Pro-democracy candidates swept the elections for Hong Kong local councils. Supporters of China's power won 10% of the seats.

I've been told that 57% of the votes were for pro-democracy candidates, according to this article.

Now it is clear that the people of Hong Kong mostly agree with the protesters. Can anyone find out what fraction of votes were for the pro-democracy candidates?

I've read that these local councils choose some of the territory's legislature, too. So the consequences could be significant.

*US law enforcement officials preparing for fresh Keystone XL pipeline protests have privately discussed tactics to stop activists “by any means” and have labeled demonstrators potential “domestic terrorism” threats, records reveal.*

Students that feel offended by expressions of bigotry at Syracuse University demand that the chancellor obey their orders to the letter in adopting measures to clamp down on it. They seem inclined to engage in bullying unless they get their way.

They rebuked the administration because it had to wait until morning to address a reported 11:30pm SMS hate campaign, which ultimately proved to have been a hoax (no one actually received the supposed SMS). If it had really happened, it would be nasty, but not an emergency. Such things can wait till morning.

Hitting back at hate in a direct way can backfire and promote hate. It can also make society more repressive. Chancellor Syverud should think carefully about how to discourage bigotry at Syracuse University, and resist pressure to "repress someone right away." He should refuse to be bullied, refuse to resign, think calmly, and aim to reduce bigotry rather than trying to look tough.

The forms of bigotry present in Syracuse University include antisemitism, and I am one of the people targeted by that. Speaking as such, I call for the treatment to cure the disease of bigotry, including antisemitism, not be more repressive than the disease itself.

An Uighur man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for pushing religion.

Wouldn't some European countries penalize this as "hate speech", for what he said about eating food cooked by non-Muslims? It is wrong for European countries to punish stating opinions, not just for China to do it.

Here is a summary of the Chinese brainwashing system for Uighurs.

Egyptian thugs have arrested editors of the news site Mada Masr. The article describes several forms of repression of independent publishing in Egypt.

More about the raid.