cuban_Pete

joined 8 months ago
sorted by: new top controversial old
35
‘Like we are trapped’: Minorities suffer amid conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine (www.aljazeera.com)
52
Over 50,000 illegal foreigners in Myanmar deported (e.vnexpress.net)
Dont show the whole blade unless you're going for the kill in c/[email protected]
Young women are more liberal than they’ve been in decades, a Gallup analysis finds in c/[email protected]
China’s grip on Hong Kong just became a little tighter in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

There was a period in the early 2000's where China showed genuine signs it might open up and become somewhat democratic, giving its citizens greater rights and representation. Obviously they decided to revert to their authoritarian ways and brutally crack down on dissent to keep control over the people, but there was a time HK might've had a nice future under China.

China’s grip on Hong Kong just became a little tighter in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

No fucking way, Hong Kong was lost in 2014 after the yellow umbrella movement was brutally crushed. It was death by a thousand cuts ever since. Trump or no Trump, nothing was going to change that.

“They brought Israeli civilians to watch our nude torture”: IDF torture of Palestinian prisoners is turned into entertainment for Israeli viewers in c/[email protected]