DEMOCRACY - AFRICA DAILY

Anti-coup protests continue in Myanmar as UN urged to hear 'pleas'

Mar 06, 2021 (AFP)

The country has been in turmoil since a February 1 coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power, triggering a massive uprising from hundreds of thous...

China moves to eliminate Hong Kong opposition

Mar 05, 2021 (AFP)

Legislation to allow China's communist rulers to vet all election candidates in Hong Kong was introduced at the opening of the nation's rubber-stamp parliament ...

China's citizen journalist Zhang Zhan protests silently in jail

Mar 05, 2021 (AFP)

The video was one of many that helped land the citizen journalist and former lawyer in jail, where she has been severely weakened by a hunger strike to protest ...

Myanmar army's pick as UN envoy resigns in diplomatic power struggle

Mar 04, 2021 (AFP)

The military, which ousted Myanmar's civilian leaders and seized power in the Southeast Asian nation on February 1, had fired Kyaw Moe Tun on Saturday, a day af...

Row over who represents coup-hit Myanmar at UN

Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)

Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun spectacularly broke with the junta before the General Assembly on Friday in an emotional plea for help to restore ousted civilian leader...

Noose tightens on Hong Kong as China Congress set to open

Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)

Authorities are working to snuff out dissent in the financial hub after huge crowds hit the streets in 2019 in often violent pro-democracy demonstrations. Durin...

Facebook to resume political ads, joining Google

Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)

The leading social network said "political, electoral and social issue ads in the United States" would be permissible again from Thursday. "We put this temporar...

UN says 38 dead in Myanmar's 'bloodiest' day since coup

Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)

Myanmar has been in turmoil since February 1 when the military ousted and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending the nation's decade-long experiment ...

Youngest HK protester sentenced; as Marathon bail hearing continues

Mar 03, 2021 (AFP)

The judge accepted advice from the city's correctional services and sent the 16-year-old boy to a detention centre, an alternative to prison for young offenders...

Regional powers to pressure Myanmar junta over deadly crackdown

Mar 02, 2021 (AFP)

Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional bloc will hold talks with a junta representative to discuss the crisis that b...

Supporters rally as Hong Kong dissidents charged with subversion

Mar 01, 2021 (AFP)

The hearing, which began on Monday, sparked a resurgence of public defiance in Hong Kong unseen in months as hundreds of pro-democracy supporters gathered outsi...

Crowds gather outside court after Hong Kong dissidents charged

Mar 01, 2021 (AFP)

Beijing is battling to stamp out dissent in semi-autonomous Hong Kong after swathes of the population hit the streets in 2019 in huge and sometimes violent demo...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi hit with two new criminal charges

Mar 01, 2021 (AFP)

Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since being detained on February 1, and her court appearance came as demonstrators marched across the country defying an esc...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face court after deadly crackdown

Mar 01, 2021 (AFP)

Security forces opened fire on unarmed demonstrators in four cities on Sunday, with the UN saying it had credible information at least 18 people had died. One p...

Myanmar police fire rubber bullets on protesters as UN envoy breaks ranks

Feb 27, 2021 (AFP)

The country has been shaken by a wave of protests since a coup toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. Authorities have ramped up the use of for...

Myanmar's civil servant strikes start to bite

Feb 26, 2021 (AFP)

Despite risks to their lives and livelihoods, many Myanmar civil servants are refusing to work for the junta, as a growing civil disobedience movement seeks to ...

Thousands rally in Armenia after PM warns of 'coup attempt'

Feb 25, 2021 (AFP)

Hours after the general staff of Armenia's military made a shock call for the government to step down, Pashinyan rallied some 20,000 supporters in the centre of...

Britain imposes more sanctions as Myanmar sees fresh clashes

Feb 25, 2021 (AFP)

The country has been gripped by a torrent of anger, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets nationwide to call for the release of Suu Kyi and a return ...

Myanmar junta's top diplomat in talks with Thailand, Indonesia

Feb 24, 2021 (AFP)

The talks came as an anti-coup protester died in detention, a local rescue organisation said. Four others have been killed in the crackdown. Foreign minister Wu...

Myanmar generals under renewed pressure after sanctions, mass protest

Feb 23, 2021 (AFP)

Authorities have gradually ratcheted up their use of force against a massive and largely peaceful civil disobedience campaign demanding the return of ousted lea...