Story Archive
2019-12-11
Rights activists and pro-democracy lawmakers say the experts likely don't want their reputations affected by the current probe, which relies on police investigating themselves.
2019-12-10
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is leading the country’s defense team, observed the first day of the hearings in The Hague.
2019-12-10
The government calls the men key contributors to peace and development in Cambodia.
2019-12-10
Others warn that not holding Pyongyang accountable on human rights issues compromises U.S. values.
2019-12-10
Hun Sen counters that rights have improved under his rule … since the days of the Khmer Rouge.
2019-12-10
International lawyers hit out at the ruling Chinese Communist Party's treatment of the legal profession, disappearances and arbitrary detentions.
2019-12-10
Dao Quang Thuc was serving a 13-year prison term for his online writings criticizing Vietnam's government.
2019-12-10
Thousands defy government rule against protests as genocide case opens at the International Court of Justice.
2019-12-10
Hundreds of thousands continue to march in Hong Kong over the erosion of their promised freedoms.
2019-12-09
Some believe police and township officials go lightly on crimes by foreign residents in township on the city's outskirts.
2019-12-09
Gambia is suing Myanmar over allegations of genocide against the Rohingya people.
2019-12-09
Loyalists stage rallies while some question Myanmar's strategy of denial of well-documented atrocities.
2019-12-09
Three arrested for protesting at site of January’s controversial home demolitions.
2019-12-09
Kem Sokha’s legal team had requested that his charges be dropped citing a lack of evidence.
2019-12-09
Phetphouthon Philachane is known to have taken part in pro-democracy demonstrations at Laos’ embassy in Thailand.
2019-12-09
The region’s chairman says future ‘training’ will be based on ‘independent will,’ rather than coercion.
2019-12-06
Police arrest two Chinese in Kachin for displaying Chinese flags and signs.
2019-12-06
They must demonstrate political reliability and support of China's rule in their homeland, instructors say.
2019-12-06
Extraditing Mun Chol Myong to the United States would violate his rights, defense lawyer says.
2019-12-06
Official admits the ARSPHR’s electric lines were shut down, describing the connection as “unlawful.”
2019-12-06
Major General Tun Myat Naing’s wife is the daughter of the speaker of Rakhine state parliament.
2019-12-06
The incident brings to 13 the number of CNRP members assaulted since August.
2019-12-06
Anya Sengdra is sentenced to seven years for 'disturbing public order' after complaining online about official corruption and environmental abuses.
2019-12-06
Kim visited for the third time in 2019 for the opening ceremony of a new town in the massive tourist zone.
2019-12-06
Vu Huy Hoang was detained and beaten by police and went into hiding to prevent harassment of his family, he says.
2019-12-06
A businessman-turned-politician who stood between protesters and riot police at the city's airport on Aug. 13 says he still believes in the power of mediation.
2019-12-06
The request comes amid reports of widespread abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
2019-12-06
The wife of another rights lawyer held on similar charges calls on legal professionals to speak out on his behalf.
2019-12-05
The Myanmar Army announced plans to enter Mon territory but didn’t follow agreed terms, Mon leaders say.
2019-12-05
Yonten's protest brings to 156 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in their homeland.
