Story Archive
2020-10-06
Data from a flight-tracking website shows two Hong Kong government aircraft in the immediate vicinity of a speedboat carrying activists fleeing to democratic Taiwan.
2020-10-06
A teaching union will assist the teacher to appeal the decision, which is criticized by an international human rights organization and a lawmaker representing the sector.
2020-10-06
Former elite comprehensive surveillance of the party, forceful suppression of different opinions within the party, and select enforcement of rules.
2020-10-05
NGOs, trafficking victims find the message ill-timed and offensive in a country struggling with trafficking.
2020-10-05
Hanoi indicts award-winning dissident poet and Vietnam War veteran.
2020-10-05
"Whatever hopes for reforms we had were reversed. It has regressed back to totalitarianism," says Cai Xia.
2020-10-05
Some South China Sea reefs are “gone forever” due to the creation of military bases atop them, according to marine scientist John McManus.
2020-10-05
Qelbinur Sidik describes her experiences working at Xinjiang internment camps.
2020-10-05
Chen Jianfang is handed a three-year jail term for subversion after more than a year of incommunicado detention.
2020-10-05
The boy was taken into custody after entering the CNRP’s former headquarters to collect flags, authorities say.
2020-10-05
The new guidance could affect nearly 200 million members of the Chinese Communist Party and affiliated groups.
2020-10-04
“We are developing Ream Naval Base to make it larger. Now it is small and the water is shallow,” Tea Banh told RFA.
2020-10-02
EU MPs highlight Vietnam’s rights abuses in letter to leadership.
2020-10-02
Access remains restricted for Tibetans despite completion of construction work around the temple complex.
2020-10-02
With economy smacked by typhoons and squeezed by sanctions and the coronavirus, people must steal to eat.
2020-10-02
Tursunjan Sawut and his wife Gulbehrem were taken into custody by police in a night raid three years ago on their home, according to information just recently received.
2020-10-02
Economic effects of pandemic combine with policy conflicts to curb imports.
2020-10-02
Australian think-tank investigates suspicious activity of pro-China Facebook accounts in recent weeks.
2020-10-02
Nationalist tabloid Global Times editor says Trump, First Lady have 'paid the price' for not wearing masks.
2020-10-02
Washington, London, Bangkok, Istanbul among some 60 cities that saw rallies by critics of Beijing's repression.
2020-10-01
Kyaw Myint, who goes by other aliases, is accused of escaping from jail more than 20 years ago.
2020-10-01
Phnom Penh should fix problems instead of trying to deny widely observed facts in the social media era.
2020-10-01
Sangchu county Tibetans convicted of 'extortion' had received compensation for damage caused by Chinese road-building work.
2020-10-01
Government officials deny the claim, though, saying refugees housed on the island are being 'treated properly.'
2020-10-01
Some are sent straight from the camps to the factories, where they work 12 hours a day with only one day free per month.
2020-10-01
Rights groups welcome release of ‘Thitsy,’ urge Vientiane to respect the rights of dissenters.
2020-10-01
Protesters gather outside Washington D.C.’s Capitol Building to condemn China’s violations of human rights in Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet.
2020-10-01
More than 60 people, including two district councilors, are arrested on suspicion of 'illegal assembly.'
2020-10-01
From Uyghurs and Tibetans in China's far west to Mongolians and Koreans in the north and east, a heavy-handed Communist Party policy to expand Chinese language education at the expense of native languages is meeting resistance from ethnic minorities who see a concerted drive to wipe out local tongues and identities. Inner Mongolia has seen weeks of class boycotts and street protests, while the Korean region in Jilin province has been blanketed with police to deter activism.
2020-10-01
The brother and sister are staying anonymous to avoid being targeted under a draconian security law.
