Story Archive
2017-10-18
Police have arrested the chairman of a Myanmar conglomerate for possession of guns and methamphetamines.
2017-10-18
Local residents are also warned not to discuss politics or share news or photos with outside contacts.
2017-10-18
Authorities alleviate cramped quarters by sending kids to facilities in other parts of China, sources say.
2017-10-18
Xi Jinping gets his own brand of political 'thought,' although it stops short of including his name in the title.
2017-10-17
Authorities prosecute, detain, and harass activists to silence dissenting voices, the groups say in an open letter.
2017-10-17
CNRP lawmakers say recently approved amendments are unconstitutional.
2017-10-17
Local officials say as many as 40,000 Rohingya arrived during the past three days.
2017-10-17
Jeffrey Feltman, the UN’s under-secretary-general for political affairs, wants authorities to implement recommendations outlined by an advisory commission.
2017-10-17
Chinese officials force the move, citing concerns for the environment, a local source says.
2017-10-17
Activists call for growing pressure on Beijing over Tibet, and over its pursuit of its critics, Chinese and foreign, far beyond its borders.
2017-10-17
Beijing's rush-hour commuters are being forced to stand in line for individual security scans before boarding trains across the network.
2017-10-16
The call to residents to surrender to police breaks authorities' earlier pledge not to pursue charges against them.
2017-10-16
The parliamentary vote was approved without debate in a session boycotted by all 55 CNRP lawmakers.
2017-10-16
Foreign ministers urge government to allow humanitarian access for NGOS and say Myanmar should cooperate with UN rights inquiry.
2017-10-16
But Chinese travelers and trade goods cross without delays, a local source says.
2017-10-16
Factories are being shut down in a bid to clear the skies, while outspoken critics of the government have been placed under close surveillance or sent on forced "vacations."
2017-10-16
They take on tough farm work to make up for wages lost by men held in re-education camps.
2017-10-16
The crackdown comes after the Xinjiang Communist Party chief calls for a massive region-wide security operation to prevent the occurrence of any incident, large or small.
2017-10-13
An official says detainees will not be freed until they admit it was ‘wrong’ to leave China.
2017-10-13
But its top court puts a government expulsion plan on hold as it considers a petition by two asylum seekers.
2017-10-13
Student activist faces charges of 'propaganda against the state' under Article 88 for his writing criticizing corruption.
2017-10-13
'Genuine, participatory, and inclusive' national elections in 2018 are now in doubt, the parliamentarians say.
2017-10-13
The move is the latest in a series of measures that privilege the use of Chinese in the region's schools, regardless of students' ethnicity.
2017-10-13
Protesters cheer jailed activist Joshua Wong, whose 21st birthday coincided with the verdict.
2017-10-12
The Rohingya were brought into Myanmar in the 1800s by colonial ruler Britain and are not an indigenous group, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing says.
2017-10-12
Moves to dissolve the CNRP and give its legislative seats to other parties will leave many Cambodians 'without a voice,' she says.
2017-10-12
His status as a ‘Patriotic Religious Scholar’ was ignored by police arresting the young men.
2017-10-12
The four are believed to have directed the murder plot, and are still at large, police say.
2017-10-12
Internet users are reporting difficulty using circumvention tools to access content and services beyond the Chinese internet.
2017-10-12
Civil Rights Defenders also calls for an end to the persecution of activists under Article 88.
