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Hong Kong pro-democracy media executives appear in court

Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 11:45 AM

Two executives from Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily appeared in court on Saturday charged with collusion after authorities deployed a sweeping security law to target the newspaper, a scathing critic of Beijing. Read more »

Hong Kong cordons off annual Tiananmen vigil site, arrests organizer

Pak Yiu and Clare Jim, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 06:16 PM

Hong Kong closed off a park where tens of thousands gather annually to commemorate China's 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and arrested the vigil's organizer, in what activists see as suppression of one of the city's main symbols of democratic hope.   Read more »

Hong Kong leader flags 'fake news' laws as worries over media freedom grow

Sharon Tam, Reuters
Posted at May 04 07:19 PM

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government was working on "fake news" legislation to tackle "misinformation, hatred and lies," as worries grow over media freedoms in the global financial hub. Read more »

Jimmy Lai among five Hong Kong democracy activists jailed

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 05:51 PM

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was jailed for 12 months on Friday along with four other veteran democracy activists for helping to lead one of the city's biggest-ever protests. Read more »

4 killed in Myanmar protests as junta cracks down on online critics

Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 04:27 PM

Myanmar security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protests on Saturday killing four people, a protester and media said, as the military reinforced its bid to end dissent with arrest warrants for online critics and internet blocks. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 25, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 12:33 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

In need of democracy

Jorge Silva, Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 10:01 AM

Pro-democracy protesters hold signs during a rally demanding the release of arrested protest leaders and the abolition of 112 lese majeste law, in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday.  Read more »

China’s top legislative body to weigh overhaul of Hong Kong political system next week

Jeffie Lam and Lilian Cheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 23 01:29 PM

The apex body of the national Chinese legislature is set to endorse the drastic shake-up of Hong Kong’s electoral system in a two-day meeting starting next Monday.   Read more »

US lawmakers condemn Beijing’s plans to overhaul Hong Kong elections

Jacob Fromer, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 09 12:42 PM

A group of US lawmakers overseeing congressional China policy condemned Beijing’s recently announced plans to overhaul Hong Kong’s election system and urged President Joe Biden to help the city defend its “autonomy and basic freedoms”.   Read more »

Youngest Hong Kong protester sentenced for rioting

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 06:03 PM

A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest person so far to plead guilty to rioting during 2019's huge pro-democracy protests on Wednesday, as he admitted throwing a petrol bomb at police when aged just 14. Read more »

Thousands protest military takeover in Myanmar

Ye Aung Thu, AFP
Posted at Feb 07 04:19 PM

Protesters march during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday.  Read more »

Hong Kong democracy activists appear in court over banned Tiananmen vigil

Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 06:49 PM

Twenty-four activists appeared in a Hong Kong court on Friday on charges related to a June 4 vigil last year marking the anniversary of China's military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. Read more »

US lawmakers nominate Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement for the Nobel Peace Prize

Robert Delaney in Washington, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 04 01:45 PM

Nine lawmakers, all from the Congressional-Executive Committee on China, send a letter to the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, citing the national security law imposed on the city and saying the movement ‘continues to fight against the erosion’ of human rights and democracy. Read more »

Thai royal defamation cases ramp up as protests pause

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 12:35 PM

Thai authorities on Monday charged four democracy activists with royal defamation, with the protest movement rocking the kingdom put on hold because of a spike in coronavirus cases. Read more »

Thai activists answer summons as dozens face charges of insulting king

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 12:53 PM

A group of activists answered a police summons on Thursday over complaints that could see them jailed for up to 15 years for insulting Thailand's king, as authorities increasingly use "lese majeste" laws against pro-democracy protest leaders. Read more »

Joshua Wong joins Hong Kong dissidents arrested for 'subversion'

Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 06:18 PM

Jailed dissident Joshua Wong Thursday joined the ranks of Hong Kong democracy figures arrested under a new security law as the United States threatened fresh sanctions in response to Beijing's mounting crackdown in the finance hub. Read more »

Protests and pandemic: will pent-up resentment, frustration among Hong Kong’s youth explode again into social unrest?

Lilian Cheng and Tony Cheung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 05 01:16 PM

Hong Kong leaders must tackle students’ pent-up resentment against the government and frustration over the coronavirus pandemic, experts have said, warning that anger could explode again into social unrest.   Read more »

Thai activists stage crop top protest law against insulting King

Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 10:01 PM

Some of Thailand’s highest profile protest leaders dressed in crop tops and paraded at a Bangkok shopping mall on Sunday in a jibe against King Maha Vajiralongkorn to demand the repeal of the law against insulting the monarchy. Read more »

More Thai protest leaders charged with royal defamation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 08 09:28 PM

Thailand has strict lese majeste laws, enshrined in section 112 of the penal code, shielding the ultra-wealthy King Maha Vajiralongkorn from criticism.   Read more »

Thai protesters march to barracks against king's military power

Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Jiraporn Kuhakan, Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 01:15 AM

Thousands of anti-government Thai protesters marched to an army barracks on Sunday to challenge King Maha Vajiralongkorn's personal control over some army units. Read more »