July 27, 2019 9:54 AMHONG KONG (REUTERS, AFP) – Police and activists are bracing for further violence later on Saturday as protesters plan to converge on a rural Hong Kong town where suspected triad gangsters attacked protesters and commuters at a train station last weekend.   Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-27 06:00:14 […]Continue reading

July 23, 2019 9:17 AMHONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – From stick-wielding mobs who attacked activists to one pro-independence group accused of stockpiling explosives, the latest unrest in Hong Kong has prompted new fears that protesters and the China-backed government are heading toward a violent confrontation. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-23 03:05:13 Category: activists […]Continue reading

July 17, 2019 7:15 PMKUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Environmental activists will march on Malaysia’s parliament on Thursday (July 18) to demand lawmakers strengthen the country’s decades-old forestry laws and amend the constitution to give greater protections to its dwindling rainforests. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-17 15:05:31 Category: activists Tag: 2019 Post ID: […]Continue reading

July 13, 2019 3:33 PMHONG KONG (REUTERS) – Hong Kong activists gathered to protest against mainland Chinese traders in a town near the border on Saturday (July 13), seeking to channel energy from huge demonstrations against an extradition Bill to another problem they say the government has mismanaged. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: […]Continue reading

July 12, 2019 5:00 AMMembers of the ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) have joined civil activists in chastising the Malaysian government after Muslim preacher Wan Ji Wan Hussin became the first to be jailed under the Sedition Act, despite repeated promises by the Mahathir Mohamad administration to repeal the controversial law. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com […]Continue reading