Hong Kong authorities arrested and detained overnight more than 50 pro-democracy activists and politicians. After more than 40 hours of detention, many were released with their travel documents ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong it now looks like opposition is against the law
Mass arrests of 50 pro-democracy activists, pollsters and politicians seem to all but criminalise opposition politics ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police use national security law for first time to block access to website recording anti-government protests, officers’ details
Hong Kong police have invoked the national security law for the first time to block a local website dedicated to publishing first-hand accounts of the anti-government protests in 2019 and the personal ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police release all but three of those held in crackdown
No one has yet been charged as some pro-democracy figures say they were arrested for political reasons ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong District Councillor series: Suzanne Wu says many in society are oblivious to gender-based needs
When Suzanne Wu was elected to Yau Tsim Mong district council last year amid a landslide victory by democrats, she hoped to make gender perspectives in policymaking a mainstream issue. Even within the ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Mongolia confirms 13 more locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Thirteen more locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported across Mongolia in the last 24 hours, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Saturday. "We conducted ... ( read original story ...)
Republicans concede their losses in Georgia U.S. Senate races
Democratic control of the U.S. Senate came one step closer to fruition Friday after Georgia Republican David Perdue conceded his runoff loss to Democrat Jon Ossoff. A day earlier, Republican Kelly ... ( read original story ...)
‘Find the fraud’: Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction
More than a week before he urged the Georgia secretary of state to overturn the election results, the president spoke to the state’s chief elections fraud investigator and urged the official to find ... ( read original story ...)
Democrats’ historic Georgia Senate wins were years in the making thanks to local grassroots
Strong turnout from Black voters and other voters of color fueled Democrats' historic wins in Georgia – the culmination of on-the-ground organizing and voter mobilization efforts years in the making. ( read original story ...)
Georgia’s GOP governor under fire after US Senate losses
Even though he wasn’t on the ballot, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has been painfully bruised by the 2020 elections. ( read original story ...)