Jimmy Lai security law case with China | Politics News
The Hong Kong media tycoon has been in jail since December 2020 and faces a long-delayed security law trial in September. United Kingdom Foreign Minister…
In a changed Indonesia, some fear a ‘backlash’ against freedoms | Politics News
Medan, Indonesia – On the morning of May 21, 1998, Indonesia’s then-leader Soeharto stood in the Presidential Palace and addressed the nation. For weeks, protesters…
Amnesty report finds racial bias in Peru’s protest crackdown | Protests News
The Peruvian government was more likely to use lethal violence in marginalised areas of the country as part of its crackdown on recent anti-government protests,…
Cambodia condemned after union leader jailed over casino strike | Labour Rights News
Chhim Sithar was found guilty of ‘incitement’ over strikes that began in 2021 when NagaWorld fired more than 1,300 staff. A Cambodian court has jailed…
Timeline: Key events since fall of Indonesia’s Soeharto | Military News
This week marks 25 years since Indonesia’s former leader General Muhammad Soeharto stepped down amid mass protests and an economic crisis. Soeharto resigned on May…
TikTok sues US state of Montana over law banning its use | Social Media News
The lawsuit argues that the state’s ban singles out the short-form video app and undermines free speech. The video app TikTok has launched a lawsuit…
NFL great and civil rights activist Jim Brown dies aged 87 | American Football News
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, an unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as…
El Salvador vows harsh response after slaying of police officer | Police News
Thousands of soldiers and police have encircled the city of Nueva Concepcion after the killing of a police officer. The government of El Salvador has…
Cambodia’s main opposition party barred from July election | Elections News
Disqualification means the ruling Cambodian People’s Party under Hun Sen is likely to sweep the election as it did in 2018. Cambodia’s election commission has…
Pig heads, BBQs: Mosque backlash tests S Korea religious freedom | Islamophobia News
Daegu, South Korea – When Muaz Razaq left Pakistan for the first time in 2019 to study for his computer science master’s degree in South…
Guatemala’s elPeriodico shutting due to government ‘persecution’ | Freedom of the Press News
Closing of elPeriodico underscores regional trend of governments cracking down on independent media, observers say. One of Guatemala’s oldest and most well-known news organisations has…
China steps up use of ‘exit bans’ against government critics | Human Rights News
China has stepped up the use of exit bans against human rights defenders and their families and expanded legislation authorising their use to anyone under…
US woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till murder dies | Crime News
The brutality of Till’s 1955 lynching, on display at his open-casket funeral, galvanised the US civil rights movement. The white woman who accused Black teenager…
US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone | Women’s Rights News
The United States Supreme Court has ruled to block lower-court rulings that would place restrictions on the pill mifepristone, one of the medications used in…
‘Rights crisis’: Amnesty report documents abuses in Nicaragua | Human Rights News
The human rights organisation Amnesty International has warned that the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo is deepening repression in…
US officers won’t be charged in ‘grievous’ Jayland Walker killing | Police News
Walker fired at police first, attorney general says, as grand jury votes not to charge officers who shot him 46 times. A grand jury in…
‘Criminalising journalism’: Famous Salvadoran outlet to relocate | Freedom of the Press News
The digital news outlet El Faro, founded in El Salvador in 1998 and hailed for its independent investigative reporting, has decided to move its administrative…
Minneapolis allows Islamic call to prayer five times per day | Religion News
Local groups welcome the decision to make Minneapolis the first large city in the US with year-round public call to prayer. The Islamic call to…
US Supreme Court rules in favour of transgender track runner | LGBTQ News
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday has allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on the girls’ sports teams at…