Nithin Coca
@nithincoca.com
Asia-focused (🇯🇵🇲🇾🇮🇩 & Tibet) award winning global journalist covering environment, climate, Human Rights & supply chains. DM for Signal 🔑
📍Japan, sometimes California or Indonesia
Mastodon: https://social.coop/@ncoca
Contact: nithincoca.com
📍Japan, sometimes California or Indonesia
Mastodon: https://social.coop/@ncoca
Contact: nithincoca.com
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Nithin Coca
@nithincoca.com
· Nov 14
An intro post: I'm a Japan-based, Indian-American environment and human rights freelance journalist (for @vox.com @aljazeera.com @nikkei.com @mongabay.bsky.social @thenation.com and elsewhere).
Was quite active on Twitter & still active on Mastodon & looking forward to connecting with people here!
Was quite active on Twitter & still active on Mastodon & looking forward to connecting with people here!
China, alone, is calling for the removal of transition minerals from the Just Transition Work Program at #COP30 climate talks. No surprise to me.
Amazingly, the civil society call makes this claim; that China is "uniquely positioned to champion a just & equitable approach to transition minerals" 🤯
Amazingly, the civil society call makes this claim; that China is "uniquely positioned to champion a just & equitable approach to transition minerals" 🤯
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
China, alone, is calling for the removal of transition minerals from the Just Transition Work Program at #COP30 climate talks. No surprise to me.
Amazingly, the civil society call makes this claim; that China is "uniquely positioned to champion a just & equitable approach to transition minerals" 🤯
Amazingly, the civil society call makes this claim; that China is "uniquely positioned to champion a just & equitable approach to transition minerals" 🤯
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The #CCP sponsors trips for #Taiwanese influencers who repeatedly tout the simplicity of life in #Xinjiang, a surveillance state given China’s ongoing genocidal campaign against the local #Uyghurs that involves concentration camps and forced #sterilization. wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/an-uncompreh...
November 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The #CCP sponsors trips for #Taiwanese influencers who repeatedly tout the simplicity of life in #Xinjiang, a surveillance state given China’s ongoing genocidal campaign against the local #Uyghurs that involves concentration camps and forced #sterilization. wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/an-uncompreh...
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Thuingaleng Muivah is a leader of the Naga movement in Northeast India. It is India’s oldest running insurgency movement. Muivah, 91, who has spent few decades in exile, was allowed to come back to his village in Manipur state. He was welcomed like a hero www.youtube.com/watch?v=frVw...
What does Muivah’s return from exile mean for India’s oldest insurgency? | BBC News India
YouTube video by BBC News India
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Thuingaleng Muivah is a leader of the Naga movement in Northeast India. It is India’s oldest running insurgency movement. Muivah, 91, who has spent few decades in exile, was allowed to come back to his village in Manipur state. He was welcomed like a hero www.youtube.com/watch?v=frVw...
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Then despite many protests, letters & much opposition, it is expected that President Prabowo will announce Soeharto a national hero in Indonesia tomorrow...
Which is horrific given the huge amount of death & suffering Soeharto inflicted on so many while in power.
#TolakGelarPahlawanSoeharto
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Which is horrific given the huge amount of death & suffering Soeharto inflicted on so many while in power.
#TolakGelarPahlawanSoeharto
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Prabowo to Announce 10 New National Heroes Tomorrow, Including Soeharto
Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi claimed that ten people, including Soeharto, will receive the title of national hero.
en.tempo.co
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Then despite many protests, letters & much opposition, it is expected that President Prabowo will announce Soeharto a national hero in Indonesia tomorrow...
Which is horrific given the huge amount of death & suffering Soeharto inflicted on so many while in power.
#TolakGelarPahlawanSoeharto
15/
Which is horrific given the huge amount of death & suffering Soeharto inflicted on so many while in power.
#TolakGelarPahlawanSoeharto
15/
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Among those winning in Tuesday's elections in some parts of the USA is #AftabPureval of #Tibetan & #Indian heritage as #Cincinnati mayor. His background. ཨ་རིའི་འོས་བསྡུ་ཁྲོད་བོད་རིགས་ཨ་ཧྥི་ཊབ་པུ་རི་ཝལ་ལགས་སླར་ཡང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་སྤྱི་ཁྱབ་པར་བདམས་ཐོན་བྱུང་། www.livemint.com/news/us-news...
Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral race: All about his background, religion, family, and net worth | Today News
Pureval had shown a strong public backing earlier this year by securing more than 80 percent of the vote in the all-party municipal primary held in May
www.livemint.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Among those winning in Tuesday's elections in some parts of the USA is #AftabPureval of #Tibetan & #Indian heritage as #Cincinnati mayor. His background. ཨ་རིའི་འོས་བསྡུ་ཁྲོད་བོད་རིགས་ཨ་ཧྥི་ཊབ་པུ་རི་ཝལ་ལགས་སླར་ཡང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་སྤྱི་ཁྱབ་པར་བདམས་ཐོན་བྱུང་། www.livemint.com/news/us-news...
Impressed a Chinese #journalist by understanding the name of her favorite media outlet, a once well-responded investigative magazine, in #Chinese.
Bonus points to anyone who can guess what outlet that is.
Bonus points to anyone who can guess what outlet that is.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Impressed a Chinese #journalist by understanding the name of her favorite media outlet, a once well-responded investigative magazine, in #Chinese.
Bonus points to anyone who can guess what outlet that is.
Bonus points to anyone who can guess what outlet that is.
Why is @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social releasing an #AI report that doesn't include a single company based in East Asia?
It also does not include an single social factor, only ranking on energy, not in line with @greenpeace.org own core tenet - center communities
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
It also does not include an single social factor, only ranking on energy, not in line with @greenpeace.org own core tenet - center communities
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
Nvidia Ranks Last on AI Supply Chain Decarbonization, Greenpeace Report Finds - Greenpeace East Asia
HONG KONG – Nvidia, the world's first US$4 trillion firm and a leader in AI chip design, is falling significantly behind other AI giants in cutting emissions and transitioning to renewable energy, esp...
www.greenpeace.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Why is @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social releasing an #AI report that doesn't include a single company based in East Asia?
It also does not include an single social factor, only ranking on energy, not in line with @greenpeace.org own core tenet - center communities
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
It also does not include an single social factor, only ranking on energy, not in line with @greenpeace.org own core tenet - center communities
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
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Is the internet we knew already gone? Dive into how bots, AI, and algorithms are reshaping the web. 🤖🖥️
news.itsfoss.com/internet-is-...
news.itsfoss.com/internet-is-...
The Internet is Dying. We Can Still Stop It
Almost 50% of all internet traffic are non-human already. Unchecked, it could lead to a zombie internet.
news.itsfoss.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Is the internet we knew already gone? Dive into how bots, AI, and algorithms are reshaping the web. 🤖🖥️
news.itsfoss.com/internet-is-...
news.itsfoss.com/internet-is-...
#Gig workers in #Indonesia are coming together to demand fair compensation and better working conditions, despite immense challenges & an anti-labor government.
Read more in my latest at @equaltimes.bsky.social
www.equaltimes.org/long-silence...
Read more in my latest at @equaltimes.bsky.social
www.equaltimes.org/long-silence...
Long silenced, gig workers in Indonesia are organising and fighting for their rights
On 29 August 2024, the streets around the Presidential palace and the headquarters of Grab and GoJek in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, were filled with thousands of striking motorcycle taxi gig workers...
www.equaltimes.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 AM
#Gig workers in #Indonesia are coming together to demand fair compensation and better working conditions, despite immense challenges & an anti-labor government.
Read more in my latest at @equaltimes.bsky.social
www.equaltimes.org/long-silence...
Read more in my latest at @equaltimes.bsky.social
www.equaltimes.org/long-silence...
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Now is the time to look forward. Those who care about independent journalism - who care about telling the stories of human rights abuses and the struggle for freedom and dignity - must step up and support this vital work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Radio Free Asia Will Halt News Operations Amid Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Now is the time to look forward. Those who care about independent journalism - who care about telling the stories of human rights abuses and the struggle for freedom and dignity - must step up and support this vital work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Very surprised to learn that the far-right wanna dictator of the VVD party, leading in the #Netherlands polls but, thankfully, unlikely to be a part of the next government, is part-Indonesian.
Does that, in some way, explain his politics? Via @politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/geer...
Does that, in some way, explain his politics? Via @politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/geer...
