Story Archive
2019-11-04
But the ruling party says members of the military won’t listen to his appeal and will instead arrest him.
2019-11-04
The woman, who is now mentally disabled, says her captors broke her leg.
2019-11-04
Two people are in critical condition after violence at the weekend and vandalism of China's state news agency headquarters.
2019-11-04
Ren Xuefeng’s death aged 54 is reported as a failure of medical treatment, with scant detail.
2019-11-01
People dislike being mobilized or forced to donate supplies to prepare for the supreme leader’s frequent visits.
2019-11-01
The government says airline companies will face prosecution for participating in a ‘coup.’
2019-11-01
‘What we would prefer to see is a Myanmar domestic process that people who commit human rights [abuses] are held accountable,’ says US Ambassador Scot Marciel.
2019-11-01
Tan Yongpei is taken away during a three-hour raid on his legal consultancy firm in Nanning city.
2019-11-01
Rights observers say there were several incidents in which police used 'disproportionate' force against Halloween protesters and bar-goers.
2019-11-01
Two frontline protesters from Hong Kong explain how the anti-extradition movement takes different forms for different people.
2019-10-31
Sam Rainsy vows to carry through plan to return from four years of exile on Nov. 9.
2019-10-31
Officials call the sleeping arrangements ‘normal’ and a way to ‘promote ethnic unity.’
2019-10-31
Phan Van Loi gets five years in prison for illegally sending workers abroad.
2019-10-31
Protesters take to the streets in a variety of costumes to protest a mask ban enacted under colonial-era emergency powers.
2019-10-31
Soldiers reportedly stabbed and beat two of escapees during interrogations.
2019-10-31
War hurts farming, fishing, border trade, and tourism, the pillars of the Rakhine economy.
2019-10-31
The fourth plenary session of the 19th party congress breaks no new ground, but will likely herald further centralization of power in Xi's hands, analysts say.
2019-10-30
Guarantors whose guests violate terms of their entry to Tibet face demotion or dismissal from their jobs, one source says.
2019-10-30
Sam Bopha had been detained following a ‘domestic abuse’ complaint her brother said was politically motivated.
2019-10-30
The countries slammed mass detentions, restriction of rights, and surveillance measures.
2019-10-30
The central provinces that sent most of the Vietnamese found in a London truck have a history of labor exports, legal and illegal.
2019-10-30
Critics see another blow to freedom of expression in a country struggling to shed its dictatorial past.
2019-10-30
The urban rail network will use social credit principles to decide who needs to submit to more detailed security checks.
2019-10-30
Philippine nationalist groups meanwhile insist on Beijing's recognition of Philippine sovereignty in the area covered by the deal.
2019-10-30
Tursunay Ziyawudun said women endure a special hell in the region’s camp network.
2019-10-30
Broken toilets, lack of clean water, force many to return to their old homes, with compensation still not paid for property losses.
2019-10-30
Beijing speaks up in favor of a ban on 2014 protest leader Joshua Wong, barred from running in local elections after being judged not to support the city's mini-constitution.
2019-10-30
Crackdown forces smugglers doing business with Chinese to lay low, as inflow of contraband comes to a halt.
2019-10-29
The number is significantly higher than any reported since mass incarcerations began in the region.
2019-10-29
Thai activist group protests amid fears dam will hurt fisheries, environment.
