Story Archive
2017-12-22
Maung Maung Soe is the first high-level military officer to be named for his involvement in the atrocities against the Muslim group in northern Rakhine state.
2017-12-22
They say the claims lack evidence and are part of a bid to further exert control over Xinjiang.
2017-12-22
Local authorities had forbidden Christians from neighboring villages to join each other for festivities, a local source says.
2017-12-22
Tran Thi Nga's lawyer says the state failed to make a legal case against the land and labor activist.
2017-12-22
Time is running out on a 30-day deadline imposed by the Anti-Corruption Unit last week, the latest act of pressure on the banned CNRP.
2017-12-22
Activists say the law is a further bid by the ruling Chinese Communist Party to prevent public challenges to its official version of history.
2017-12-22
The move prompts a public outcry, with activists saying the government is trying to eradicate the ethnic minority group’s cultural identity.
2017-12-22
Former Chaoyang district police chief Gao Yan is cited in connection with the death in a police detention center of rights activist Cao Shunli.
2017-12-22
Human rights groups urge government to pursue leads in New Straits Times report.
2017-12-21
The commission says it is concerned that the two men haven’t seen their lawyers and families.
2017-12-21
The members of the group are serving time for hanging flags with the symbol of defeated South Vietnam in a town in An Giang province.
2017-12-21
He had taken part in protests for Tibetan freedom and suffered beatings and torture before being released in bad health.
2017-12-21
Dash through fog marks the 15th North Korea this year to defect directly to the south across the land border or by sea.
2017-12-21
Two valuable caches are uncovered in one week, suggesting the trade will be difficult to shut down.
2017-12-21
NGO workers and others suspected of plotting against the ruling party meanwhile continue to flee the country.
2017-12-21
The young men willingly heeded a call to leave their studies, but were immediately imprisoned.
2017-12-21
Newly declassified diplomatic cables from May and June 1989 add harrowing details of the bloodshed as reported via secret sources.
2017-12-21
The questioning and searching of four New Party members is reportedly linked to suspicions that they fed information to a convicted mainland Chinese spy, local media say.
2017-12-21
Pressure to earn foreign currency for Pyongyang drives the market in banned wildlife products.
2017-12-20
Spies can earn up to US $760,000 for info on planned ‘terror attacks.’
2017-12-20
Yanghee Lee says she is ‘puzzled and disappointed’ by the move.
2017-12-20
They say stronger measures are needed to force an end to a crackdown on democracy.
2017-12-20
Reporters Without Borders highlights fears for the health of Tianwang rights website founding editor Huang Qi, beaten while awaiting trial for 'leaking state secrets.'
2017-12-20
The move reflects growing tensions, as China joins in with international sanctions trying to pressure Pyongyang.
2017-12-20
Imported religions are increasingly targeted as being bad for China's 'cultural self-confidence.'
2017-12-19
Process of voluntary repatriation of refugees is to start in late January, officials say.
2017-12-19
Survivors of the attack tell the rights group that the army trapped thousands of residents along a riverbank where it slaughtered men, women, and children.
2017-12-19
They say he hopes to ‘incite’ the country’s garment workers against the government.
2017-12-19
China and Vietnam meanwhile remain stalled with rankings near the bottom of a list of 180 surveyed countries.
2017-12-19
The former Portuguese enclave also announces it will be the new venue for a Confucius Institute, sparking fears for academic freedom in the city.
