Apr 30, 2019 | North Africa, Political Movements
René Wadlow President | Association of World Citizens Street demonstrations began in Algers on 22 February 2019 and quickly spread to other cities in Algeria. The demonstrations, often led by young people, are massive on Fridays, the chief day of rest. The first...
Apr 11, 2019 | East Asia, Political Movements
Jeffie Lam Senior Reporter | South China Morning Post THE SAN FRANCISCO PROMISE Click to Learn More Over the weekend, before a court ruled on their fate, Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Dr Chan Kin-man and the Reverend Chu Yiu-ming returned to where it all began. They went to...
Jan 17, 2019 | South Asia, Women's Movement
Ashley Curtin Nation of Change | Editor & Reporter “We are taking the pledge that we will uphold Renaissance values, we will stand for equality for women, we resist the attempts to make Kerala a lunatic asylum, and we will fight for secularism.” In what’s being...
Jan 17, 2019 | Central Asia, Political Movements
Ann Scott Tyson Arms Control Association Ann Scott Tyson found reporting especially challenging in the western region of Xinjiang, where she went to witness the impact of China’s forced ‘reeducation’ of its Uyghur minority. But that work produced a rare and nuanced...