Story Archive
2016-12-27
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is still very ambivalent about public displays of affection for the late supreme leader, however.
2016-12-27
Relatives and friends of detained rights activists are now being held alongside those they were looking for on charges of subversion of state power.
2016-12-27
Former classmates of Lei Yang from an influential university slam the decision not to press charges after he died under arrest in May.
2016-12-27
Nine people are handed jail terms of up to 10 years on charges related to public order, demonstrations, and 'spreading rumors.'
2016-12-23
Shuna Mya from Ngakhura village turns up dead after talking to reporters who visited the violence-ravaged township in Rakhine state.
2016-12-23
Um Sam An's Facebook postings on Cambodia's border controversy had damaged the government's dignity, the appeals court says.
2016-12-23
Um Sam An's Facebook postings on Cambodia's border controversy had damaged the government's dignity, the appeals court says.
2016-12-23
Chen Yunfei was detained in 2015 after he visited the grave of a Tiananmen Square massacre victim.
2016-12-23
The ruling Chinese Communist Party remains highly uneasy about the spread of Christianity in China, and even within its own ranks, pastors say.
2016-12-23
The protest comes as authorities confirm charges against recently disappeared human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, raising fears that he may have been tortured.
2016-12-22
The shutdown isn’t the first for the dam as construction of the penstock may have made an ancient landslide unstable.
2016-12-22
The border affairs and security minister of Rakhine state says people in the region must work together to find guns taken by attackers.
2016-12-22
Heng Samrin says the investigation falls outside of the legislature’s jurisdiction.
2016-12-22
Heng Samrin says the investigation falls outside of the legislature’s jurisdiction.
2016-12-22
Destruction at the once bustling Buddhist study center has turned it into a 'dusty valley,' one source says.
2016-12-22
Four residents of the eastern province of Jiangxi are released after judges say they were sent to death row on the basis of flimsy evidence.
2016-12-22
Sonam Yarphel had staged a solo protest in Sershul calling for Tibetan freedom and the Dalai Lama's return.
2016-12-22
The wife of detained lawyer Jiang Tianyong says she has hard evidence that he sustained multiple fractures during a beating in detention.
2016-12-21
The asylum seekers fail to gain refugee status, and more of the ethnic group are likely to be sent back.
2016-12-21
The asylum seekers fail to gain refugee status, and more of the ethnic group are likely to be sent back.
2016-12-21
The 'defector rapper' Kang Chun-hyok discusses his music, art and why rap is a metaphor for life in North Korea.
2016-12-21
The force's chief tells journalists visiting violence-wracked Maungdaw township that the attackers organized Muslims residents to participate in clashes with security forces.
2016-12-21
The government’s probe into the murder of the popular analyst appears to have made little headway.
2016-12-21
The government’s probe into the murder of the popular analyst appears to have made little headway.
2016-12-21
The case of Xie Yang has now moved to a Changsha court, where he will be tried on subversion and public order charges.
2016-12-21
Huang Qi is formally arrested on state secrets charges, while writer Hai Di is investigated for subversion after criticizing the smog.
2016-12-20
The group will ensure that the money goes to cease-fire talks and the country’s National Reconciliation and Peace Center.
2016-12-20
The former Kirti monk was carrying a photo of the Dalai Lama and shouting slogans when he was overpowered by police.
2016-12-20
A new memorandum of understanding gives the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights two more years.
2016-12-20
A new memorandum of understanding gives the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights two more years.
