Story Archive
2016-12-20
Experts criticize the hydropower companies and the government for failing to heed warnings and take action.
2016-12-20
Retno L.P. Marsudi meets with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other officials.
2016-12-20
Nine detainees from Wukan village are tried behind closed doors in Guangdong's Haifeng county on public order and "incitement" charges.
2016-12-20
Hai Wenming is held by police in Hohhot after taking to social media to voice grievances on behalf of his village.
2016-12-19
Serey Sam says the government's reason for his brother's death in prison makes no sense as he was in good health.
2016-12-19
Serey Sam says the government's reason for his brother's death in prison makes no sense as he was in good health.
2016-12-19
No casualties are reported in the skirmish between the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army.
2016-12-19
Malaysia’s top diplomat calls for the regional group to work together to provide humanitarian assistance to the affected area.
2016-12-19
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says detaining the four human rights workers and an election official violated their rights.
2016-12-19
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says detaining the four human rights workers and an election official violated their rights.
2016-12-19
The ‘Mosque Rectification’ campaign reduces Islamic places of worship to rubble.
2016-12-19
Friends and fellow activists say Wu Gan has likely refused to give police a 'confession' to the charges against him.
2016-12-19
Journalists say the move is a further bid for total control of online news coverage and political commentary.
2016-12-16
Zhuang Liehong, a former resident of the rebel village of Wukan, is taking the villagers' land dispute international.
2016-12-16
Opinions remain divided over whether coal-burning industry or vehicle emissions are largely responsible.
2016-12-16
Clashes between government military soldiers and the Shan State Army and Kachin Independence Army occur early Friday morning.
2016-12-16
Jiang Tianyong's wife has hit out against the alleged charges, saying they are a form of official retaliation for her husband's rights work.
2016-12-16
Midnight raids on private homes are common, as police search for suspect persons.
2016-12-16
The “National Force to Launch the Democracy Flag” group had only six members, but two were well-known for their views.
2016-12-16
Stopping the swaps may bring more accountability to a nation where land-grabs are a source of unrest.
2016-12-16
A group of 13 reporters will travel to the violence-ridden area for three days under a security detail.
2016-12-15
Myanmar has invited ASEAN officials to a retreat Monday in Yangon to discuss Rakhine state crisis.
2016-12-15
Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy says the tide is changing in his country.
2016-12-15
Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy says the tide is changing in his country.
2016-12-15
After four years the government is no closer to solving the land-development expert’s kidnapping.
2016-12-15
Taiwan residents are no longer being granted permission letters amid a diplomatic row between China and Trump over the status of their democratic island.
2016-12-15
Kim's directive is sent to local party leaders, but may also be aimed at corruption in the military.
2016-12-15
They represent a generation who gave up the chance of higher education to labor in the fields for the revolutionary cause, and now say they can't survive in Shanghai.
2016-12-14
Human Rights Watch’s Brad Adams finds the current situation in the country a difficult one as it prepares for local and national elections.
2016-12-14
Human Rights Watch’s Brad Adams finds the current situation in the country a difficult one as it prepares for local and national elections.
