Protest
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World
Famed Iranian Actress Arrested After Voicing Support for Protests
The actress, Taraneh Alidoosti, had urged people to speak out after the execution of a man involved in nationwide demonstrations.
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World
Even as China Eases Covid Rules, Some Youths Still Fear a Grim Future
A sluggish economy continues to leave many young people unemployed, with few job prospects or hopes to tap into the rising incomes their parents enjoyed during boom times.
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Books
With ‘Eyes on Iran,’ Artists Bring Protests to Roosevelt Island
At the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park, across from the United Nations, an exhibition has an undeniable mood of urgency.
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Newyork
Why It Matters That China’s Protests Started in Xinjiang
Late last month, in a stunning display of frustration, people in multiple cities across China took to the streets to protest “zero Covid” policies. The calls to “jiefeng” — release the lockdown — evolved quickly into something more like calls for ...
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World
Sudan Military and Pro-Democracy Coalition Sign Peace Deal
The agreement, which was boycotted by some political forces, comes more than a year after a coup that scuttled the country’s transition to democratic rule.
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World
Iran Abolishes Morality Police After Months of Protests
The move appeared to be a concession to the protest movement that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman being held by the morality police for supposedly violating Islamic dress rules.
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World
How China’s Police Used Phones and Faces to Track Protesters
After a weekend of protests, the authorities in China are using the country’s all-seeing surveillance apparatus to find those bold enough to defy them.
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World
After Xi’s Coronation, a Roar of Discontent Against His Hard-Line Politics
Protests in China have roused a tradition of dissent that had seemed spent after 10 years under Xi Jinping. The effects may far outlast the street clashes.
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Newyork
Banana Peels for Xi Jinping
There’s a Soviet joke that has long circulated in China, about a man who is arrested for protesting in Moscow’s Red Square by holding up a blank sheet of paper. “How can you arrest me?” the man objects in one version. “I didn’t say anything ...
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World
The Long Odds Facing China’s Protesters
Popular protests are more easily begun than ever before, but they are more likely to dissipate, too.