Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Jailed activist awarded human rights prize
Vadim Kuramshim’s courageous campaigning recognised by lawyers’ prestigious award
Asia
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Radio programme lifts lid on dictatorship’s prisons
But fails to explain widespread conspiracy of silence
Malaysia
Malaysia: Economy worsening
Further burden on working class and young people
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Fatal shootings underline extent of country’s militarisation
United Socialist Party makes election challenge
Asia
Southern Asia: When the world economic crisis makes landfall in South Asia
Fragile governments will be rocked by mass movements of workers and poor
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: ‘Black July’ 1983 and civil war
Anti-Tamil pogroms organised by ruling class
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: 430,000 people march on 1 July
‘Down with CY Leung’ – but what are the next steps in democracy struggle?
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Guardian letter condemns President Nazarbayev’s human rights record
Campaign Kazakhstan British Secretary, Mick Whale, condemns David Cameron’s visit to build links with Kazakh dictator
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Angry protests erupt in Zhezkazgan
Workers demand nationalisation of KazakhMys metal foundry
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: 1,000 demonstrators defend whistleblower Snowden
Revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have exposed US hypocrisy over cyber-spying