Tag Archives: Democracy

• Hong Kong police vow action over parliament storming 3 July 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The semi-autonomous city has been shaken by massive anti-government demonstrations since last month, sparked by a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. ...

• Protesters storm Hong Kong parliament on China handover anniversary 1 July 2019 This post has one comment

  Protesters stormed Hong Kong's parliament building late Monday as the territory marked its China handover anniversary, smashing through reinforced windows and steel shutters. ...

• Hong Kong leader apologizes as protesters press demands for her to quit 16 June 2019 | James Pomfret and Farah Master This post has 2 comments

  Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologized on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of black-clad protesters maintained calls for her to resign over her handling of an extradition bill. ...

• Will China mend its ways after Hong Kong protest? | NS Venkataraman This post has no comments yet

  Comparing the Hong Kong protest to the way it crushed the Tiananmen Square protest, one must not think that the Chinese government has become less ruthless or more human rights conscious. ...

• Huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition law 9 June 2019 | Jerome Taylor and Elaine Yu This post has no comments yet

  Huge crowds thronged Hong Kong on Sunday as anger swells over plans to allow extradition to China, a proposal that has sparked the biggest public backlash against the pro-Beijing leadership. ...

• Silence, US tensions mark Tiananmen 30th anniversary in China 4 June 2019 | Poornima Weerasekara and Qasim Nauman This post has one comment

  Beijing marked 30 years since the deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Tuesday with a wall of silence and extra security, as the anniversary turned into a diplomatic slugfest with the US. ...

• Dalai Lama congratulates Modi on his historic victory 24 May 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

  On the news of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning a second term, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama congratulated Modi on their success. ...

• Modi wins landslide victory, vows ‘inclusive’ future for India 23 May 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a landslide victory in the world's largest election, in which 600 million people participated. ...

• Tibetans exercise their right to vote in Indian general elections 19 May 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 4 comments

  People of Tibetan origin born in India also took part in India's mammoth general elections after a marathon seven phases of voting to elect the next government in Delhi. ...

• PM Modi meditates as India mega polls near end 18 May 2019 | Abhaya Srivastava This post has no comments yet

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a spiritual break Saturday to a famous Himalayan pilgrimage site in an apparent last-ditch effort to woo Hindu voters as India's election near end. ...