Story Archive
2015-11-20
Fighting between government troops and the Shan State Army-North has been temporarily suspended while the two sides are talking.
2015-11-20
Viphet Sihachakr says he will appeal the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.
2015-11-20
The legislation would add stiffer penalties to an already harsh penal code, the group says.
2015-11-20
Petitioners who tried to visit his grave are turned away amid a strong police presence.
2015-11-19
The foreign minister claims his lawyer acted alone in pursuing the seven-year-old defamation case.
2015-11-19
The foreign minister claims his lawyer acted alone in pursuing the seven-year-old defamation case.
2015-11-19
The two leaders vow push for a “national reconciliation” process under the next government.
2015-11-19
Thich Quang Do thanks supporters who recently called for his release from house arrest.
2015-11-19
While information on the recent terrorist attacks has been widely available, Internet access gets harder in Xinjiang.
2015-11-19
The two men were arrested after showing public support for last year's pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong.
2015-11-18
The statement comes as martial law is lifted in the Kokang region.
2015-11-18
Fisherman Dao Ngoc Duc says he cannot afford to buy new nets and continue his livelihood.
2015-11-18
Three women were put to death for using their cell phones to distribute copies of a banned South Korean soap opera.
2015-11-18
Sources say the two activists have flown back to China aboard a jet chartered by the Chinese authorities.
2015-11-18
Meanwhile, torture victims and lawyers are prevented from traveling to Geneva to give evidence to a UN committee on torture.
2015-11-17
Local officials say authorities blew up the cave where they had hidden.
2015-11-17
Representatives from the country’s ethnic groups discuss the resettling of war refugees.
2015-11-17
Motorists say owners regularly fix their meters to scam consumers.
2015-11-17
Former columnist Li Xin reveals some of the inner workings of Chinese state censorship after fleeing the country.
2015-11-17
Many students, their parents and teachers believe such trading activities are safer than shopping in dodgy black markets.
2015-11-17
Relatives and a lawyer say Zhang Liumao's body sustained multiple injuries, as Beijing's record on torture is reviewed at the UN.
2015-11-16
MPs who lost their seats retain legislative power until the end of a ‘lame duck’ session.
2015-11-16
The ruling party-dominated standing committee approves his arrest and strips his immunity.
2015-11-16
The ruling party-dominated standing committee approves his arrest and strips his immunity.
2015-11-16
Two ethnic Uyghurs are removed from a flight in the troubled western region of Xinjiang one day after the attacks.
2015-11-16
He says authorities jailed Eli Mamut on trumped-up charges of ‘leading a terrorist group.’
2015-11-16
The two activists had been granted refugee status by UNHCR, which was unable to protect them from Beijing.
2015-11-13
A ruling party lawmaker says he was stripped of parliamentary immunity by a 2013 conviction.
2015-11-13
A ruling party lawmaker says he was stripped of parliamentary immunity by a 2013 conviction.
2015-11-13
One is accused of using online satire to 'bring down the government,' while the other remains silent in court as a form of protest.
