Once the interrogation room doors shut behind Attasith Nussa, eight plainclothes officers descended upon him quickly.The leading officer approached the 35-year-old Thai pro-democracy protester and asked him if he came alone to the 29 October vigil in Bangkok.“I drove my motorcycle here alone,” Attasith recalled to Al Jazeera as telling his interrogators.Attasith said the same officer, dressed in a button-up shirt, then replied, “‘Well it’s good that you travelled alone.

Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg on Friday branded the United Nations (UN) climate summit in Glasgow a "failure" during a mass protest in the Scottish city demanding swifter action from leaders to address the emergency.Thunberg said pledges from some nations made during COP26 to accelerate their emissions cuts amounted to little more than "a two-week long celebration of business as usual and blah, blah, blah"."It is not a secret that COP26 is a failure," she tol

Allegations of misuse of COVID-19 funds have emerged in the Philippines, prompting anger among healthcare workers, who protested in the Philippine capital to demand the release of unpaid benefits as they battle another surge in cases due to the Delta variant.Protesters wearing protective medical gear gathered on Wednesday at the Department of Health (DOH) and held placards demanding their risk allowances, hazard pay and the resignation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque. Duque has r

A Myanmar swimmer has abandoned his dream of competing at the Tokyo Olympics in protest at the junta ruling his homeland, saying that taking part would be "propaganda" for the regime.Win Htet Oo is one of Myanmar's top swimmers but in early April, the 26-year-old said he was no longer interested in going to Tokyo."To accept the MOC (Myanmar Olympic Committee) as it is currently led is to recognise the legitimacy of a murderous regime," he wrote in a statement on Faceb

Moe* is 53 years old and has stage three breast cancer.She used to go for radiotherapy treatment every three weeks at the state-run Mandalay General Hospital in northern Myanmar.But the day after the military deposed Myanmar's elected government in a coup on 1 February, the hospital closed its doors.

A pro-democracy movement led by student groups is gathering steam across Thailand, with some activists even calling for reform of the kingdom's unassailable monarchy.Authorities have so far made 11 arrests on various charges, including sedition and breaking coronavirus rules, before releasing them on bail.Here is what we know so far:What Do The Protesters Want?The protesters are rallying against the government of Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha.The former army chief led a coup in 2014 and kept

A Thai court issued arrest warrants Wednesday for six pro-democracy activists involved in recent rallies that heard calls for an overhaul of the government and even reforms to the monarchy - a subject usually taboo in the kingdom.Near-daily demonstrations by a youth-led pro-democracy movement have been largely tolerated by authorities so far, but police said Wednesday they now had warrants to arrest half a dozen of the most prominent protesters.They will be charged with "sedition, comput

An anti-government protest in Thailand drew more than 10,000 people on Sunday, the largest political demonstration the kingdom has seen in years as a pro-democracy movement gathers steam.Student-led groups have held near-daily protests across the country for the past month to denounce Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha - a former army chief who led a 2014 coup - and his military-aligned administration.By Sunday evening, the protesters - who are demanding major democratic reforms - had taken over the b

Young Thai protesters listened in rapt attention on Monday night as a pro-democracy activist called for open discussion of the unassailable monarchy's role in the kingdom, at a rally in Bangkok that drew thousands. The massive demonstration comes after weeks of near-daily student-led protests denouncing Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha's military-aligned administration. The student-led movement has repeatedly demanded a rewrite to a 2017 constitution, the parliament'

Several thousand protesters marched in southeast Myanmar on Tuesday to demand the military's withdrawal from the area and an end to rights abuses after soldiers allegedly killed an unarmed woman from the Karen ethnic group.In a rare acknowledgement of wrongdoing, the military confirmed that two soldiers had been arrested for the shooting of Naw Mu Naw, 40, and robbery of her gold jewellery in Dwe Lo township in Karen state on 16 July.The court-martial of the arrested men was already unde