Story Archive
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.
2019-12-05
There are signs that the requirement will eventually be rolled out to include all mobile phone users.
2019-12-05
Erkin Ayup was detained after spending decades as a civil servant.
2019-12-05
Ministry of Foreign Affairs says they are involved in treasonous acts.
2019-12-05
Chau Van Kham, Nguyen Van Vien, and Tran Van Quyen are not terrorists, and had tried only to promote peaceful change in Vietnam, Human Rights Watch says.
2019-12-05
Police give go-ahead to peaceful demonstration to mark Human Rights Day on Sunday.
2019-12-05
A second Indonesian journalist is deported after making an overdue application for a visa extension.
2019-12-04
Many holding the coveted title abuse their power, claiming unfair advantage in business deals or engaging in illegal logging.
2019-12-04
Guljamal Ebeydulla was detained because she served a previous jail sentence in connection with wearing a hijab.
2019-12-04
District-level authorities say the factory owners are ignoring orders to suspend operations.
2019-12-04
Representatives from communities in India, Nepal, and Ladakh say the selection process must remain in the Tibetan people's hands.
2019-12-04
The moves comes two days after a ruling that the former political opposition leader must stand trial.
2019-12-04
Taiwan is the only country listed as 'open' in a recent survey of the region's civil and political rights and freedom of expression.
2019-12-04
The move comes as the government once more refuses to publish the chemical composition of the tear gas being fired at citizens.
2019-12-04
Government uses disabled children and athletes for propaganda.
2019-12-03
The bill calls for sanctions on the Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo.
2019-12-03
Meanwhile, police in Tbong Khmum province arrest five Chinese nationals for kidnapping and torture.
2019-12-03
A priest says the event was disrupted by ‘uniformed policemen, traffic policemen, security people wearing masks, and thugs.’
2019-12-03
Refugee commissioner Mahbub Alam Talukder describes HRW report as “all-out false.”
2019-12-03
A rights group accuses police of a ‘double standard’ that only benefits supporters of the ruling party.
