Expatriates in South Korea accuse bars and nightclubs of racism and exclusion

Expatriates in South Korea accuse bars and nightclubs of racism and exclusion

Issued on: 16/06/2022 – 10:03 Expatriates and immigrants in South Korea have taken to TikTok to share videos they say reveal xenophobia and discrimination at nightclubs around the country. Our Observers told us that some clubs and venues systematically ban foreigners from entering, a policy which particularly impacts people of colour.  Kirsten Keels is a

Iranians take to the streets to protest regime and rising food prices

Iranians take to the streets to protest regime and rising food prices

Issued on: 27/05/2022 – 13:22 Since early May, Iranians have been taking the streets to protest rising prices of basic goods, causing prices to balloon by up to 300%. The economic protests quickly turned political, with people calling for the fall of the regime as security forces harshly repressed dissent. We spoke to a young

Renewed migrant pushbacks between Belarus and Poland worry NGOs

Renewed migrant pushbacks between Belarus and Poland worry NGOs

Issued on: 13/05/2022 – 15:34 Since March, migrants have again begun to ask NGOs for aid after being stranded in the forest at the Polish-Belarusian border. In 2021, tens of thousands of migrants had attempted this new migration route in the hope of reaching the European Union. According to our Observer, a member of the Grupa Granica

Tied up and humiliated: Victims of the Koglweogo, a militia network, filmed in Burkina Faso

Tied up and humiliated: Victims of the Koglweogo, a militia network, filmed in Burkina Faso

Issued on: 06/05/2022 – 15:12 People sitting on a bench with their feet chained together … this is the scene that our Observer in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, filmed and sent to us. The people in the video were arrested by the Koglweogo, a network of vigilante groups created to maintain order. This video

Residents left in dire straits after Saudi govt bulldozes poor Jeddah neighbourhoods

Residents left in dire straits after Saudi govt bulldozes poor Jeddah neighbourhoods

Issued on: 20/04/2022 – 18:38 Over the past three months, the Saudi government has launched a massive demolition campaign targeting dozens of poor neighbourhoods in Jeddah, to make way for an urban development project. With very little time to leave and no compensation, hundreds of thousands of people are now in dire straits, with no

Anti-war protester arrested in Russia for holding up a poster saying ‘two words’

Anti-war protester arrested in Russia for holding up a poster saying 'two words'

Source link. A video showing cops apprehending a female during a Moscow demonstration against the war in Ukraine on March 13 went viral earlier this month. The female was holding a sign that said, in Russian, “two words”– a recommendation to an anti-war slogan. Skillfully, her indication does not include the “war”, as a brand-new

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