Story Archive
2018-07-31
Meanwhile, criticism continued to pour in from around the globe over Cambodia’s ‘sham’ polls.
2018-07-31
Many fear the effort to probe a campaign the UN has called “ethnic cleansing” will repeat a pattern of whitewashing documented atrocities.
2018-07-31
Defying sanctions, China has made gifts to Pyongyang of generators and exclusive hydropower rights on the Yalu River, sources say.
2018-07-31
The authorities are stepping up pressure on Dong Yaoqiong's family, preventing them from speaking out on their daughter's behalf.
2018-07-31
Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen disappeared on July 6 amid large-scale protests in the country.
2018-07-31
As the brand new ministry of veterans' affairs promises them more money, campaigners say some local governments evade paying former soldiers anything at all.
2018-07-30
Convicted of disrupting public order, most are handed prison terms of from eight months to over a year.
2018-07-30
The number of spoiled ballots jumped more than five-fold from the country’s last general election.
2018-07-30
The parents say they want protection for any children disabled or made sick by substandard vaccines to be enshrined in law.
2018-07-30
Eight states and divisions hit as rescuers call for more boats and warn of food shortfalls.
2018-07-30
The campaigners themselves are also held after helping workers set up a trade union to protest unfair treatment by their employer.
2018-07-30
The lawmakers call on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to appeal for their unconditional release.
2018-07-30
The move will end a year's stay in the US, where he has undergone medical exams, the senior Tibetan religious figure says.
2018-07-29
Result of what many observers considered a "sham' vote was determined in November, when the government dissolved the opposition party.
2018-07-27
He says the country would be ‘at war’ if the Supreme Court hadn’t dissolved the CNRP last year.
2018-07-27
Beijing faces high-level criticism in Washington for violating the rights of the Muslim minority.
2018-07-27
Veteran Chinese dissident Hu Jia calls for international scrutiny to protect jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti
2018-07-27
The move follows a visit by a US embassy representative, an activist network says.
2018-07-27
Xu Lin's trial in Guangzhou takes place amid tight security, with supporters detained or turned away by police outside the building.
2018-07-27
A veteran journalist is accused of rape, while a TV-show host and the head of an NGO are among others accused of sexual assault.
2018-07-26
Meanwhile, the death toll from the incident has climbed to 30 as rescue efforts continue.
2018-07-26
Treatment of the badges as commodities threatens leaders' 'absolute authority,' authorities say.
2018-07-26
Authorities' refusal to issue the licenses inconveniences rural Tibetans who must travel long distances through remote areas.
2018-07-26
Rights groups hail the move days ahead of an election widely dismissed as a ‘sham.’
2018-07-26
Beijing is accused of 'systematic and institutionalized discrimination' against ethnic Mongolians and their traditional way of life.
2018-07-26
Police detain a man they say was injured setting off the bomb, while the woman is detained for sharing images of the incident.
2018-07-25
Dong Guangping and Jiang Yefei's trial was carried out a year ago, behind closed doors, with no notification to relatives.
2018-07-25
The landslide is the latest in a series of deadly waste-heap collapses in Hpakant in recent years.
2018-07-25
Men who escaped from a Thai detention center could face deportation to China.
2018-07-25
The Central Committee calls the weapons a ‘precious legacy’ of the country’s late leaders.
