Hong Kong Democratic Party district councilor Cheng Lai-king, 60, was arrested yesterday. The arrest took place on the basis of the charge of “seditious intent,” a charge drawing on British colonial law...
The sixth anniversary of the Sunflower Movement proves an occasion to take stock of what has been accomplished since the Sunflower Movement, as well as what still remains to be done in Taiwan. It is now six years since the occupation of the Legislative Yuan took place on March 18th, 2014...
A number of incidents of police violence against demonstrators took place in Hong Kong over the weekend. This was inclusive of a series of arrests by police which took place on early morning Saturday, as well as police violence on Sunday against both attendees of memorials for deceased demonstrators and participants in a demonstration against a planned COVID-19 quarantine clinic. Attacks on pro-democracy city councilors also took place on Monday from pro-police and pro-Beijing groups...
Protests broke out in Hong Kong over the weekend, with clashes erupting between police and demonstrators on Saturday, February 29th in Mong Kok. Demonstrators were commemorating the six month anniversary of the police clearance operation that took place in the Prince Edward MTR station on August 31st...
The arrests of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, Labor Party vice-chairman Lee Cheuk-yan, and former Democratic Party chair Yeung Sum yesterday represent continued attempts by the Hong Kong government to crack down on political dissidents. The three were arrested by Hong Kong police at their homes yesterday morning...
Protests took place in Hong Kong over the weekend, with demonstrations against planned quarantine centers and clinics which would house patients who have contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus. Hong Kong currently has 57 COVID-19 cases, with one death having occurred so far...
Protests have continued in Hong Kong in the past week, with outrage against the Hong Kong government’s handling of the ongoing 2019 novel Coronavirus outbreak proving a new driving force for demonstrations...
Despite the authoritarianism of the Laotian government, some Laotians still dedicate their lives to fight inside the country for rights and freedom of the people and the conservation of the environment. One of most famous among them is a woman named “Muay” or Houayheuang Xayabouly, aged 30...
