Story Archive
2017-07-13
Abuse, medical neglect and torture are often part of the punishment for those who challenge Chinese rule, says former prisoners and lawyers.
2017-07-13
Some welcome the country's advance in military reach, while others voice anxiety over possible defeat in war.
2017-07-13
Liu's death sparks immediate calls from rights groups and activists for Beijing to release his wife unconditionally, as she has never been charged with any crime.
2017-07-13
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is now on a public relations mission to defuse public anger over its treatment of the Nobel peace prize winner.
2017-07-13
Liu dies in China in spite of a global campaign for him to receive treatment overseas, and end his days in freedom.
2017-07-12
As many as 3,300 undocumented workers, including 1,230 Bangladeshis and 825 Indonesians, have been detained.
2017-07-12
The crewman is the third to die as a hostage of Abu Sayyaf in the last week.
2017-07-12
Heng Leakhena accuses the prime minister and his family of having a hand in the murder of prominent political analyst and scholar Kem Ley.
2017-07-12
Denying access to the fact-finding mission lumps the country with ‘pariah states,’ the group says.
2017-07-12
They are accused of physical assault and detention, human trafficking, forcing people under 17 years of age to perform labor, and possessing illegal weapons.
2017-07-12
University leaders meanwhile meet with official Chinese delegations, deny anyone detained 'on campus.'
2017-07-12
Government broadcaster RTHK is told it shouldn't 'align itself' with opposition voices after producers picked an angry slogan as the starting point for debate.
2017-07-12
Medical experts say the authorities could prolong Liu's life in spite of his late-stage liver cancer if they allow him to be treated outside China.
2017-07-11
Yanghee Lee meets with residents of Kyaukphyu who complain that they have not benefitted from a special economic zone and pipeline project.
2017-07-11
Kalsang Yarphel had written and performed songs considered subversive by Chinese authorities.
2017-07-11
But an environmental group says all sand dredging must end and demands industry transparency.
2017-07-11
Three major telecoms providers have been warned to prevent users from circumventing government censorship by the start of next February.
2017-07-11
The death of ethnic Kazakh imam Akmet in police custody is officially blamed on suicide, but those who supported him are being rounded up.
2017-07-10
Fearful Uyghurs scramble to get out of Egypt and avoid forced return to China, where they risk torture and arbitrary jailing.
2017-07-10
The US and rights groups worldwide call for a full and unbiased investigation of the government critic’s murder.
2017-07-10
The ‘armed terrorists’ are shot dead after they run out of a house following an exchange of gunfire.
2017-07-10
The government kept relatives in the dark about the hostage situation, sources say.
2017-07-10
Prayers are held in Lhasa and the Tibetan prefectures of western China, while authorities attempt to close down a horse race.
2017-07-10
CPP lawmakers adopt the changes banning parties from associating with convicts.
2017-07-10
Two years after the start of a nationwide police operation targeting the country's legal profession, some families still don't know where their loved ones are.
2017-07-10
Friends and fellow activists say the authorities don't want the Nobel peace laureate speaking out freely if he seeks treatment overseas.
2017-07-07
Kyaw Min Swe, editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper The Voice Daily, awaits his next hearing on July 14.
2017-07-07
Many are seized while trying to flee to Turkey, while others go into hiding to evade police, sources say.
2017-07-07
The two countries will work together to ensure that Myanmar migrant workers are documented to work legally in Thailand.
2017-07-07
Following a meeting of labor ministries, Thailand will allow illegal workers to seek official status.
