Hong Kongers are looking for greener pastures overseas as the city's freedoms and living standards slide, with those emigrating saying the huge political protests rocking the international finance hub are…
More than five months after they were detained without charge, dozens of freedom struggle leaders from Indian-occupied Kashmir remain imprisoned as the government in New Delhi seeks to marginalise them,…
The world celebrates press freedom day every year on May 3. Reports by different international organisations, like Freedom House and Reporters without Borders, have been pointing out in recent years…
SOCIAL media networks have proved to be excellent habitats for the culture of fake news, online hate speech and cyberbullying. There is a global call for state regulation of social…
NEW forms of resistance to old systems of oppression; three girl-children of near impossible courage have captured the world’s imagination. Ahed Tamimi, Malala Yousafzai and Rahaf Mohammed are iconic symbols…
There are events that define the future course of history. Mangal Pandey, a sepoy in the 34th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry of the East India Company, is remembered…
Barely two months are left before India goes to the polls in what is doubtless the greatest democratic spectacle on the planet. And this may be the most critical election…
The freedom movement in Indian Occupied Kashmir has traditionally attracted young people – especially those who fail to obtain gainful employment even though they are educated. Some youth face discrimination…
The now-revoked decision of the Geert Wilders-led far-right Freedom Party to hold an offensive caricatures contest in the Netherlands predictably led to outrage among the Muslim community worldwide. Pakistan was…
There are some in the West who are fully convinced that Assange deserves to be tried and thrown in jail for ‘threatening’ US national security and ‘undermining’ its democratic processes.…
