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Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights
Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights
By desk team on February 2, 2022
Behaviour by athletes that violates the “Olympic spirit” or Chinese rules could be subject to punishment, a Beijing 2022 official said, after rights groups voiced...
Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China
Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China
By desk team on February 1, 2022
Show caption Police block journalists outside a Shanghai court where journalist Zhang Zhan – who reported on Wuhan's Covid outbreak – was tried in December...
From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022
From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022
By desk team on February 1, 2022
Politics Toby Helm Liz Truss In the latter part of 2021, Liz Truss has been everywhere in the media. And as she sets her sights...
Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who has gone as far as he can
Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who has gone as far as he can
By desk team on February 1, 2022
Show caption Ashley Giles during a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/PA Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who...
Christ and cocaine: Rio’s gangs of God blend faith and violence
Christ and cocaine: Rio’s gangs of God blend faith and violence
By desk team on February 1, 2022
“Pastor, do you think we could hold a service at my house next Thursday?” the peroxide-haired gangster wondered, cradling an AK-47 in his lap as...

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Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights

Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights

By desk team on February 2, 2022

Behaviour by athletes that violates the “Olympic spirit” or Chinese rules could be subject to punishment, a Beijing 2022 official said, after rights groups voiced…

Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China

Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China

By desk team on February 1, 2022

From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022

From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022

By desk team on February 1, 2022

Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who has gone as far as he can

Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who has gone as far as he can

By desk team on February 1, 2022

Christ and cocaine: Rio’s gangs of God blend faith and violence

Christ and cocaine: Rio’s gangs of God blend faith and violence

By desk team on February 1, 2022

Interview: ‘UNSC should step in to protect Indian minorities’

Interview: ‘UNSC should step in to protect Indian minorities’

By desk team on January 31, 2022

Report: Chinese Olympic app has serious security flaws

Report: Chinese Olympic app has serious security flaws

By desk team on January 31, 2022

Koblenz trial: One small step towards justice for Syria

Koblenz trial: One small step towards justice for Syria

By desk team on January 31, 2022

Protesting Winter Olympics athletes ‘face punishment’, suggests Beijing official

Protesting Winter Olympics athletes ‘face punishment’, suggests Beijing official

By desk team on January 30, 2022

Taliban’s Victory, Baloch Militancy, and Pakistan’s Choices

Taliban’s Victory, Baloch Militancy, and Pakistan’s Choices

By desk team on January 30, 2022

China faces pressure at United Nations after Xinjiang report
China faces pressure at United Nations after Xinjiang report
By desk team on September 27, 2022
As Beijing seeks to avoid further censure over its policies against the Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities, calls grow for tougher action. Diplomats and...
Justice at Last for Cambodia’s Killing Fields?
Justice at Last for Cambodia’s Killing Fields?
By desk team on September 27, 2022
After $350 million, long delays, and just three convictions, many people have asked whether the tribunal was worth the expense and effort. Former Khmer Rouge...
Hales half-century on comeback guides England to T20 win over Pakistan
Hales half-century on comeback guides England to T20 win over Pakistan
By desk team on September 27, 2022
Twenty20 games come, and Twenty20 games go. There have been 757 of them in international cricket in the past 12 months alone, everywhere from Austria...
A Jewish activist was attacked amid rising hate. The DOJ took action.
A Jewish activist was attacked amid rising hate. The DOJ took action.
By desk team on September 27, 2022
Listen 10 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share When Matt Greenman heard about a pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan in April, he grabbed...
The week in theatre: I, Joan; The Glass Menagerie; Silence – review
The week in theatre: I, Joan; The Glass Menagerie; Silence – review
By desk team on September 27, 2022
Show caption ‘An explosion of new life’: Isobel Thom (holding arrow) and company in I, Joan at the Globe. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Observer Theatre The...