A Bangladeshi migrant has successfully avoided deportation from the United Kingdom after a court determined that returning to Bangladesh posed a significant risk of a lengthy prison sentence. The individual, identified in court documents as MM, faced a potential 20-year incarceration due to politically motivated charges linked to his past activism. In the tribunal proceedings, MM asserted that the charges against him were fabricated by...

Author Jung Chang reveals how Wild Swans chronicled three generations, exposing hidden China stories, family struggles, women’s lives, and emotional truths that reshaped global understanding. She says China has grown restrictive again, blocking her return, while stressing writers must remain fair, research-driven, and emotionally honest when documenting lived history today.