Story Archive
2017-01-25
A pair of cases run into a legal roadblock at the country’s high court.
2017-01-25
A pair of cases run into a legal roadblock at the country’s high court.
2017-01-25
The Defense Daily accuses Cantopop star Hins Cheung of supporting independence for his home city, though he has denied it.
2017-01-25
Authorities say the pair provided support to a rebel militia, while rights groups believe they were arrested for showing reporters a war-damaged church.
2017-01-25
The activists unfurled a banner in support of Xie Yang, who has filed a formal complaint over his treatment in a Changsha detention center.
2017-01-24
The country’s minister of disaster management reacts to allegations made by 17 Rohingya women in a BenarNews report.
2017-01-24
The coalition of four ethnic armed groups says it wants delegates from China and Myanmar’s largest rebel militia to attend the talks as witnesses.
2017-01-24
Meetings were only casual social contacts, Sommaly Thammavong says.
2017-01-24
Government officials say their program putting officials’ assets under the microscope is working.
2017-01-24
Tran Thi Nga and three others are reported to be arrested in a crackdown on dissent.
2017-01-24
Xie Yang was subjected to excruciating pain, beatings, and degrading treatment at the hands of state security police, his lawyers say.
2017-01-24
Nine residents of Wukan villagers sentenced on public order charges following a standoff with armed police have already begun serving their jail terms.
2017-01-23
Some say they saw loved ones killed before their eyes.
2017-01-23
Authorities had blocked their participation in the Kalachakra teachings given in India by the Dalai Lama.
2017-01-23
Work expected to resume in April will now begin again in February, a local source says.
2017-01-23
Authorities are investigating their deaths as murders in the violence-ridden area of northern Rakhine state.
2017-01-23
Mao Yushi is a reform-minded economist who has long been critical of late supreme leader Mao Zedong and the political turmoil of the Cultural Revolution.
2017-01-23
Internet connection service providers must now register with the authorities, with a 'clean-up' operation beginning immediately.
2017-01-23
Individuals face curbs on dollar deals.
2017-01-23
Local officials are trying to force her to move of her own accord by cutting off her heating and electricity in sub-zero temperatures.
2017-01-20
The International Federation of Journalists slams deteriorating ethics among media organizations for becoming 'propaganda tools' for Beijing.
2017-01-20
Zhou Qiang recently dismissed the idea of an independent judiciary as a wrong-headed 'Western' idea.
2017-01-19
Seventeen of 54 women tell BenarNews they were sexually assaulted by Myanmar security forces.
2017-01-19
Chinese media outlets are warned they must stick to a 'unified message' coming out of Beijing on Sino-U.S. ties.
2017-01-19
The country’s commander-in-chief’s office says the rebel militia directed illegal logging activities from the base.
2017-01-19
Emphasis on Mandarin Chinese in Sichuan's provincial capital forces children back to their villages if they want to study Tibetan.
2017-01-19
Premier Najib Razak warns that Islamic extremists could use the situation to radicalize members of the Muslim minority group.
2017-01-19
Violent clashes mark attempts to memorialize a 1974 island grab by China that cost the lives of 75 Vietnamese.
2017-01-19
Liaoning TV host Liang Hongda ran an expose that concluded model worker and soldier hero Lei Feng was 'an ordinary young man.'
2017-01-18
A visual guide to the ongoing struggles of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. Human rights groups have called the Rohingya 'one of the most persecuted minorities on earth.'
