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Day: May 5, 2022

More than 200 arrested for social media posts supporting Myanmar opposition

May 5, 2022ASEAN Tribune

Authorities in Myanmar have arrested more than 200 people for incitement and terrorism since late January in connection with posts they made to social media in support of opposition groups the junta has labeled terrorist organizations, according to off…

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Vietnamese writer declines literature award due to government threats

May 5, 2022ASEAN Tribune

A Vietnamese literary critic who won an award from a group of her peers has declined to publicly accept it due to what she said were threats from authorities.
 Vietnam’s communist government has stepped up widespread crackdowns of those it conside…

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Xinjiang officials said to pay Uyghurs to perform dance at Kashgar mosque

May 5, 2022ASEAN Tribune

Authorities in Kashgar allegedly paid Muslim Uyghur men to dance outside the most famous mosque in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region to celebrate the end of Ramadan, a performance that was filmed and released by state media ahead of an anticipated v…

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Tibetan political prisoner in poor health said to be released from jail

May 5, 2022ASEAN Tribune

Chinese authorities have released Tibetan political prisoner Norzin Wangmo, who was arrested in 2020 and sentenced to three years in prison for sharing information about Tibetans who self-immolated in protest of China’s repressive policies, a Tibetan l…

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North Koreans roll their eyes during May Day lectures about socialism’s superiority

May 5, 2022ASEAN Tribune

Workers in North Korea ridiculed their government’s May Day propaganda which touted the superiority of socialism at a time when most of the people are struggling to put enough food on the table, sources in the country told RFA.
May Day, or Internationa…

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High cost likely to derail Taiwan purchase of US helicopters

May 5, 2022ASEAN Tribune

Days after Taiwan confirmed its plan to acquire American-made howitzers has been delayed because of the war in Ukraine, the island’s military is facing another snag in acquiring the U.S. defense equipment – this time because of cost.
Defense Minister C…

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Interview: ‘There was no overall logic to anything’

May 5, 2022ASEAN Tribune

A Belgian national of Taiwanese descent has described living through the bureaucratic hell of the Shanghai lockdown, which left the city’s 26 million people confined to homes or makeshift hospitals for weeks on end with scant access to food, basic supp…

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Hong Kong pollster ‘had no choice’ but to leave city amid crackdown on dissent

May 5, 2022ASEAN Tribune

An outspoken public opinion researcher who recently left Hong Kong for the U.K. did so after being questioned under the national security law, which has sparked a city-wide crackdown on public dissent and political opposition to the ruling Chinese Comm…

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