Story Archive
2009-01-30
A Uyghur farmer talks about his struggle against forced crop production in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
2009-01-30
Burmese guards beat prisoners and deprived them of food after a riot following last year’s cyclone. A group of survivors was sentenced on Jan. 11 to additional terms of 2-12 years.
2009-01-30
Fresh protests are reported in troubled Tibetan areas of China's Sichuan province.
2009-01-30
A young Tibetan dies in detention, raising questions about his treatment in custody.
2009-01-29
Rangoon police tell reporters they seized 89 kilograms of heroin bound for Singapore.
2009-01-29
Burmese authorities made several cuts to U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration speech, in particular the sections dealing with authoritarian regimes.
2009-01-28
Blind lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng's wife says he is ill, but authorities have not responded to a request for medical parole.
2009-01-28
The families of political prisoners across China say they have been refused permission to visit their loved ones in jail over the traditional Lunar New Year holiday period.
2009-01-27
Economic hardship is pushing young Cambodian girls into the sex trade while legislation drives the trade underground.
2009-01-27
Economic hardship is pushing young Cambodian girls into the sex trade while legislation drives the trade underground.
2009-01-27
Chinese petitioners with complaints against the government are detained outside the Beijing residence of Premier Wen Jiabao.
2009-01-27
Chinese authorities have put one writer under house arrest and restricted the freedom of another amid continuing police investigations into Charter 08, a document calling for broad political change.
2009-01-26
The mother of a 17-year-old boy who died in police custody has demanded an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death, as China's petitioners gear up for a season of parliamentary meetings.
2009-01-26
Chinese authorities question thousands in a campaign that rights activists say is focused on finding participants in last year's Lhasa unrest.
2009-01-25
Chinese protest "propaganda" in traditional television gala as others head overseas in spite of months of bad news for the economy. In Vietnam, a province mourns dozens of holiday shoppers killed in a ferry accident.
2009-01-23
How do people in China see the new U.S. administration?
2009-01-23
North Korea's thriving black-market economy now includes real estate.
2009-01-23
A censored version of U.S. President Barack Obama’s inaugural address leaves Chinese viewers puzzled.
2009-01-23
Burmese groups condemn the lack of health care for political prisoners after the wife of a young activist suffers a miscarriage in jail.
2009-01-21
A proposed plan to increase China's mandatory retirement age for women has led to a fierce debate in the rapidly aging country.
2009-01-21
Tibetans and police report a protest and an explosion in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
2009-01-16
A boycott is planned for Tibetan New Year celebrations as tensions build in the lead-up to the anniversary of two crushed movements against Chinese rule in the region.
2009-01-14
A Burmese labor activist in Malaysia describes how he was kidnapped and intimidated for speaking out against human trafficking.
2009-01-13
Courts in China have been instructed to reject appeals or complaints lodged against the authorities by members of unofficial "house churches," according to a lawyer who handles such cases.
2009-01-12
Chinese authorities say they have closed down 91 Web sites, targeting big-name search engines in the latest clampdown on "vulgar content."
2009-01-12
Suicide is a leading cause of death for Chinese women, and China is the only country in which the suicide rate for females is higher than for males.
2009-01-09
Tibetan residents of China's Sichuan province protest Chinese rule even as authorities target opposition.
2009-01-09
In the latest in a string of detentions across China, three Beijing-based lawyers are taken in for questioning after they sign a document online calling for political reforms.
2009-01-08
More North Koreans are gaining access to foreign media broadcasts despite official crackdowns.
2009-01-08
The family of a sick girl in an impoverished part of China gets help with her medical bills from an unlikely source: a group of rap musicians.
