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Win Htet Oo, a promising and talented swimmer, withdrew from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to protest against the military coup in Myanmar, responsible for a repression that killed over a thousand people. The IOC, which didn’t answer any of his petitions, is accused of letting perpetrators of crimes against humanity compete under their neutrality principle.

Evergrande is China’s second largest real estate developer and its revenue accounts for 2% of China’s GDP. Recently a credit crunch (which basically means a lack of cash) has made anxious investors worried about the bets they took in the company with their lifelong savings. The crisis came about both due to over-borrowing and a blunt state intervention to ward off an industrial crush. But countless consumers will soon find themselves trapped in decisions that they did not know they made.

Aafia Siddiqui, also known under the name ‘Lady Al-Qaeda’ for her potential affiliation with the group, was imprisoned in 2010 for 86 years. Strangely enough, none of the charges against her included being a terrorist. This complex case was highly debated because of the different versions of the story each party claimed as the truth.

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https://www.dawn.com/news/1641831

Aafia Siddiqui, also known under the name ‘Lady Al-Qaeda’ for her potential affiliation with the group, was imprisoned in 2010 for 86 years. Strangely enough, none of the charges against her included being a terrorist. This complex case was highly debated because of the different versions of the story each party claimed as the truth.

LINK

https://www.dawn.com/news/1641831

Migrant wives are in great distress in Singapore. There is a lack of journalistic publications on the matter of family violence experienced by migrant women in Singapore which is why the issue needs to be discussed. The lack of awareness directly exacerbates the problem that migrant women face because some Singaporean men use this to their advantage to continually abuse their migrant wives without intervention from legal authorities. There are certain procedures and requirements that have to be fulfilled before a migrant worker can become a citizen or permanent resident after being married to a Singapore spouse.Typically, the person that has to petition for their migrant wife would be the Singaporean spouse.This imbalanced power dynamic can lead to abuse. 

In this episode of Write the Wrongs, we will focus on Gurnam Singh Chnaduni, a farmer who has become an important representative of the anger of the farmer population of India. Indeed, new farm laws are not accepted by an important part of the population, leading to huge protests all over the country.

Kris Wu is the most influential Chinese celebrity to face criminal charges since the global #MeToo root in China in 2018. The story of the young Ms Du marked sparked a new wave in the movement, with the country's netizens wrapped in a very polarized debate.

In war-torn Afghanistan, history repeats itself. In 2021, as in 1996, the situation of women is threatened by the Taliban forces. Learn more about Zahra Joya, a journalist who through her work, fights against the discrimination of women in her country.

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This episode is the sixth in a March series that has continued to April tackling heavy topics uniting cultures, the one dealing with growing up, the notions associated and social expectations associated with this phase ineveryone's lives.

This episode covers the historical snapshot behind the current violence and conflict between the Protestant loyalists and the Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland, and how this troubled past is defining the future of the younger generation. Featuring Paul Brady's 'The Island'.