Story Archive
2016-12-14
Senior monks from the nuns' former Buddhist study center check on their condition, give religious teachings.
2016-12-14
Zhongmu Wang is unavailable after celebrity, pro-government tweeters highlighted the "subversive" letter on social media.
2016-12-14
The defamation conviction came as he was a human rights director for the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association.
2016-12-14
The defamation conviction came as he was a human rights director for the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association.
2016-12-14
Military commanders say they have carried out security operations in Maungdaw township in accordance with the law.
2016-12-14
The country moves out of the top jailer spot, but this is no indication of greater freedom, researchers say.
2016-12-13
The move appears aimed at further weakening Uyghur cultural identity and promoting identification with the Chinese state.
2016-12-13
Police are investigating the apparent murder of Eleven Media Group’s Soe Moe Tun, who had been reporting on illegal logging and wood smuggling.
2016-12-13
Rohingya Muslims the group interviewed say that reports of rape and child murder by government soldiers are only ‘rumors.’
2016-12-13
Japan has withdrawn funding from the United Nations' world heritage body after it accepted historical documents submitted by Beijing for preservation.
2016-12-13
Kem Sokha continues his visits with imprisoned opposition leaders as Sam Rainsy defends their continuing partnership.
2016-12-13
Kem Sokha continues his visits with imprisoned opposition leaders as Sam Rainsy defends their continuing partnership.
2016-12-13
Authorities had demanded they say that Tashi Rabten had died not in a protest but because of a family dispute.
2016-12-13
Convictions for ‘organizing for others to flee the country illegally’ come under a new law as Canberra and Hanoi sign immigration agreement.
2016-12-13
An activist is held for writing an article calling on police to take a stand on toxic air pollution.
2016-12-12
About 1,000 people from Thach Ha district in Ha Tinh province say the compensation is not enough to cover their losses from the company's toxic chemical spill.
2016-12-12
Peng Ming's U.S.-based family are boycotting his funeral, saying his body was dissected and the organs removed without their permission.
2016-12-12
China warns that ignoring its claim on the democratic island of Taiwan will have 'serious consequences.'
2016-12-09
With high oil prices, North Koreans have again turned to the cheap but dirty fuel to power trucks.
2016-12-09
The fabrication of a story about an army soldier abusing a Rohingya Muslim child has damaged the country’s image, a government spokesman says.
2016-12-09
Vijay Nambiar, the U.N. secretary-general's special advisor on Myanmar, says the country’s de facto leader must reassure civilians they will be protected.
2016-12-09
Removed from the Buddhist study center that was their home, they now live crowded into metal huts.
2016-12-09
Overseas activists step up calls on the incoming U.S. president to get tougher with China over rights violations.
2016-12-09
Chinese police questioned and detained family members following the protest, local sources say.
2016-12-09
The authorities seal off the main square in the provincial capital, Chengdu, and issue warnings over possible protest activities.
2016-12-09
Anyone wanting to study Tibetan Buddhism there must first pass a political examination, and must be a monk or nun.
2016-12-08
They fear the last Irrawaddy dolphins could die off as they move into Laotian waters to escape environmental havoc caused by the building of the Don Sahong Dam.
2016-12-08
They fear the last Irrawaddy dolphins could die off as they move into Laotian waters to escape environmental havoc caused by the building of the Don Sahong Dam.
2016-12-08
While a commune chief is released and more critics could get out of jail, Hun Sen says he still holds the cards.
2016-12-08
While a commune chief is released and more critics could get out of jail, Hun Sen says he still holds the cards.
