Story Archive
2017-04-28
They express hope their parents will be freed, despite a ruling extending their detention.
2017-04-28
They express hope their parents will be freed, despite a ruling extending their detention.
2017-04-28
Li Heping's prison sentence is suspended for four years, a move rights activists say is aimed at silencing him rather than giving him his freedom.
2017-04-28
The younger generation regularly mocks the Kim regime and its politics.
2017-04-28
Wang Jiangfeng, who referred to President Xi Jinping by a forbidden satirical nickname, will have a retrial after the court claims errors were found in the original judgement.
2017-04-28
Liang village in Nanning is cut off from the world, as villagers accuse local officials of siphoning off compensation funds.
2017-04-27
The five, already held for a year, can remain in prison for an additional six months.
2017-04-27
The five, already held for a year, can remain in prison for an additional six months.
2017-04-27
Large-scale farming and oil exploration are drying out the area’s karez wells.
2017-04-27
Cooperation will demonstrate the government's willingness to identify perpetrators of abuses against civilian groups, they say.
2017-04-27
Cambodia criticizes a U.S. policy it says 'splits families' by sending people to a homeland to which they have no close ties.
2017-04-27
Cambodia criticizes a U.S. policy it says 'splits families' by sending people to a homeland to which they have no close ties.
2017-04-27
Two monks detained with him after protests in 2008 were released earlier, sources say.
2017-04-27
Villagres from Saigaing region seek redress for confiscations going back to 2007 under the military junta.
2017-04-27
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) names Chinese President Xi Jinping as one of the world's 'press freedom predators,' ranking the country 176th overall.
2017-04-27
The activists had staged a peaceful protest outside Beijing's liaison office in the former British colony over China's intervention in a row over pro-independence lawmakers.
2017-04-26
Nearly 40 were arrested in the sweep, including several sets of siblings, an official says.
2017-04-26
Tibet's second highest-ranking religious leader vanished in Chinese custody in 1995 after being identified by the Dalai Lama.
2017-04-26
The son of slain environmentalist Chut Wutty reflects on the killing on its fifth anniversary.
2017-04-26
The son of slain environmentalist Chut Wutty reflects on the killing on its fifth anniversary.
2017-04-26
Fifty-year leases for concessions with casinos are ‘too long,’ he says.
2017-04-26
Chinese media say the move is part of 'emergency preparedness' as analysts weigh up the likelihood of a military conflict on the Korean peninsula.
2017-04-26
Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung are arrested on charges of "illegal assembly" for a Nov. 2 protest in the city's legislature.
2017-04-26
They are told they must leave the retreat center to which they relocated after being forced out of Larung Gar Buddhist Academy.
2017-04-25
Offered bribes are no longer a steady source of supplemental income.
2017-04-25
Dozens of would-be protesters are detained and returned under escort to their hometowns, while others are still incommunicado in local police stations.
2017-04-25
The court gives no reason for the delay, but orders dozens of supporters and observers to leave.
2017-04-24
The protest ends peacefully, with authorities promising a written statement, sources say.
2017-04-24
Kem Sokha tells supporters that the elections will be better than ones held five years ago because of a revamped National Election Committee.
2017-04-24
Kem Sokha tells supporters that upcoming local elections will be better than those held five years ago because of a revamped National Election Committee.
