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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2023
Hong Kong police question family members of self-exiled activist
Relatives of Nathan Law, who was among those targeted last week with an arrest warrant and bounty, were taken into custody but later released.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 4, 2023
Targeting of self-exiled Hong Kong activists draws widespread condemnation
The move by Hong Kong authorities to issue arrest warrants and a bounty for eight pro-democracy activists comes a widening crackdown on dissent in the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 3, 2023
Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants for eight overseas activists
Issuing wanted notices and rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($127,656) each, police said the assets of the accused would be frozen where possible.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2023
Scathing report on police leaves Minneapolis reeling three years after Floyd murder
Veterans of the city’s Police Department, which has lost more than 300 officers, say they are running on fumes, weary from patrolling under a cloud of suspicion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 26, 2023
Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorized protest in years
Hong Kong police permitted a small protest march in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / BLACK EYE
Feb 6, 2023
Through good times and bad, the community you create will be your lifeline
What would Tyre Nichols' life had been like if he were living in Japan? It's a sad thought to imagine at this point, but a question worth asking nonetheless.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2023
Memphis releases deadly police beating video
Footage of the violent encounter between Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, and the five police officers charged with murder in his beating death has sent shock waves through the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2023
Five U.S. police officers charged with beating Black man to death
Tyre Nichols, 29, was stopped on Jan. 7 for what the Memphis Police Department said was reckless driving.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 20, 2022
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi greeted as hero after competing without hijab
Climber apologizes for causing concern as doubts swirl about her safety.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2022
Beijing laws are the barrier to improving Hong Kong’s human rights image
To improve Hong Kong's deteriorating image, the starting point is at home, not overseas
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2022
Hong Kong is unrecognizable after two years under new security law
The landscape for free expression in Hong Kong after Beijing enacted the National Security Law has become increasingly desolate, and conditions are set to worsen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 13, 2022
Protesters flood Ottawa, and a border bridge is still blocked in Ontario
By Saturday night, the Ambassador Bridge, a key crossing at the U.S.-Canada border, was still closed. Protesters in Ottawa, the capital, vastly outnumbered the police.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2022
Hundreds in Minneapolis protest police killing of Black man in raid
Amir Locke, who was killed in a 'no-knock' raid, was not named in a warrant, and Minneapolis police have acknowledged it was unclear how or whether he was connected to an investigation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 17, 2021
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists are running out of options
Most of the groups advocating for meaningful elections and freedom of expression have disbanded. China's crackdown 'exceeded the threshold of what we can bear.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2021
Hong Kong jails activist for over three years in latest secession case
The latest sentence will add to concerns that the security law imposed by Beijing in June 2020 is being used to crack down on political opposition.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2021
As murders in the U.S. surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police
Democratic city leaders are scrambling to boost police budgets amid the deadliest crime wave in two decades, a reflection of how deeply unpopular the 'defund' concept has become.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Olympic athletes are testing rules and taking a knee for Black Lives Matter
The pickup in demonstrations follows the International Olympic Committee's recent decision to relax decades-old restrictions on athlete expression.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2021
Cuba and how Biden can avoid another Mariel boatlift
The best way for the U.S. to move forward in response to the Cuban unrest may be to split the difference between the positions of the Democrats and Republicans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2021
Free speech or secession? 'Liberate Hong Kong' at heart of landmark case
Activists say a ruling to outlaw the slogan will tighten limits on free speech.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2021
In a scarred Hong Kong, 'beautiful things are gone'
People who want a democratic future are regrouping behind an invisible front line: The memory of what happened in 2019.

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