Shanghai residents turn to NFTs to record COVID lockdown, combat censorship
Unable to leave their homes for weeks at a time, many of the city's 25 million residents have been unleashing their frustrations online, venting about draconian lockdown curbs.
Wed May 04 2022
Beijing closes more venues as anger at Shanghai's COVID lockdown grows
Resentment at the draconian month-long lockdown in Shanghai continued to grow.
Fri Apr 29 2022
The Taliban is holding girls' education hostage in Afghanistan - the question is, why?
Women could not help but dread the return of draconian measures and the trampling of rights they had witnessed 20 years earlier.
Wed Mar 30 2022
US to reverse Trump's 'draconian' immigration policies, Biden tells Mexican president
Biden has made an early push for a bill that would open a path for citizenship for the roughly 11 million people living in the US illegally.
Sun Jan 24 2021
Cathay Pacific's permanent pilot pay cuts 'draconian' and 'short-sighted' - union
The carrier on Wednesday announced plans to cut 5,900 jobs to help it weather the pandemic, including nearly all of the positions at its regional airline Cathay Dragon, which it has shut down.
Fri Oct 23 2020
Peruntukan bersifat 'menindas dan kejam' dalam SOSMA perlu dipinda, dimansuh - Gobind
Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia Gobind Singh Deo menegaskan bahawa mana-mana peruntukan bersifat 'menindas dan kejam' di bawah SOSMA perlu dipinda atau dimansuhkan.
Thu Nov 21 2019
Allegation of POCA being draconian, no different from ISA not true - Nur Jazlan
The accusation against the Prevention of Crime Act (POCA), describing it as draconian and not vary from the Internal Security Act (ISA), is untrue.
Mon Aug 21 2017
Dakwaan POCA zalim, tiada beza dengan ISA tidak tepat
Nur Jazlan berkata malah POCA memberi hak asasi yang lebih terjamin kepada mereka yang ditahan berbanding ISA.
Mon Aug 21 2017
Thai faces jail for insulting king's dog: lawyer
A Thai faces prison after being charged with lese majeste for insulting the king's dog, his lawyer said Tuesday, in an escalation of the already draconian royal defamation law.
Tue Dec 15 2015
Australia asylum policy 'draconian': rights group
Human Rights Watch said Australia has damaged its human rights record by persistently undercutting refugee protections.
Wed Jan 22 2014