Story Archive
2020-10-09
Jewher Ilham says more countries need to condemn China for its repression in the region.
2020-10-09
Scholars say ethnic regions do not share the majority Bamars’ faith in the government.
2020-10-09
Frustration drives recent peaceful protests by activists that have resulted in a spate of arrests.
2020-10-09
Organizers of a tourism convention changed the name of the island's tourist bureau, citing Chinese sponsorship.
2020-10-09
Scholars struggle to explain President Xi Jinping's "dual circulation" policy.
2020-10-09
Trump administration officials worry that private user data could be sent to China if the platforms expand overseas.
2020-10-08
A rare glimpse of a wave power generator among the Paracel Islands – a sign of how China is using offshore renewable energy to supply its isolated islet outposts.
2020-10-08
Tohti has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for working to reconcile Uyghurs and Hans.
2020-10-08
Cardinal Joseph Zen says Beijing wants Hong Kong's next bishop to be 'totally obedient' to the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2020-10-08
Mun Chol Myong’s lawyer says he will appeal the decision to the nation’s top court.
2020-10-08
Yao Qiang’s appointment as president marks an end to more than seven decades of Uyghur leadership at XJU.
2020-10-08
Joshua Wong cites leaked data as showing the government flew a secretive mission on the day the activists' speedboat was seized.
2020-10-08
China is a serial rights abuser engaged in genocidal policies against Uyghurs, and shouldn't be allowed to renew its seat on the council, groups say.
2020-10-08
20 Facebook pages have registered under a policy that some Laos support and others are wary about.
2020-10-07
The Muslims were forced into displacement camps following communal clashes with Buddhists in 2012.
2020-10-07
U.S.-based expert says every defection comes with “collateral damage.”
2020-10-07
At least eight people have been killed since Oct. 1 and hundreds of Rohingya families have fled the camps.
2020-10-07
Zhao Wei, a Chinese national, was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in 2018 as the head of a trafficking network.
2020-10-07
Major parties urge voters to be wary of purported early vote counts ahead of Nov. 8 polls.
2020-10-07
The comments are his first since Washington criticized a decision to demolish US-funded buildings there.
2020-10-07
Thirty-nine nations sign a resolution, up from 23 who backed a similar one last year.
2020-10-07
A man whose arrest was caught on camera takes aim at police who injured his hands while restraining him.
2020-10-07
Hu Baolong is a veteran rights activist and lawyer who supported parents' protests against an end to Mongolian-medium teaching in schools.
2020-10-07
Pham Doan Trang's arrest for propaganda against the state came hours after Vietnam held human rights talks with the United States.
2020-10-06
Tibetan sources say the increased police presence is aimed solely at surveillance.
2020-10-06
Trade companies used to be the envy of ordinary citizens, but now traders are going bankrupt.
2020-10-06
Two children were killed as they and 13 others led government soldiers through minefields under duress, villagers said.
2020-10-06
Health official points to ‘returnees’ from refugee camps in Bangladesh, but others say the infection course is unclear.
2020-10-06
The teenager had been arrested for ‘illegally entering a prohibited place.’
2020-10-06
Ablikim Kalkun is sentenced to 18 years over content that would have been pre-approved by censors.
