Students and activists in Indonesia have put up the One Piece pirate sign as a symbol of protest against several government policies.
With crumbling institutions built on fragile principles, power has been co-opted.
The protests were sparked by a series of crimes.
Dhaka faces frequent protests, causing disruptions, but lacks discourse on root causes.
In 2024, Bangladesh’s youth, Millennials and Gen Z, are rewriting the political playbook.
If Dhaka had a national sport, it wouldn’t be cricket—it would be protests.
If you have been keeping up with the news, you would be forgiven for thinking that Bangladesh’s national pastime is becoming "who can protest the loudest." With protests popping up on every street corner like pop-up shops, it’s time to address the real issue.
It is astounding how little a regime in power for 15 years understands the new form of student politics.
Students have always been the first to engage in discourses on divisive borders with imagined, imposing lines, language, religion or tradition.
In the midst of violent protests against his government’s decision to go for short-term military recruitment policy “Agnipath,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (June 20,2022) said some decisions and reforms may be unpleasant and unfair temporarily but in the long run the country will experience their benefits.
Thousands gather for a second day of protests on Sunday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak over a multi-million-dollar financial scandal, their spirits lifted by unexpected support from Malaysia's longest-serving leader.
