Story Archive
2020-06-30
A report on a secret court-martial reveals few details on the convictions in the Gu Dar Pyin village killings.
2020-06-30
Taiwan is stepping up efforts to help Hongkongers fleeing persecution under draconian new laws.
2020-06-30
Xuan Loc Penitentiary has a reputation for mistreating and torturing inmates.
2020-06-30
Reporters Without Borders says Hun Sen’s government is in a ‘headlong rush to gag dissenting voices.’
2020-06-30
The cargo ship's crew failed to help the smaller boat's 12 crew members and two passengers, who are still missing.
2020-06-30
Beijing says it will act as a 'sharp sword' hanging over the city, ushering in an era of prosecutions brought by state security police.
2020-06-30
Youth-led groups most likely to be targeted under the law, which bans "secessionist" activities, announce they will cease operating in the city.
2020-06-30
The National People’s Congress Standing Committee voted unanimously to pass a law few in Hong Kong had seen even a draft of.
2020-06-29
Workers must ride out quarantine eating only rice and kimchi.
2020-06-29
Some Lao residents welcome the move, with others saying they will 'wait and see' if anything changes.
2020-06-29
Trinh Ba Phuong invokes right to silence, refusing to cooperate with police.
2020-06-29
About 10,000 civilians have already fled Kyauktan village and nearby areas.
2020-06-29
Adrian Zenz says the measures ‘undergird a wider game plan of ethno-racial domination’ in the region.
2020-06-29
Amphibious transport dock makes a rare appearance at China’s biggest military base in the South China Sea.
2020-06-29
Tibetans say their Himalayan region’s historic role as buffer is a way toward peace.
2020-06-29
Widespread flooding in the Yangtze basin causes deaths as overflowing rivers drown streets.
2020-06-29
China looks set to impose the anti-subversion legislation ahead of the handover anniversary on July 1.
2020-06-26
Many Lao citizens see the dominant use of Chinese as a sign of China's growing economic influence in their country.
2020-06-26
Woody Island, where the dredging appears to have been underway for several weeks, includes Sansha City, China’s main administrative center in the Paracels.
2020-06-26
Uyghur and Tibetan rights groups call for international community to hold Beijing accountable.
2020-06-26
During a virtual summit, members also agree to work together on post-COVID-19 pandemic economic recovery.
2020-06-26
Residents confirm the army has been stationed among Buddhist temples in historic Mrauk-U.
2020-06-26
Delegation members spoke up when they saw things that caused them concern, though, one German diplomat says.
2020-06-26
The mostly women workers say they’ve struggled to pay for food and rent for more than three months.
2020-06-26
If convicted of murder, defendants could be given the death penalty.
2020-06-26
A Uyghur who studied abroad questions his decision not to return home amid reports of his father’s detention.
2020-06-26
Chen Siming has repeatedly commemorated the Tiananmen massacre and publicly supported the Hong Kong protest movement in recent years.
2020-06-26
Professional associations say police continually attack, obstruct, and detain journalists trying to cover the year-long protest movement.
2020-06-25
Save the Children interviewed 223 kids at camps in southeastern Bangladesh about the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-06-25
Fishermen and other community members in North Aceh help 94 Rohingya come ashore.
