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‘You have set us free from slavery,’ say unemployed workers indebted to kiln owners
by Shafique Khokhar
Thanks to the generosity of some AsiaNews readers, 52 families were helped to pay off their debt to kiln owners who had forced them to work as slaves. Now their children can go to school and are no longer forced to pay for their parents' debt. Some ...
| 03/03/2021
| PAKISTAN
 
The trial of 47 pro-democracy activists marks the end of political pluralism in Hong Kong
Hong Kong authorities want to strike a blow at pro-democracy moderates, says Ernest Ng, expert in public policy. The 47 are back in court tomorrow. Freedom of association and the right to organise under International Labour Convention have been violated. ...
| 03/03/2021
| HONG KONG – CHINA
 
Christians, Yazidis, Muslims: voices from Iraq waiting for the Pope (I)
The Papal visit bears three messages: hope, peace and coexistence and it is a “dream come true". A thank you to the Yazidis for their support over the years. Sunni Muslim: "We want to pray together with Christians", a stimulus from the Pope "to ...
| 03/03/2021
| IRAQ - VATICAN
 
Saudi Minister: Covid vaccine is a 'prerequisite' for Hajj
To participate in the major pilgrimage, it will be "mandatory" to demonstrate immunization. Doubts about the presence of faithful from abroad. Riyadh started the vaccination campaign on December 17. Since the beginning of the pandemic, almost 380 thousand ...
| 02/03/2021
| SAUDI ARABIA
 
First coup-related death as sanctions hit generals
by Francis Khoo Thwe
Mya Thwate Thwate Kaing died yesterday after being wounded by police in Naypyidaw. The United Kingdom imposes sanctions on three generals; Canada on nine officials. The United States, India, Japan and Australia are demanding a quick return to democracy. ...
| 20/02/2021
| MYANMAR
 
Yining’s Sacred Heart church to be torn down
by Wang Zhicheng
The church was built in 2000, with all the permits and praise of the local authorities. There are two reasons for the destruction: the land’s commercial value and erasing the "showy" symbolism of the religious building. The policy of "sinicization" ...
| 19/02/2021
| CHINA-VATICAN
 
Mayor of Prague: Beijing's influence is ‘overestimated’
Zdeněk Hřib targeted for having twinned with Taipei and supporting Tibetan dissidents. “No cost” for my commitment to Taiwan and Tibet. China is an “unreliable” trading partner. Alarm raised over Chinese lobbying campaigns in ...
| 11/02/2021
| CZECH REPUBLIC-CHINA-TAIWAN
 
Buddhists and Christians: demonstrations, processions, prayers for peace and against the coup (PHOTO)
by Francis Khoo Thwe
Buddhist monks in Pegu and Pakokku pray and march to protect the people from darkness. In Kengtung, Christians in procession with the statue of Our Lady. In Mandalay, the bishop's evening of prayer with priests and sisters. The religious of Saint ...
| 11/02/2021
| MYANMAR
Myanmar protests: woman shot dead
Myanmar: Police beating medics
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