At least one Burmese refugee has died since Trump’s funding freeze. There is no obligation for any government to provide aid, but there is obligation for stable transition-you need to give grassroots NGOs time to find other funding especially if they provide life-saving service
Seven US-funded clinics, servicing around 80,000 refugees from Myanmar, have closed since the new US administration froze funding.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their family members and associates were harassed over the summer, HKJA said. The group said the attacks appeared to be “systematic and organized.” https://t.co/dPpRBuS22j
Omg this is too much fun. Kyoto Filmmakers Lab has a samurai film workshop. It’s free and they even offer partial travel subsidy if you get in. Deadline Oct 21
https://t.co/ilT32UBmCQ
Deadline reminder!
There's just one month to go for the deadline to our film grant in partnership with @pulitzercenter and the @FT
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Apart from @wsj, @bbc@cnn@bloomberg also pressured staff when it comes to involvement with HKJA. They benefitted from HKJA's protections when they needed their press cards in 2019 but are now bystanders, even accomplices when HKJA and local journalists are under threat
The @WSJ's firing of @HKJA_Official chair @selina_cheng has sent shockwaves through the media.
But the most shocking part may be that the WSJ is not alone: sources tell @rhokilpatrick HK's biggest international media are pressuring employees not to join.
https://t.co/uCAcsc2bv7
Fired WSJ reporter @selina_cheng says the outlet's leaders are preventing employees “from advocating for freedoms The Journal’s reporters rely on to work, in a place where journalists and their rights are under threat” https://t.co/qMMHoNAguN Story by @nytmay
#NOW Selina Cheng @selina_cheng was fired this morning by @WSJ , weeks after she refused to withdraw from her newly-elected chairmanship and renewed ex-com membership of @HKJA_Official despite demands from the Journal’s senior editors and her supervisor in the UK.
She was about to fly to the UK for the Chevening scholarship when she was arrested.
In another world, Xueqin would be in the UK, exploring a new culture with wide-eyed wonder. In this world though, she is fighting for justice in the prison cell of Guangzhou.
#BreakingNews: The verdict in the #XueBing case was delivered this morning. #HuangXueqin received a five-year prison sentence, and #WangJianbing was sentenced to three years and six months. Huang Xueqin declared in court that she would appeal.
#Update The verdict was delivered this morning. #HuangXueqin received a 5-year prison sentence, and #WangJianbing was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months. Huang declared in court that she would appeal. Wang's decision to appeal is pending, upon consultation with his lawyer.
@lnachman32@BrookingsInst Interesting results. Do you mind sharing your methodology? Where are you conducting the surveys and is it adjusted to be nationally representative?
Thrilled to announce that our film with @BasleGermain on the civil war in Myanmar is now available in English! Explore the bravery of resistance fighters battling the junta. With @DecoupagesProd for @ARTEfr cc @NUGMyanmar https://t.co/57Yy3GSZVy
Slowly and repeatedly digesting the 212-page #Article23 bill.
Here is a rough summary of the 33 offences under the 5 major crimes , and their max jail term, extraterritorial effect and defence.