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Published February 14, 2021 10:30pm YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's new military regime warned the public not to harbor fugitive political activists on Sunday after issuing arrest warrants for veteran democracy campaigners supporting massive nationwide anti-coup protests. Much of the country has been in uproar since last week when soldiers detained Aung…

The Nigerian government using the instrumentality of the police force stopped her citizens in Lagos today from assembling for a peaceful protest following the ruling of the Lagos State Tribunal of inquiry for victims of SARS brutality to allow the Lekki Concession Company to repossess the Lekki Tollgate for business. …

published : 13 Feb 2021 at 14:21 Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against the military coup and demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon on Saturday. (Reuters photo) YANGON: Opponents of Myanmar's military coup sustained mass protests for an eighth straight day on Saturday…

Less than 24 hours to the planned protest at the Lekki Toll Gate by some aggrieved youths, police authorities in the state have launched a show of force exercise to express its disapproval of the protest. Policemen from the Rapid Response team staged a walk round the toll gate on…

Because We Can is an ongoing series about making politics a practice, even when there isn’t a national election looming. Over the past year, the combination of Black Lives Matter protests, the coronavirus pandemic, and the historic 2020 election caused many people in America to protest and keep up with…

For decades, the world has turned a blind eye to India’s abysmal human rights record. This approach draws from a broad perception of India as a strategic ally. For one, the United States, like much of the global community, sees India as an important counterweight to China. They are the…

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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden (pix) announced sanctions yesterday against Myanmar’s military leaders and demanded they relinquish power, after tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the Southeast Asian nation’s biggest city for a fifth consecutive day demanding a return to democracy. The popular show of force…

U.S. social media giant Twitter locked horns with India on Wednesday saying a government order to remove some accounts was not consistent with Indian law while politicians urged followers to switch to rival local app Koo. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has ordered Twitter to remove more than 1,100 accounts…

Three years before he died at 75 in 2015, Julian Bond sat down for an interview on his life and work. Asked how he would like to be remembered, Bond replied, with his characteristic alloy of amiable candor and laconic wit: I want a double-sided headstone. On one side, I…