As a new wave of protests roils France, Emmanuel Macron’s presidency is in peril

If the country’s history is any guide, there will no simple solutions to the raging tensions.

Peter McPhee, The Conversation

· Dec 16, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Thailand protests: Police fire water cannon on thousands of demonstrators in Bangkok

The Bangkok authority’s emergency unit said one police officer and four protestors were hurt during a brief confrontation outside the Grand Palace.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 09, 2020 · 01:50 pm

Thailand issues emergency decree banning gatherings, arrests pro-democracy protestors

The demonstrators have called for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha’s resignation and the reform of the monarchical system.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 15, 2020 · 06:13 pm

‘The people have woken up’: Film people and writers on expressing dissent – and the price to be paid

Why have some spoken but others been silent?

Devarsi Ghosh

· Dec 19, 2019 · 06:30 am

Is South America heading towards its own Arab Spring? Understanding recent protests in the continent

A wave of protests over public policy and economic discomfort has rocked South American countries such as Venezuela, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile.

Lenin Cavalcanti Guerra, The Conversation

· Nov 13, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Hong Kong: Tens of thousands defy police ban and brave the rain to march in a show of strength

A spokesperson for China’s legislature condemned statements from US senators and Congress members supporting the pro-democracy protestors.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 18, 2019 · 05:28 pm

Hong Kong protests reflect alarm over China’s growing attempts to extend control over governance

Chief Executive Carrie Lam is in a difficult position: if she yields to the protestors, she will anger her bosses in Beijing.

Tony Walker, The Conversation

· Jun 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Hong Kong’s top court grants bail to two pro-democracy activists

The two student leaders had been imprisoned for storming government headquarters during a protest in 2014.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 24, 2017 · 04:09 pm

Dilma Rousseff, two views of democracy, and the battle for Brazil’s future

The senate has outmaneuvered a national leader, leaving many wondering which is fighting on the right side of democracy.

Marieke Riethof, The Conversation

· Sep 06, 2016 · 05:30 am

In the Maldives, the Opposition has launched a bid to oust a ‘dictatorial’ President

Accusing Abdulla Yameen of muzzling the press and using the police and judiciary to neutralise his political opponents, alliance vows to restore democracy.

Omkar Khandekar

· Jul 27, 2016 · 12:30 pm

How can Hong Kong's democracy movement get its mojo back?

The pro-Beijing proposal Hong Kong's democracy activists dreaded has been voted down. What now?

Malte Phillipp Kaeding, The Conversation

· Jul 04, 2015 · 02:30 pm

Boundaries of illegality blur as Hong Kong protests rumble on

The city is dealing with a much more complicated reality.

Surya Deva, The Conversation

· Oct 19, 2014 · 04:30 pm