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HUMAN RIGHTS

U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on effective altruism threaten efforts to reduce suffering, prevent catastrophic risks and ensure global cooperation on AI safety.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2026
Trump’s misguided war against effective altruism
Why would the Trump administration, which with great fanfare created a Department of Government Efficiency, now oppose being effective?
A demonstrator stands atop a barricade during a protest seeking the resignation of Indian Election Commission chief Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2026
Declared dead: Indian voters fight to get back on electoral rolls
The name deletions have triggered a political storm, with opposition parties and youth groups staging near-daily protests in New Delhi and elsewhere.
Under Article 112 of Thailand’s Criminal Code — the country’s lese-majeste law — anyone who defames, insults or threatens the king, queen or heir apparent faces a prison sentence of three to 15 years.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2026
It’s time for Thailand to amend its controversial lese-majeste law
Thailand’s lese-majeste law is sending pro-democracy activists to prison.
South African jurist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay poses in Nuremberg, Germany, on Friday, soon after being awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2026
And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to the opposite of Trump
ICC jurists have now been frozen out of everything from bank accounts to VISA and Mastercard credit cards and Amazon subscriptions.
Two girls overlook a camp for displaced people in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on June 23.
WORLD
Oct 12, 2026
UNRWA warns Gaza is becoming an increasingly unlivable place
Gaza faces persistent shortages of medical supplies due to delivery restrictions. Hygiene conditions also remain dire.
Security personnel detain Cockroach Janata Party leader and member of Parliament John Brittas (center) during a protest demanding the resignation of Indian Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter roll irregularities, near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2026
India releases ‘cockroach’ leaders as movement calls for more protests
Sweeping security restrictions have underscored tensions facing Narendra Modi’s government as it confronts a sustained wave of youth-led dissent.
Displaced Palestinian women gather to receive hot meals distributed by a charity kitchen in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 25.
WORLD
Oct 11, 2026
Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, one year on from ceasefire
Every day, Niyaha al-Masri spends six exhausting hours or more queueing at a community kitchen in the hope of getting some food for her family.
Navanethem Pillay speaks during a news briefing at the United Nations headquarters in New York in 2022.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2026
Nobel Peace Prize goes to international jurist Navi Pillay
The committee said it awarded Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
A Palestinian woman with a child walks past the rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli military offensive against Hamas in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in November 2024.
EDITORIALS
Oct 9, 2026
Oct. 7 was a tragedy, what followed was worse
There have been no winners among the moving forces of this tragedy although some actors on the periphery of the fight may have benefited.
Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing inspects an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony ahead of his meeting with Malaysia’s prime minister in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 8, 2026
U.S. opens direct talks with Myanmar’s generals, reversing years of isolation
U.S. outreach has focused on targeting scam centers but could lead to broader engagement, including on Myanmar’s mineral deposits, sources have said.
Migrants returning from Malaysia look out from a bus upon their arrival at the Myanmar naval base in Thanlyin, Myanmar, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 4, 2026
Myanmar migrants returned to war-torn nation from Malaysia
The U.N. warns that conditions in Myanmar, consumed by civil war since 2021, mean safe homecomings cannot be guaranteed as required under international law.
Demonstrators carrying flags and placards march past counter-protesters during a rally against then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to expand foreign-workers legislation in Tokyo in October 2018.
EDITORIALS
Oct 2, 2026
Immigration reform should help the country, not punish immigrants
The changes to permanent residency requirements add stricter income and pension standards, language requirements and raise fees substantially.
Jimmy Lai, who founded the now defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily in Hong Kong, was handed a 20-year prison term on collusion and sedition charges under a national security law following a crackdown from Beijing.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2026
Trump says he raised case of Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai with Xi
The U.S. president was under pressure to raise high-profile humanitarian cases when he met with the Chinese leader in Washington last week.
Rohingya Muslims in Selangor, Malaysia
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2026
Malaysia to return thousands to Myanmar, prompting U.N. concerns
The move sparked criticism given the large Myanmar population in Malaysia, including 126,000 Rohingya refugees and asylum-seekers.
The U.S. Supreme Court's order to resume deportations for now signals the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump may have the upper hand.
WORLD
Sep 30, 2026
Supreme Court lets Trump’s third-country deportations resume
The high court put on hold a federal judge’s order that required people who are being deported to get notice and a chance to argue their case.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin holds a news conference to discuss immigration enforcement operations in New York state in New York City on Sept. 1.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2026
The Trump administration is making a mockery of protecting immigrants
DHS now says that a decision “will be made at the appropriate time,” in effect suspending the immigrants and their families in a fearful limbo.
Demonstrators attend a "Free Tibet" protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the U.S. outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2026
Tibet’s advocates need to reach China’s majority
Growing Han Chinese awareness and activism poses the only pressure Beijing cannot ignore on Tibet.
Tessellation, a garment factory in Vietnam's Hoa Binh province on Sept. 8
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 26, 2026
How firms linked to sanctioned Chinese cotton giant sell clothes to U.S.
Since Esquel’s blacklisting, three garment makers in Vietnam have continued to source much of its cotton while also selling products to the U.S.
Commuters riding blue taxis wait in a traffic jam in Kabul. Taxi drivers in Afghanistan are defying a Taliban government-imposed ban on music.
WORLD / Society
Sep 25, 2026
Rebellious Afghan taxi drivers defy ban on music
Despite fears of getting caught by the morality police, drivers are still listening to music as a form of protest.
A transgender man (right) with his wife in Tokyo on Sept. 18, as he seeks legal recognition as the father of a child conceived using an egg retrieved from him.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2026
Transgender man seeks recognition as father of biological child
The man, assigned female at birth, was legally recognized as male after the birth of the child, who was conceived using one of his eggs.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
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