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.

Corporations certified by B Corp adopt making the world a better place as an official goal, alongside profit.

This has the potential to do good, but we will have to see how it turns out in practice.

Speaking Uighur in school is more or less forbidden in the main Uighur area of Xinjiang.

This reminds me of what the US, Canada, and UK have done to people who spoke minority languages. I'm told that Louisiana pretty much eliminated the Cajun traditional French, a few decades ago. But those countries don't do this any more.

Tahir Imin Uighurian criticized China's treatment of the Uighurs from exile outside China. China sentenced his relatives to long prison terms to punish him.

His wife and daughter have been cut off from him; he has no idea what has happened to them.

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