Fears Over a Nepal-China Extradition Treaty

Expand Chinese Honour Guard stand with Nepalese and Chinese flags ahead of a welcoming ceremony for the Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari. © Madoka Ikegami/Pool Photo via AP As Nepal gets ready to welcome President Xi Jinping of China on October 12, 2019, it appears that the two countries are preparing to sign an extradition treaty. Details of the agreement are not yet known, but it should be made public and should not put anyone in Nepal that the Chinese government sees as a threat – including refugees, activists, and journalists – in danger of being sent back to face unfair trials…

Read complete article

~	Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s departing first minister, and the art of the resignation speech

~	How a digital archive is preserving Canada’s history of LGBTQ+ activism

~	NZ started discussing AUKUS ‘Tier 2’ involvement in 2021, newly released details reveal

~	U.S. has found H5N1 flu virus in milk. Here’s why the risk to humans is likely low.

~	Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated and often intended to cause harm

~	‘Stop talking and start doing.’ Rosie Batty on trolls, accidental advocacy and treating domestic violence for what it is: terrorism

~	When supplies resume, should governments subsidise drugs like Ozempic for weight loss? We asked 5 experts

~	Think all chemicals are bad? From our food to your phone, modern life relies on them

~	Vietnam, brutalist architecture, fees and Gaza: how student protests shaped Australian universities

~	It’s time to strike an environmental grand bargain between businesses, governments and conservationists – and stop doing things the hard way