An image showing a Chinese rocket burner next to the cremation pyres of India s COVID-19 victims, with the caption: Lighting a fire in China vs. lighting a fire in India, that was published by a Weibo account belonging to the CCP s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, but later censored after an outcry. CCP s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
Censors in China have deleted a post from an account backed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that drew a mocking comparison between the fires under a Chinese rocket and mass cremations of COVID-19 victims in India.
The meme-like image showed a Chinese rocket burner next to the cremation pyres of victims, with the caption: Lighting a fire in China vs. lighting a fire in India.
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Algerians holding flags demonstrate against the authorities. File photo Algiers - Asharq Al-Awsat
Algerian journalist and whistle-blower Noureddine Tounsi was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison, one of his lawyers told AFP.
Detained since September, Tounsi had reported on social media on alleged wrongdoings at the port of Oran, in the country’s northwest.
Tounsi “was sentenced to a year behind bars by the court” in Oran, his lawyer Farid Khemisti wrote on Facebook.
Charges against him included “insulting the president of the republic” and “invasion of privacy,” local media reported.
However, he was acquitted of the charge of “communicating with foreign entities,” which would have led to his referral to a criminal court, the media added.
Anti-coup protesters walk through a market with images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi at Kamayut township in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, April 8, 2021. They walked through the markets and streets of Kamayut township with slogans to show their disaffection for military coup. (AP Photo) world
Myanmar junta limits internet, seizes satellite TV dishes Today 02:16 am JST Today | 06:52 am JST YANGON, Myanmar
An information blackout under Myanmar s military junta worsened Thursday as fiber broadband service, the last legal way for ordinary people to access the internet, became intermittently inaccessible on several networks.
Authorities in some areas have also started confiscating satellite dishes used to access international news broadcasts.