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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Eight years on & without justice, Cox’s Bazar Buddhists still live in the shadow of Ramu attack

By editor on October 20, 2020

Eight years have elapsed since miscreants from majority community launched a sudden and furious attack on localities inhabited by Buddhists besides vandalising 12 temples in…

Surveillance concerns as India issues new digital IDs in Kashmir
Surveillance concerns as India issues new digital IDs in Kashmir
By desk team on February 1, 2023
In Indian-administered Kashmir, some see the new family IDs as part of a campaign to exert greater control over the residents. University student Mehak is...
90% of people in China province infected with Covid, says local health official
90% of people in China province infected with Covid, says local health official
By desk team on February 1, 2023
Almost 90% of people in China’s third most populous province have now been infected with Covid-19, a top local official has said, as the country...
Shamima Begum says she understands public anger but ‘is not a bad person’
Shamima Begum says she understands public anger but ‘is not a bad person’
By desk team on January 31, 2023
Shamima Begum, who left Britain to join Islamic State as a schoolgirl in 2015, has said she understands public anger towards her but insists she...
Nigeria: Gunmen abduct more than 30 in train station attack – DW – 01
Nigeria: Gunmen abduct more than 30 in train station attack – DW – 01
By desk team on January 31, 2023
Authorities say travelers were kidnapped at gunpoint by unknown assailants. Africa's most populous country, Nigeria is plagued by terror, banditry and ethnic clashes as elections...
India blocks BBC documentary critical of PM Modi – DW – 01
India blocks BBC documentary critical of PM Modi – DW – 01
By desk team on January 31, 2023
Indian officials accused the BBC of spreading "hateful propaganda" with the new documentary on Narendra Modi's government and its stance on India's Muslims. The Indian...