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Myanmar's Rohingyas: 5 years of crisis
Published on 23/08/2022
» Myanmar's military launched a ferocious crackdown against the country's Rohingya Muslim population in 2017, driving more than 740,000 refugees into neighbouring Bangladesh.
HK protests: Behind the barricade
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 18/11/2019
» On the night of Nov 13th in Hong Kong, I heard there was a protest in the city centre of the area of the New Territories I was staying in, Sha Tin. After crossing the bridge over the Shing Mun River, I notice four protesters talking beneath a pedestrian underpass. Walking through the megamalls that constitute the city centre, I see workers clearing up broken glass but see no protesters. But on my way back across the bridge to my hotel, I encounter a crowd of about 50 people yelling and screaming abuse, and working my way through them, see a line of riot police advancing from the other direction. After several minutes of shining torches and bellowing warnings through a megaphone, the police raise the black flag warning that tear gas will be fired. The crowd retreats as one or two canisters are fired.
Philippines complains Facebook fact-checkers are biased
Reuters, Published on 16/04/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines government on Monday criticised Facebook's choice of two independent online news platforms to help fight the spread of fake news, saying they are biased against President Rodrigo Duterte.
3 dead, dozens injured in violent white nationalist rally
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2017
» CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va: A car rammed into a crowd of protesters and a state police helicopter crashed into the woods Saturday as tension boiled over at a white supremacist rally. The violent day left three dead, dozens injured and this usually quiet college town a bloodied symbol of the nation's roiling racial and political divisions.
Myanmar student leader joins Suu Kyi's party
Published on 19/07/2015
» YANGON — A leader of student protests in Myanmar in 1988 that grew into a nationwide pro-democracymovement will run in a general election in November for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, a party spokesman said on Sunday.