As part of a new multimillion-dollar project in Xinjiang, the Chinese government is attempting to “build a fortress city with technologies.” If this sounds Orwellian, that’s because it is. The project is supposed to strengthen the authorities’ hands against unexpected social unrest.
Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh
Discrimination Against LGBT Students in the Philippines
Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in Vietnam
Since taking office on June 30, 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has carried out a “war on drugs” resulting in the deaths of over 7,000 suspected drug dealers and users by January 2017.
“What will happen to us?” “Will they fingerprint us?” was the constant refrain as we watched a human wave of asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan crossing the Serbia-Hungary border.
