Story Archive
2011-05-19
The founder of China's system of Internet controls is hit by a shoe thrown during a university lecture.
2011-05-18
China's laws protect the environment, but are rarely enforced at local levels.
2011-05-18
A pro-democracy party wants Washington to further political reform in Burma.
2011-05-18
But the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, and its causes, remain officially ignored.
2011-05-17
Leaflets called for independence and return of the Dalai Lama.
2011-05-17
Authorities say they will work harder to eliminate 'unhealthy' online content in China.
2011-05-17
Chinese authorities provide Tibetan nomads with television equipment tuned to state broadcasts.
2011-05-16
Rights group says details of crackdown on Hmong protests are being swept under the carpet.
2011-05-16
Thousands turn up to protest a military officer's 'intimidation' in a Chinese central province.
2011-05-16
Partial pardons fail to address concerns regarding Burma’s political prisoners.
2011-05-16
A new report says Asian-Pacific governments did little to improve their human rights records in 2010.
2011-05-16
China seeks to control the flow of information from a restive Tibetan-majority region.
2011-05-16
Chinese authorities arrange the surprise meeting at an unknown place.
2011-05-13
A U.N. official says Burma’s new government has pledged ‘concrete steps’ towards reform.
2011-05-13
A standoff ensues following the death of an evictee in eastern China.
2011-05-13
Authorities have arrested a man they say is responsible for bombing a bank in western China.
2011-05-12
North Korea’s practice of abducting foreigners may have been wider in scope than previously thought.
2011-05-12
Funds will be spent to support access to censored information.
2011-05-12
Chinese authorities boast of aid efforts, but relatives of victims say their claims are ignored.
2011-05-11
Burma’s opposition wants assistance in pushing for democratic reform from the new government.
2011-05-11
Chinese authorities offer no help to stop the harassment of a rights activist.
2011-05-10
A report says Chinese family planning officials have been profiting from the sale of babies.
2011-05-10
Colleagues of Ai Weiwei carry on the detained Chinese artist's work.
2011-05-10
China's government blocks the rights of its citizens to petition and protest.
2011-05-10
'Autonomy' is ruled out at global talks among diaspora.
2011-05-09
The wife of a jailed Chinese dissident is allowed to see him, and a writer is released from prison.
2011-05-09
Young Tibetans had gone on hunger strike in support of protests in the region.
2011-05-09
Authorities block a writer from traveling to Australia and demand that he not publish his works abroad.
2011-05-09
China says it is 'making progress' on human rights as U.S. leaders raise the prickly issue at high-level annual talks.
2011-05-06
Chinese authorities move against reporters covering the detention of government critics and activists.