Story Archive
2017-10-05
Chemist’s testimony offers strongest evidence linking defendants to the airport killing.
2017-10-05
Many were killed crossing into the country illegally, while others died in fights or in accidents at work.
2017-10-05
Move to hike monthly pay to $170 seen as move to court labor before 2018 elections.
2017-10-05
Eight women abducted by Muslim militants return to Myanmar and tell authorities about the slaughter and abductions.
2017-10-05
They go home with bright smiles and colorful clothes as UN sanctions force cancellation of their visas to work.
2017-10-05
Ethnic Kazakh Chinese passport-holders who had previously had permanent residency now face imminent, forcible repatriation and the threat of imprisonment, sources say.
2017-10-05
Chat group organizers must guard against discussions that threaten China's 'interests,' authorities say.
2017-10-05
Guangzhou resident and chat group moderator Zhang Guanghong is now incommunicado, though police say they released him.
2017-10-05
Witness also says he could not identify Kim’s body through a DNA sample from next-of-kin.
2017-10-04
Hans get ‘green lanes’ and Uyghurs must exit their vehicles for lengthy security checks.
2017-10-04
Efforts to destroy the CNRP are disenfranchising millions who want change, Mu Sochua says after fleeing the country ahead of arrest.
2017-10-04
They cite new witness testimony of executions and warn against the forced repatriation of refugees.
2017-10-04
A Hong Kong activist goes on hunger strike in Taiwan to warn the island that Beijing didn't keep its promises of autonomy for his city.
2017-10-04
Activists are being forced to leave their homes and take ‘vacations’ with state security police, while some have been put in detention centers.
2017-10-03
Pham Doan Trang, author of 'Politics For All,' explains the motivation for writing her new book in an interview with RFA’s Vietnamese Service.
2017-10-03
Lawmakers urge Hun Sen to free Kem Sokha and undo recent years of anti-democratic measures before 2018 election.
2017-10-03
A woman grabs a Tibetan MP before damaging photos of Chinese police violence at a 1987 protest in Lhasa with scissors.
2017-10-03
She joins other CNRP lawmakers and activists in exile following threats of arrest by Hun Sen.
2017-10-03
Cheng Ming and Trend had supported democracy and human rights and spoken out against dictatorship and corruption since the 1970s.
2017-10-03
One petitioner is detained over an online satirical video mocking President Xi Jinping, while thousands are held under house arrest or similar restrictions.
2017-10-03
Both sides agree to establish a joint working group to manage the repatriation of refugees.
2017-10-02
Kem Monovithya, daughter of jailed CNRP leader Kem Sokha, asks that European countries and the United States do what they can to help bring about democratic change in Cambodia.
2017-10-02
Judge denies defense’s request to include names of four North Korean suspects in court record.
2017-10-02
They were part of a Buddhist mob that damaged houses, shops, and stands in Taungdwingyi township.
2017-10-02
Their one-day tour comes as state police say they have received information about further possible terrorist attacks.
2017-10-02
Thousands of books and mats have been confiscated since late last year, officials said.
2017-10-02
Political commentators say President Xi Jinping appears to be succeeding in concentrating the majority of political power in his own hands ahead of the party congress.
2017-10-02
Activists say factional sniping within the movement will prevent unity in the campaign for the city's promised freedoms.
2017-09-29
Detainees are rarely freed, despite months of ‘training’ to undo ‘political incorrectness.’
2017-09-29
National Security Adviser Thaung Tun says the country ‘will never espouse a policy of genocide or ethnic cleansing’ and ‘will do everything to prevent it.’
