How jobseekers from Africa are being tricked into slavery in Asia’s cyberscam compounds

He was set to work every day for the next three months, forced to send thousands of messages from fake social-media profiles, posing as a rich American investor to swindle US real estate agents into cryptocurrency scams. 

When he failed to reach daily targets, he was beaten, locked inside a freezing-cold room and deprived of food for up to two days. He prayed he would avoid the electric shocks and sexual torture others endured at the hands of a Chinese criminal gang that ran the centre...

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/09/cyberslavery-kenya-uganda-ethiopia-southeast-asia-myanmar-scam-centres

 

Asian countries riven by war and disaster face some of steepest Trump tariffs

"The world's largest importer has now essentially hung a sign on its border saying 'closed for business'," he added. "We are now faced with two plausible scenarios: Either the impacted trade partners hold firm and retaliate in the hope that Trump will be forced to back down, or they look to cut deals with Trump in order to avoid the tariffs. It is unlikely that either scenario will end well."…

s://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/donald-trump-tariffs-us-administration-countries-biggest-rates-china-myanmar-mandalay

 

Revealed: how world’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’

"Oilfield service companies in Myanmar have blood on their hands for operating in an industry that bankrolls the illegal Myanmar military junta, as it wages a campaign of terror against the people," Maung said. 

"These companies have breached their international human rights responsibilities and may be complicit in the junta's war crimes and crimes against humanity by servicing oil and gas projects that fund the junta's atrocities."…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/01/myanmar-oil-gas-companies-profits-regime-coup

Facebook sued by Rohingya refugees for role in alleged Myanmar genocide - The Washington Post

Facebook failed to quickly stop the spread of hate speech and misinformation against the Rohingya people, in turn contributing to the persecution and alleged genocide of the minority community in Myanmar, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in a California court that asks for more than $150 billion in compensation...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/07/facebook-rohingya-genocide-refugees-lawsuit/

Michael Flynn defends his coup comments - The Washington Post

… Stop me if you've heard this one before: Michael T. Flynn does something highly objectionable that undermines the U.S. government, in which he served. And then when pressed on it, he claims it's just a big misunderstanding, despite all evidence to the contrary...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/01/michael-flynns-ridiculous-defense-his-coup-comments-context/

OLBERMANN VS..MICHAEL FLYNN. IT MUST BE BIDEN WHO CALLS FOR HIS ARREST. ...

It’s not just that Michael Flynn must be arrested for clearly and publicly advocating the overthrow of the US government in a Myanmar-like military coup in which the lives of the President, Vice President, cabinet, Senators, Congressmen and resistant civilians would be at risk. 

It's that the line must be drawn in the sand now. President Biden himself must be the one to openly explain why such treasonous talk is so dangerous even if a practical threat still somehow seems unlikely to the disbelieving public and doubting media. It is the president who is sworn to protect American democracy and it must be the president who explains the peril it faces. No other voice is sufficient to convey the urgency. No other voice can explain to the complacent who still believe that a coup attempt "can't happen here" when IT ALREADY HAPPENED HERE. 

Flynn must be made an example of to the MAGA maggots. Arrest him. Publicly. Loudly. Immediately.

https://youtu.be/XeaRsGHcyK8

Facts undercut the rationale for Trump's latest travel ban | TheHill

On Jan. 31, the Trump administration expanded its country-specific travel ban by barring immigrants from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. When President Trump issued his first travel ban three years ago — commonly called the “Muslim ban” because six of the targeted countries are predominantly Muslim — many Americans took to the streets. The Trump administration revised the ban several times as it worked its way through legal challenges in federal court. On June 26, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the third iteration of the original travel ban.....
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/482081-facts-undercut-the-rationale-for-trumps-latest-travel-ban

Trump scapegoats almost a quarter of Africa’s population - The Washington Post

The latest set of countries targeted by travel bans include Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and biggest economy.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/02/05/trump-scapegoats-almost-quarter-africas-population/

The Five Conflicts Driving the Bulk of the World’s Refugee Crisis - The New York Times

Most of the world's refugees are from five countries, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Here is a look at the conflicts driving the global refugee crisis. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/world/five-conflicts-driving-refugees.html