Story Archive
2020-05-04
Chen Zhaozhi's detention comes amid a nationwide backlash against dissenting voices on Beijing's handling of the coronavirus.
2020-05-02
World Press Freedom Day brings calls for release of jailed Uyghur writers, journalists.
2020-05-01
China is one of the worst sources of illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing in the region.
2020-05-01
Report of factory visit after three-week absence comes as rumors about Kim’s health seep into the North.
2020-05-01
Observers say reporters face greater risk of prosecution and are being forced to self-censor.
2020-05-01
‘We are now doing our best to get the construction work done to provide shelter for the IDPs before the monsoon hits,” says lawmaker Khin Saw Wai.
2020-05-01
Tens of thousands of workers return to economies that couldn’t support them even before the coronavirus outbreak.
2020-05-01
HRW’s Sophie Richardson says the law is 'wildly and grossly in tension' with China’s constitution and its obligations under international law.
2020-05-01
'It’s much more dangerous [for Tibetans] to speak to foreign journalists … than it is for other Chinese people, says Freedom House's Sarah Cook.
2020-05-01
Police also detain the deputy chairman of Hong Kong's Labour Party for trying to deliver a petition to government headquarters.
2020-05-01
An expert on Uyghur history calls the move ‘part of a larger cultural cleansing campaign’ in the region.
2020-05-01
Amnesty International says that even Li Qiaochu's lawyer hasn't been told what she is being charged with.
2020-05-01
Chen Jieren is found guilty of a slew of offenses after he used social media to publish cutting-edge commentary and reportage.
2020-04-30
Repressive, vague laws wielded by an aggressive army belie lofty promises in the democratizing former military dictatorship.
2020-04-30
Soldiers stopped Zaw Gyi at a security checkpoint while he was on his way to get his motorbike repaired.
2020-04-30
Department of Foreign Affairs calls on Beijing to “adhere to international law” in South China Sea.
2020-04-30
Experts say that successor must likely be a descendant of the so-called 'Baekdu bloodline.'
2020-04-30
Rights violations in the region have drawn condemnation from the West, and particularly the US.
2020-04-30
Vietnam's move alarms Cambodians, who see soldiers' presence in a contested area as an encroachment on national territory.
2020-04-30
Cambodia’s elite, including those with close family ties to the nation’s authoritarian leader, are scooping up foreign real estate.
2020-04-30
Lord Patten says there are widespread concerns that China will disqualify pro-democracy candidates from September's general election in Hong Kong.
2020-04-30
Huang Qi's mother Pu Wenqing says she hasn't long to live, and wants a last conversation with her son.
2020-04-30
Meanwhile, Facebook users risk arrest for posting criticisms of the Lao government online.
2020-04-29
Workers and business owners risk losing their homes and land as only a few banks agree to suspend repayment of loans.
2020-04-29
Government panel to investigate attack on WHO vehicle feared to be a rubber stamp for the army.
2020-04-29
The group wants ‘bogus charges’ dropped and the release of those detained since January.
2020-04-29
Authorities on both sides have stepped up physical barriers and electronic monitoring of the border area in recent years.
2020-04-29
The city's Court of Appeal finds that Edward Leung's six-year jail term for 'rioting' during the Mong Kok 'fishball revolution' was proportionate.
2020-04-28
“I feel sad as our work is not appreciated. We risked our lives to protect the town from infection,” said a volunteer driver.
2020-04-28
Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana: “I don’t think they have an intention to harm our men.”