Geert Wilders’ one-man rule — and what that means for the Dutch
How Europe’s smallest party became the Netherlands’ largest political force.
www.politico.eu
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Very surprised to learn that the far-right wanna dictator of the VVD party, leading in the #Netherlands polls but, thankfully, unlikely to be a part of the next government, is part-Indonesian.
Does that, in some way, explain his politics? Via @politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/geer...
Does that, in some way, explain his politics? Via @politico.com
www.politico.eu/article/geer...
In the #China Pavilion at the Osaka #WorldExpo, robots dance and an #AI character interacts with guests. But the companies features are sanctioned by the US for #trade or #humanrights= violations.
#Chinese tech & the trade war. Read more in @restofworld.org
restofworld.org/2025/osaka-e...
#Chinese tech & the trade war. Read more in @restofworld.org
restofworld.org/2025/osaka-e...
Humanoid robots, astronauts, and huge lines: Photos from China’s pavilion at the World Expo
Chinese firms iFlytek and Hytera highlighted AI translation and public safety tech — sidestepping disputes over surveillance and trade secrets.
restofworld.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
In the #China Pavilion at the Osaka #WorldExpo, robots dance and an #AI character interacts with guests. But the companies features are sanctioned by the US for #trade or #humanrights= violations.
#Chinese tech & the trade war. Read more in @restofworld.org
restofworld.org/2025/osaka-e...
#Chinese tech & the trade war. Read more in @restofworld.org
restofworld.org/2025/osaka-e...
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‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom
‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom
After fleeing Chinese repression, Uyghurs Idris and Zeynure Hasan thought their family would be safe. But Beijing’s growing influence led to Idris’s arrest and a long battle to be reunited
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom
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10 years ago today, Swedish bookseller #GuiMinhai was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand.
On this occasion, we republish our blow-by-blow investigation into how Gui was taken, using surveillance camera footage, images, documents, and even a poem.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/gui-...
On this occasion, we republish our blow-by-blow investigation into how Gui was taken, using surveillance camera footage, images, documents, and even a poem.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/gui-...
Gui Minhai’s last days in Thailand
[Updated Oct 17, 2025] Some 10 years - or 3650 days - ago, Swedish publisher Gui Minhai was kidnapped from Thailand by Chinese state agents. He’s now serving 10 years in prison on charges of “illegal...
safeguarddefenders.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
10 years ago today, Swedish bookseller #GuiMinhai was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand.
On this occasion, we republish our blow-by-blow investigation into how Gui was taken, using surveillance camera footage, images, documents, and even a poem.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/gui-...
On this occasion, we republish our blow-by-blow investigation into how Gui was taken, using surveillance camera footage, images, documents, and even a poem.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/gui-...
Legacy news sources in #Japan aren’t doing their part in engaging younger audiences. I sat down with @japantoday.com to discuss why the new generation is turning to TikTok clips and Line updates instead of mainstream news.
japantoday.com/category/spo...
japantoday.com/category/spo...
Japan Today Spotlight #29 | Scrolling for truth: News for the swipe generation
How are younger people in Japan getting their news — and what’s being lost in the process? Is the swipe generation losing touch with journalism — or just reshaping it? This week on Japan Today Spotlight, we explore how younger people in Japan are consuming news — from TikTok clips and…
japantoday.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Legacy news sources in #Japan aren’t doing their part in engaging younger audiences. I sat down with @japantoday.com to discuss why the new generation is turning to TikTok clips and Line updates instead of mainstream news.
japantoday.com/category/spo...
japantoday.com/category/spo...
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Thailand MP Rangsiman Rome questioned the motive for filing defamation charges: “Is this really about damage to reputation or is it an attempt to silence criticism and protect something bigger?”
Defamation charges filed against those who exposed the billion-dollar scam network in Thailand and Cambodia
Thailand MP Rangsiman Rome questioned the motive for filing defamation charges: “Is this really about damage to reputation or is it an attempt to silence criticism and protect something bigger?”
globalvoices.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Thailand MP Rangsiman Rome questioned the motive for filing defamation charges: “Is this really about damage to reputation or is it an attempt to silence criticism and protect something bigger?”
