Activist

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Thoughts

Can journalists be activists?

At a time when autocrats are consolidating power by attacking “the media,” old debates about journalism’s role in a democracy and how journalists should conduct themselves need to be revisited....

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South Asia

Afghan woman protester detained by Taliban freed: activist

Demonstrators block a road during an anti-coup protest in Yangon, Myanmar, March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

Myanmar reporters, activists arrested in Thailand

Hefazat leaders again request home minister to release its arrested men
Bangladesh

Hefazat leaders again request home minister to release its arrested men

One of the injured cops can be seen after Hefazat activists clash with Mollahat police. Photo:TBS
Bangladesh

Hefazat activists clash with Bagerhat police, 5 cops injured

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, looks on as he leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van, in Hong Kong, China February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
World+Biz

US condemns sentencing of tycoon Jimmy Lai, other Hong Kong activists

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg participates in a video conversation with Johan Rockstrom, who joins from Germany, about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the environment at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden on April 22, 2020. Jessica Gow/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
World+Biz

Activist Greta Thunberg to skip UN climate conference in Scotland

Supporters of pro-democracy activists wave flashlights as a prison van which is carrying some of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with national security law leaves West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, in Hong Kong, China March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
World+Biz

Court releases three Hong Kong activists on bail in case involving 47

BCL activist killed in Chattogram
Bangladesh

BCL activist killed in Chattogram

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Crime

Awami League activist shot dead in Pabna

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Crime

BCL activist stabbed to death in Chattogram

About 1,000 police took part in the raids, which included searches of the offices of a pollster and a law firm; Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Hong Kong police arrest 11 on suspicion of aiding activists' escape attempt

Photo: UNB
Environment

Activists demand end to fly ash transports on the Sundarbans’ waterways