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India national flag pattern on leader's fist isolated (clipping path) on blue mint sky for Human equal rights, labor day concept

India, South Asia, World

Indian human-rights activists must be protected

by Pushkar Raj August 26, 2018August 26, 2018

Political activist Samar Badawi, the sister of the jailed blogger Raif Badawi, was swept up in the latest crackdown on human rights activists in Saudi Arabia. The move prompted criticism by Canada. Photo: AFP/Alex Wong

China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Saudi claims ‘badge of pride’ in break with Canada

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 9, 2018February 18, 2020

The Canadian Embassy in Riyadh. Photo: Flickr Commons

France, Middle East, World

Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador, freezes business

by Asia Times staff August 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Children at Syrian displacement camps have been recruited by a US-backed coalition fighting ISIS, Human Rights Watch alleges. Representational image: iStock

Middle East, Syria

US-backed Syria coalition denies using child soldiers

by Asia Times staff August 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A supporter attends the annual "Pink Dot" event in a public show of support for the LGBT community at Hong Lim Park in Singapore on July 1, 2017.
Photo: AFP/ Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Singapore

A rally cry mounts for LGBT rights in Singapore

by Kirsten Han July 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meeting US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in 2017. Anadolu Agency via AFP

Afghanistan, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Realist world: a mere change of name?

by Hamza Liaquat July 24, 2018

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference in Sydney, November 5, 2017. Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan

Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, World

Australia, New Zealand in a duel over deportations

by Alan Boyd July 19, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Party's head office in Hanoi on July 8, 2018. Photo: AFP/Pool

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

In nod to North Korea, Pompeo praises Vietnam

by David Hutt July 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Brexit talks . Image: iStock

China, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

The end of global Britain

by Mark Malloch-Brown July 4, 2018

Riot police break up a Pride march in Istanbul on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Middle East, Turkey

Turkish riot police violently break up Pride march

by Asia Times staff July 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Boys are forced to work on construction sites in Thailand, according to the US State Department. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand

Human trafficking report slams Laos, Myanmar governments

by Bertil Lintner June 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad delivers a speech during "The Future of Asia" conference in Tokyo on June 11, 2018. Photo: AFP/ Kazuhiro Nogi

AT Finance, Malaysia, World

New Malaysian govt urged to sign UN anti-torture convention

by Asia Times staff June 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnam protest. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, China, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, World

What is fueling social unrest in Vietnam?

by Gary Sands June 27, 2018

Rohingya children waiting for food in refugee camp in Bangladesh. Food is distributed by Turkish NGO. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Rohingya crisis: The lessons from history

by Alexander Casella June 25, 2018June 25, 2018

A policeman hurls a tear gas canister toward demonstrators in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, on May 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Danish Ismail

AT Finance, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia

India’s response to UN’s Kashmir report is distasteful, erroneous

by Angshuman Choudhury June 21, 2018

Protesters comfort each other during a 'Families Belong Together March' against the separation of children of immigrants from their parents, in Los Angeles on June 14, 2018. Photo: AFP

Growing political fallout from US child detention policy

by Asia Times staff June 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Two Australian commandos - part of a special forces troop that were pulled out of Afghanistan - look at their medals of honor for their military service in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Troy Bendeich

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, France, Indonesia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, World

Australia torn by its Afghan war crimes

by Lachlan Colquhoun June 13, 2018February 18, 2020

People gather in New Delhi, along with the IAPL, to protest against the arrest of five rights activists. Photo: Supplied

India, South Asia

Lawyers say arrests of activists used to silence dissent

by Saurav Datta June 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Free Speech news headline on a copy of the United States Constitution and the US flag. Photo: iStock

World

Isn’t freedom of speech the foundation of democracy?

by Immanuel Fruhmann June 2, 2018

Yemen firefight. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Vietnam, World

It was Ideology and empire that lit Yemen’s fire

by Andrew Brennan May 25, 2018

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during a visit to Thai Union company in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, March 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Laos, Thailand

Four years on, press freedom in Thailand a casualty of military coup

by Sutharee Wannasiri May 24, 2018

Photo: Flickr Commons

Australia, China, Middle East, Oceania, World

The futility of China’s ‘Responsible Cobalt Initiative’

by Jon Connars May 24, 2018May 24, 2018

Focus on Indonesia on the Map. Source: "World reference atlas" Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Indonesia, World

Indonesia’s 20-year political reform campaign

by Alek K Kurniawan May 22, 2018

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attends a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, Kazakhstan March 23, 2017. Photo: Mukhtar Kholdorbekov/Reuters

Afghanistan, China, Middle East, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Uzbek president wins $6.5bn in US contracts at Trump summit

by PK Semler May 17, 2018

A Chinese, dressed as a Red Guard and holding a "Little Red Book" (quotations of Chairman Mao), performs in front of a portrait of the late Chairman Mao Zedong at a restaurant named "Red Classic" in Beijing April 7, 2006. "Red Classic" is a theme restaurant based on the Chinese Cultural Revolution which happened between 1966 to 1976. The restaurant is decorated with posters from the period while customers, served by waiters and waitress dressed as Red Guards, enjoy revolutionary songs and dance performances. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RTR1CBD4

China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Turkey, World

On Westernization and de-Westernization

by Immanuel Fruhmann May 14, 2018

US President Donald Trump stands before a Vietnamese flag during an arrival ceremony in Hanoi, November 12, 2017. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Behind the lobbyists who drew Trump to Vietnam

by David Hutt May 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Hazara attacks in Pakistan. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Persecution of Hazara minority must be stopped

by Imad Zafar May 4, 2018May 4, 2018

Religious Islamic law concept of a wooden court gavel lying beside a sign that reads Sharia law. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, World

Indonesia won’t end floggings, but rather hide them

by Kyle Knight April 30, 2018April 30, 2018

Justice Rajinder Sachar. Photo: Twitter/SudeepSudhakrn

India, Pakistan, South Asia

Remembering an Indian human-rights hero

by Pushkar Raj April 24, 2018

A Rohingya refugee boy carries water in the Kutupalong refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar on March 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Dhaka denounces return of Rohingya family as ‘a PR stunt’

by Faisal Mahmud April 19, 2018February 18, 2020