An #India-#Japan alliance could prove monumental for the #solar industry. The International Solar Festival at the #OsakaExpo set an optimistic tone for future partnerships to both counter #China & the increasingly anti-solar #US
More in @japantimes.co.jp
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
More in @japantimes.co.jp
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
As the Trump administration shifts back to gas and coal, solar power stakeholders in Japan and India are seeking new ways to collaborate.
www.japantimes.co.jp
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
An #India-#Japan alliance could prove monumental for the #solar industry. The International Solar Festival at the #OsakaExpo set an optimistic tone for future partnerships to both counter #China & the increasingly anti-solar #US
More in @japantimes.co.jp
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
More in @japantimes.co.jp
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
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In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest
In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest
In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.
inthesetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest
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In one of her final interviews before she died, Jane Goodall emphasized that we know what’s killing the planet: industrial agriculture, including livestock, and burning fossil fuels.
She also reminded us that we don't have much time to save our planet.
She also reminded us that we don't have much time to save our planet.
Jane Goodall’s final, urgent, message
"Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
www.motherjones.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In one of her final interviews before she died, Jane Goodall emphasized that we know what’s killing the planet: industrial agriculture, including livestock, and burning fossil fuels.
She also reminded us that we don't have much time to save our planet.
She also reminded us that we don't have much time to save our planet.
What happens when stakeholders along the #supply chain join forces to eliminate #genderbased violence? Find out how investigations by @4workerrights.bsky.social led to a unique labor impact story in my latest feature for @triplepundit.bsky.social.
www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/g...
www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/g...
TriplePundit • Landmark Gender Justice Agreement for Indonesian Garment Workers Shows the Power of Research and Campaigning
Landmark Gender Justice Agreement for Indonesian Garment Workers Shows the Power of Research and Campaigning
www.triplepundit.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
What happens when stakeholders along the #supply chain join forces to eliminate #genderbased violence? Find out how investigations by @4workerrights.bsky.social led to a unique labor impact story in my latest feature for @triplepundit.bsky.social.
www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/g...
www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/g...
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Jane Goodall visited Taiwan numerous times and was very well-known and respected here. Her last visit was in June of this year. Here are photos of a public dialogue with then-president Tsai back in 2016.
(Photo : Presidential Office)
(Photo : Presidential Office)
October 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Jane Goodall visited Taiwan numerous times and was very well-known and respected here. Her last visit was in June of this year. Here are photos of a public dialogue with then-president Tsai back in 2016.
(Photo : Presidential Office)
(Photo : Presidential Office)
Jane Goodall was one of perhaps a handful of people I've ever heard speak, like the Dalai Lama, who you just feel their presence and aura as someone truly special.
Truly was glad I got to be around her in person, once - something I won't ever forget. 🙏
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Truly was glad I got to be around her in person, once - something I won't ever forget. 🙏
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Jane Goodall, primatologist who taught the world to hope, has died at 91
Jane Goodall, who revealed the intimate lives of chimpanzees and gave the modern world a language of hope, has died at the age of 91. When she stepped into the forests of Gombe, Tanzania, in 1960, she...
news.mongabay.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Jane Goodall was one of perhaps a handful of people I've ever heard speak, like the Dalai Lama, who you just feel their presence and aura as someone truly special.
Truly was glad I got to be around her in person, once - something I won't ever forget. 🙏
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Truly was glad I got to be around her in person, once - something I won't ever forget. 🙏
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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“ .. #Tibetans, #Uyghurs, and others who speak out for minority populations can expect even greater government repression.” @mayawang.bsky.social (HRW)
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
China: Draft ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law Tightens Ideological Control
A newly proposed law in China would provide a broad legal framework to justify existing repression and force assimilation of minority populations throughout the country and abroad.
www.hrw.org
September 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“ .. #Tibetans, #Uyghurs, and others who speak out for minority populations can expect even greater government repression.” @mayawang.bsky.social (HRW)
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
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The trigger, context, meaning, and impact of the massive anti-corruption protests across the Philippines. We gathered 100,000 people in Manila on September 21. My latest piece for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/09/mass...
thediplomat.com/2025/09/mass...
Massive Protests Condemn Corruption in the Philippines
The anti-corruption protests, which took place across Manila and other cities, are the largest to take place since the “Million People March” in 2013.
thediplomat.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The trigger, context, meaning, and impact of the massive anti-corruption protests across the Philippines. We gathered 100,000 people in Manila on September 21. My latest piece for @thediplomat.com
thediplomat.com/2025/09/mass...
thediplomat.com/2025/09/mass...