Tag Archives: Freedom

• People fleeing Hong Kong crackdown get temporary US haven 5 August 2021 | Ben Fox This post has no comments yet

  President Joe Biden granted temporary refuge Thursday to people from Hong Kong amid the Chinese government's effort to crush the pro-democracy movement and tighten its control on a city once known for its freedom. ...

• China for decades waged campaign to destroy Tibet’s proud culture, history: Nancy Pelosi 11 March 2021 This post has 2 comments

  China for decades has waged a campaign to destroy Tibet's proud culture and history, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has alleged, asserting that the US will continue to stand with the Tibetan people. ...

• Global freedom watchdog report downgrades India from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ 4 March 2021 | Karishma Mehrotra This post has 4 comments

  Washington-based noted think tank Freedom House has demoted India’s freedom score from “free” to “partly free”, saying rights and civil liberties “have been eroding since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014”. ...

• Lending support to the Baloch movement 24 November 2019 | Nava Thakuria This post has no comments yet

  Goodwill for the Baloch freedom movement has grown in the recent past which has inspired the Baloch freedom fighters to express confidence in the Indo-Baloch relationship. ...

• Will the Hong Kong protests move China towards being a better world citizen? 19 August 2019 | NS Venkataraman This post has no comments yet

  The question is whether the Chinese government will mend its ways to gain more acceptability in the world as a civilized government that respects human freedoms and individual liberty. ...

• China says Soros’ criticism of Xi is ‘meaningless’ 25 January 2019 | Michael Martina This post has one comment

  US billionaire George Soros’ criticism of Chinese President Xi Jinping was “meaningless”, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday, after the investor and philanthropist called Xi the world’s ...

• George Soros says Xi Jinping is ‘most dangerous enemy’ of freedom | Jitendra Joshi This post has no comments yet

  Billionaire investor George Soros on Thursday said Chinese President Xi Jinping was "the most dangerous enemy" of free societies for presiding over a high-tech surveillance regime. ...

• Mahatma Gandhi: Ultimate benchmark for human beings 1 October 2018 | NS Venkataraman This post has one comment

  Humans have a benchmark and standard for life that Mahatma Gandhi's way of living created. For worthy individuals wherever they are in the world, it should be a desirable goal to reach. ...

• Response to petition of International Campaign for Tibet 2 July 2015 This post has no comments yet
• Hong Kong marches for democracy as govt says “doing its utmost” 1 July 2014 | James Pomfret and Grace Li This post has no comments yet

  Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in Hong Kong on Tuesday, in possibly the biggest challenge to Chinese Communist Party rule in more than a decade. ...