Story Archive
2018-12-12
Housing complex on Bhashan Char awaits opening ceremony to be led by PM Sheikh Hasina.
2018-12-12
But critics say the move seeks to ease international pressure and won’t resolve the country’s political crisis.
2018-12-12
Security measures are removed and residents are warned to refrain from speaking about the facilities.
2018-12-12
Traffickers prey on vulnerable women from Shan state and other conflict-torn areas bordering China.
2018-12-12
Six years have passed since the popular rural development expert and land rights advocate vanished at a police checkpoint outside Vientiane.
2018-12-12
A foreign ministry spokesman says Kovrig 'may have broken Chinese law,' as Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is released on bail in Canada under stringent conditions.
2018-12-12
Cambodian government says Rath Rott Mony was extradited back to Cambodia for ‘questioning.’
2018-12-12
Once central to North Korea’s coal-laundering operations, international pressure forces Nakhodka to back off on illicit trade
2018-12-12
His comments come after a mass raid on members of a Protestant church in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
2018-12-11
Cambodia accuses Rath Rott Mony of creating fake news, but his wife says he is being targeted for his activism.
2018-12-11
Nguyen Van Trang and Le Van Thuong face charges under Article 109 for their pro-democracy efforts in the one-party state.
2018-12-11
Thousands march through the streets of Myitkyina calling for the release of Lum Zawng, Nang Pu, and Zau Jat.
2018-12-11
A Hong Kong connection is emerging in the case of Meng Wanzhou, accused by the U.S. of violating sanctions against Iran.
2018-12-11
Most Maoists detained in a nationwide crackdown on the unionization movement at Jasic Technology are being held in unknown locations.
2018-12-10
But rights groups say the government does not uphold its international rights commitments.
2018-12-10
Gheyret Abdurahman joins four others arrested from the Academy of Social Sciences of Xinjiang in recent crackdowns.
2018-12-10
Win Myint says the country is trying to create awareness of human rights during its transition to democracy.
2018-12-10
They say China is a ‘significant exception’ in the advancement of human rights since the declaration was enacted.
2018-12-10
Pu Wenqing, mother of Huang Qi, had hoped to use Human Rights Day 2018 to publicize her son's situation.
2018-12-10
Andrew Wan and Lam Cheuk-ting say the charges are 'ridiculous' and indicate growing political suppression in the city at Beijing's behest.
2018-12-09
Fate of Drugkho, the 155th confirmed self-immolation in Tibet since 2008, is unknown as Chinese police clamp down on Ngaba County.
2018-12-07
Government spokesman says program to repatriate Rohingya from Bangladesh still on track.
2018-12-07
Three youth activists joined a demonstration in April demanding help for thousands of people trapped in Kachin state war zone.
2018-12-07
Fresh fighting between the Arakan Army and national military displaces an estimated 2,000 villagers.
2018-12-07
Political prisoners are never amnestied, as their crimes are considered more serious than other offenses, Lao sources say.
2018-12-07
Nguyen Trung Ton endures daily coercion to confess, but maintains innocence.
2018-12-07
Justin Trudeau denies political involvement as Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is scheduled to appear at a bail hearing in Vancouver.
2018-12-07
Xu Lin is handed a three-year jail term on public order charges linked to his 'criticism of the country's leaders' online.
2018-12-06
Observers call the move an attempt to divide exiled CNRP leader Sam Rainsy and former party chief Kem Sokha, now detained in Cambodia.
2018-12-06
Pe Myint’s comments draw rebuke from media advocates.
