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[Link] China Calls This ‘Democracy.’ Hong Kongers Don’t Buy It.
Read: 20/12/2021 www.vice.com
Only 30.2 percent of Hong Kong’s 4.4 million voters cast a ballot on Sunday, a record low turnout for any citywide elections, even as the government tried to encourage voting by offering free subway rides and text message reminders.
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[Link] The World’s Longest Ruling Prime Minister Has Backed His Son to Take Over
Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com
Addressing the country he has ruled for 36 years, marking the prestigious occasion of the inauguration of a $300 million sewage treatment facility, Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen confirmed that he will back his oldest son Hun Manet to succeed him.
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[Link] Sudan military ‘ready to reinstate PM and release political detainees’
Read: 21/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Sudan’s military plans to reinstate Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister and release all political detainees under a deal to end weeks of deadly unrest, the head of one of the country’s main political parties has said.
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[Link] Myanmar military says it will release 5,600 anti-coup prisoners
Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Myanmar’s military has announced plans to release more than 5,000 prisoners, days after the junta chief was blocked from attending an upcoming regional summit over his failure to commit to de-escalating the country’s crisis.
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