A man confessed to the murder and was convicted, but few believe that story. Around 20 Cambodian monks and youth activists were barred by the police from offering a Buddhist prayer ceremony near a gas station where a political analyst was killed on July 10, 2016. Photo from the FacebookContinue Reading
Independent commission recommends regular reviews (Part I of II) View from the entrance area of Tower Street Prison in Kingston, Jamaica, between the first and second walls. Photo by Christina Xu on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. This is the first instalment of a two-part series on the stark realities ofContinue Reading
Screenshot from YouTube video uploaded by Gheni to seek support for his disappeared family members. The author’s identity has been kept anonymous for safety reasons. Starting in 2017, the Uyghur community living in China has been subject to increased targeting and indiscriminate imprisonment by the Chinese authorities. This policy ofContinue Reading
“If we burn, you burn with us” I want to ‘laam chau’.” (If we burn, you burn with us.) Image from Stand News, used with permission. To mark a year since the beginning of the anti-China extradition protests, Hong Kong online media outlet Stand News curated a series of articlesContinue Reading
Reconsidering laws on mental illness (Part II of II) A police van escorts inmates who are being moved from one institution to another; in the background is the Tower Street high-security prison. Photo by Christina Xu on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. This is the second instalment of a two-part seriesContinue Reading
The pandemic has pushed Syria toward uncharted, catastrophic territory North East Dara’a 2015. Photo by Mousa Mohamed, used with permission. After nine years of a deadly civil war, the health system in Syria is barely functional. In territories controlled by President Bashar al-Assad, authorities deny the presence of COVID-19. According to JohnsContinue Reading
View of Kashgar in Xinjiang. “Silk Road 1992″ image by fdecomite, licensed under CC BY 2.0 One Uyghur who now lives in the Netherlands shares his story: His struggle to find out what has happened to his family in Xinjiang after his family experienced the full force of the Chinese government persecution of Uyghurs. AContinue Reading
At the start of lockdown, there were many heartwarming stories of countless restaurants, cafes and bars that turned their attention and resources to feeding the homeless for free. There was also a considerable financial commitment from the government to accomodate more than 5,000 rough sleepers in hotels up and downContinue Reading
Shutterstock Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, we have found ourselves in the middle of a nostalgia frenzy. It seemed to permeate everything: nostalgia playlists on music streaming platforms outperformed new music, and old albums by Madonna, Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey topped the iTunes charts. On TV, we’ve been treated toContinue Reading
This year’s exam was embroiled in controversy—and not just because of the pandemic Screenshot of the YouTube video featuring a song by Mabel Matiz including the lyrics at the heart of the current controversy around the Higher Education Institutions Exam (YKS): “Gözümün gördüğü, göğsümün bildiği ile bir değil” (“what my eyes seeContinue Reading
