Zoom employee shut down video conferences over Tiananmen Square, helped the Chinese government track dissidents and their family members
Editor Xinjiang Jin, a Zoom employee is accused of helping to terminate at least four video meetings over Tiananmen…
U.S. Congress passes landmark bill reaffirming rights of Tibetans to choose Dalai Lama’s successor; China fumes as Free Tibet activists rejoice
The Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA) was passed by the House and Senate on Monday and will…
Karima Baloch becomes the latest victim of disappearance and murder of Baloch freedom activists; Canada’s reputation as a safe country takes a hit
Baloch activists and supporters have blamed Pakistan's ISI for Karima's abduction and murder. Baloch leaders say that Karima…
D10 – A Strategic alliance in defence of Democracy against Authoritarian regimes
The G7 group of leading industrialised nations have been experimenting with the idea of broadening the group by…
How Apps and technology from companies like Huawei, Zapya contribute to China’s surveillance and repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang
Summary: China uses a policing program called the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP) that aggregates data about people…
Are the fears over new law against separatism in France justified?
Islamic nations across the world and prominent Muslim leaders have decried the new French law as Islamophobic. President…
Venezuela votes in parliamentary election amid political crisis
The 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary elections are being held amid a raging political crisis. The opposition has boycotted the…
US-China Trade War: A Tit-for-Tat where everyone loses
The US-China trade war which has gone on for several years does not seem to end despite the…
Thailand Protests – What are the demands of the dissenters and why has the Yellow Rubber duck become their mascot?
The protests in Thailand which began in 2018 have continued to this day. The dissenters demanded that the…
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger says the website is biased and has become ‘huge moral hazard’
In a recent interview, Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, called the present state of Wikipedia a “huge moral…