Story Archive
2017-10-12
State prosecutors in Sichuan's Mianyang stop Huang Qi's lawyers from reading key evidence ahead of his trial.
2017-10-11
Rohingya were warned by soldiers to leave their villages and go to Bangladesh or die, a UN report says.
2017-10-11
He rejects U.S. and EU charges that his ruling Cambodian People's Party has violated human rights.
2017-10-11
The latest security measure forced upon Muslims is being rolled out in various districts.
2017-10-11
Conservative Party human rights activist Benedict Rogers is escorted on a plane back where he came from after his lawyer is prevented from meeting with him.
2017-10-11
They evade tightened border controls by using an unguarded route to cross the Tumen river, sources say.
2017-10-11
Li Wenzu's husband has been held for more than two years in an unknown location as police keep her under close surveillance.
2017-10-10
Already, at least 521,000 have arrived from Myanmar since Aug. 25.
2017-10-10
The order comes as ruling party lawmakers seek to carve up the CNRP’s parliamentary seats.
2017-10-10
An official says the government expects the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army to strike again.
2017-10-10
Employees are ordered back to work to promote ‘stability’ in the region.
2017-10-10
Tran Thi Thuy, sentenced to an eight-year term for petitioning for land rights, is in constant pain from tumors, her brother says.
2017-10-10
It remains unclear whether marble and granite are included on a list of banned exports under current United Nations sanctions.
2017-10-10
The Double Tenth, celebrated in democratic Taiwan as National Day, has become a symbol of hope to many in mainland China.
2017-10-10
The Qingzhen Bookstore, which traded online as IslamBook.net, ceases operations as its owner is detained on terrorism-related charges.
2017-10-09
Local officials are ordered to detain anyone exhibiting religious ‘extremist’ tendencies.
2017-10-09
In a practice previously ignored by police, they had brought small quantities back to sell to friends in need.
2017-10-09
The government military rejects an overture to discuss the further cessation of offensives for humanitarian purposes.
2017-10-09
After viewing nerve agent-tainted shirts worn by suspects, defense claims victim’s blazer is missing.
2017-10-09
Yao Lijuan is detained after demanding that a group of unidentified men show their ID, and posting the video of the encounter on social media.
2017-10-09
Hotel industry sources across the country report bans on ethnic minority Uyghurs from Xinjiang ahead of a ruling party congress.
2017-10-06
Use of illegally seized assets by North Korea likely to anger South Korea, while sanctions could make it hard for the North to export the textiles.
2017-10-06
The move appears aimed at ending all opposition to Prime Minister Hun Sen's continued rule.
2017-10-06
Religious minority offers prayers, contributes to relief fund for Muslim refugees from Myanmar.
2017-10-06
The Kachin Independence Army seizes residents of two villages during a major religious festival.
2017-10-06
About 17,000 Muslims have been trying to reach Bangladesh since Sept. 26.
2017-10-06
They had been moved before from traditional grazing areas, and now must move again to make way for tourist development.
2017-10-06
Political asylum-seeker Guo Wengui makes public a top-secret document he says has been verified by foreign government agencies.
2017-10-06
A U.S. congressional and executive commission tasked with monitoring human rights says it will nominate jailed Hong Kong democracy activists for Nobel Peace Prize.
2017-10-05
Bangladesh’s government announces plan to create gigantic camp for Rohingya.
