East Asia and the Pacific
Mar 28, 2021
Myanmar Protesters Return After Security Forces Kill at Least 90 PeopleGlobal NewsWall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/myanmar-protesters-return-after-security-forces-kill-90-people-including-children-11616942696?mod=world_major_1_pos1Mar 26, 2021
‘Insult to the Country’: Hong Kong Targets Art Deemed Critical of ChinaGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/world/asia/hong-kong-china-art-national-security-law.htmlMar 25, 2021
Myanmar: UN expert calls for emergency summit, warns conditions ‘likely to get much worse’Global NewsUN News
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1088242Mar 25, 2021
More than 300 people killed since Myanmar’s coupGlobal NewsReuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-killings-graphic/more-than-300-people-killed-since-myanmars-coup-idUSKBN2BI07K?il=0Mar 24, 2021
‘I Will Die Protecting My Country’: In Myanmar, a New Resistance RisesGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/world/asia/myanmar-coup-resistance-protests.htmlMar 24, 2021
Faced with sanctions and condemnation from the West, China becomes bedfellows with RussiaGlobal NewsWashington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-biden-russia-europe/2021/03/24/3c3f6902-8c5e-11eb-a33e-da28941cb9ac_story.htmlMar 22, 2021
U.S., E.U., Canada and Britain announce sanctions on China over the abuse of UyghursGlobal NewsWashington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/xinjiang-sanctions-european-union/2021/03/22/1b0d69aa-8b0a-11eb-a33e-da28941cb9ac_story.htmlMar 22, 2021
In Myanmar’s hinterland, army uproots ethnic Karen villagersGlobal NewsAssociated Press
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-myanmars-hinterland-army-uproots-ethnic-karen-villagers/2021/03/21/1ab0f292-8abf-11eb-a33e-da28941cb9ac_story.htmlMar 19, 2021
Myanmar Protesters Answer Military’s Bullets With an Economic ShutdownGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/world/asia/myanmar-workers-strike.htmlMar 18, 2021
In landmark ruling, Japan court says it is ‘unconstitutional’ to bar same-sex marriageGlobal NewsReuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-lgbt-marriage-ruling/in-landmark-ruling-japan-court-says-it-is-unconstitutional-to-bar-same-sex-marriage-idUSKBN2B909XFeatured Publications
2021
In Brief: Beyond COVID-19: A Feminist Plan for Sustainability and Social JusticeUN Women
https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2021/brief-plan-for-equal-en.pdf?la=en&vs=4300Sep 25, 2020
Access to justice and the COVID-19 pandemicOECD
https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=136_136486-rcd8m6dvng&title=Access-to-justice-and-the-COVID-19-pandemic&_ga=2.172033184.2029195142.1626275178-1139618518.1626100939July 2020
Use of New Technologies for Consistent and Proactive Screening of Vulnerable PopulationsVulnerable PopulationsUnited Nations University Institute in Macau
https://i.unu.edu/media/cs.unu.edu/page/4740/AppriseReport_FINAL.pdf