Story Archive
2017-12-13
The Reuters reporters are accused of illegally possessing government documents on the crisis in northern Rakhine state.
2017-12-13
At a hearing in Washington, they are warned that actions are needed to save Cambodian democracy.
2017-12-13
Signs posted at a major crossing warn would-be migrants against being lured into servitude by false promises.
2017-12-13
Authorities drop the more serious charge of 'leaking state secrets' but with try the activist for 'incitement to subvert state power.'
2017-12-13
Thefts of devices holding sensitive information prompt the government order, issued in September.
2017-12-13
The highly choreographed event strikes a moderate tone that activists say isn't echoed among the wider population.
2017-12-12
Large crowds gather under the watch of Chinese police to commemorate the death anniversary of a major religious Buddhist teacher.
2017-12-12
Her husband says she was illegally arrested after applying for a passport.
2017-12-12
Financial assistance to the organization is suspended because of the government’s breakup of the main opposition political party.
2017-12-12
Retired university professor Wang Fandi is cremated following a funeral packed with his former students and family members of those killed or maimed in 1989.
2017-12-12
Luo Lanqing, a 'big tweeter' with a social media following of 190,000, is detained after calling out official corruption and environmental pollution.
2017-12-11
They demand the prime minister release jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha and reinstate the Cambodia National Rescue Party
2017-12-11
The move follows the signing of an agreement with ASEAN members in November that protects the rights of migrant workers.
2017-12-11
Hua Yong had spent several weeks documenting the city-wide mass eviction of out-of-town migrants from Beijing.
2017-12-11
A California-based exile group calls Mother Mushroom, the Brotherhood for Democracy, and others 'among the bravest of our people.'
2017-12-11
The Human Rights Day protest comes after thousands of migrant laborers and small traders are forced from their homes in the capital in the name of fire safety.
2017-12-11
Pham Minh Tuan was kept captive in southern Philippines jungles for more than a year.
2017-12-08
The explosions are the latest attacks by unknown persons in the violence-ridden region.
2017-12-08
Unidentified people are using social media to spread false information that President Htin Kyaw will soon resign.
2017-12-08
Dinh La Thang is stripped of his Party posts and now faces charges in a crackdown on corruption.
2017-12-08
But observers say it is highly unlikely that the ruling will be overturned by the pliant court.
2017-12-08
The order comes amid a clampdown during China’s annual Communist Party Congress.
2017-12-08
It has now been five years since the rural development expert vanished in police custody.
2017-12-08
Beijing's narrow focus on basic economic rights means those less powerful are unable to speak out for themselves, activists say.
2017-12-08
Feng Xiuqin's death was the result of unbearable emotional trauma and sleep-deprivation after the authorities detained her husband, her family say.
2017-12-08
Finding life difficult in South Korea, they go back to North Korea and identify others with contacts in the South.
2017-12-08
Chinese cybersecurity police tell activist Zhang Guanghong that they obtained evidence against him using a security 'backdoor.'
2017-12-07
The government says the move will not influence Cambodia’s internal affairs.
2017-12-07
The NGO warns that the situation could spawn cross-border violence with Bangladesh and recruitment by jihadists.
2017-12-07
Their crops spoiled while they were forced to attend ‘Congress studies,’ sources say.
