IPC: Connections
Hong Kong: A year on from the imposition of the National Security Law
With each passing day, the boundary between Hong Kong and the rest of China fades faster. The Chinese Communist Party is remaking this city, permeating its once vibrant, irreverent character with ever more overt signs of its authoritarian will. The very texture of daily life is under assault as Beijing…
USA – Miami apartment block collapse
As of 7th July, the total number of confirmed deaths due to the collapse of the Florida apartment block stands at 36, while 109 residents are still missing. Emergency teams are increasingly pessimistic of finding any more survivors among the rubble and say they have detected no signs of life…
Myanmar - UN highlights human rights catastrophe
What began as a coup by the Myanmar military has ‘rapidly morphed’ into an all-out attack against the civilian population that has become increasingly widespread and systematic, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned on 6 July, 2021. Speaking at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council, Michelle…
Afghanistan – “a shabby, half-hidden retreat”
The conflict in Afghanistan – America’s longest war – is at an end, or so President Joe Biden is expected to declare this week. At an end, too, is Britain and Nato’s military involvement, dating back to the invasion that followed the 2001 al-Qaida attacks on the US. Except the…
