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Last Stand In Hong Kong

Hong Kong democracy activist shares growing movement to expand social, political freedoms

Tens of thousands of government supporters marched in Hong Kong on August 17 in opposition of a pro-democracy movement that has threatened to bring Asia's biggest financial center to a standstill. A democracy activist in Hong Kong writes exclusively for The Reporters Inc. about the growing movement for expanded social and political freedom in the region.

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Kong Tsung-gan
August 15, 2014
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125 Self-Immolations

Why suicide by fire protests continue in Tibet

123 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009. All but one of those self-immolations has occurred in the last two years. 102 of the self-immolators have died. But what exactly did these 123 citizens hope to achieve through self-immolation? What difference has it made? And what, if any, change has occurred as a result of the self-immolations?

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Tenzin Tharchen
January 12, 2014
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