Story Archive
2016-06-27
Tens of thousands take to the streets in mass protests over a planned waste incinerator and a pesticide plant.
2016-06-27
Hong Kong loophole may track currency flows.
2016-06-24
Civil society groups applaud the move, but want him to take responsibility for other problems in the country.
2016-06-24
Civil society groups applaud the move, but want him to take responsibility for other problems in the country.
2016-06-24
A dispute leads to a mob attack in Thuye Thamain village and forces Muslim residents to seek shelter in a local police station.
2016-06-24
They are taken into custody without explanation a day after police assault other protesters, injuring eight.
2016-06-24
EIA finds systemic disregard for CITES safeguards designed to protect Siamese rosewood.
2016-06-24
Huang Wenxun pleads not guilty to 'incitement to subvert state power' after joining press freedom protests.
2016-06-24
Beijing, which has spoken out about 'Western' notions of democracy, says it respects the choice of the British people.
2016-06-23
They had resisted government orders to tear down 'illegal' shops and homes built near the lake.
2016-06-23
Myanmar’s de facto leader says she is trying to ensure that the laborers’ fundamental rights in Thailand are protected.
2016-06-23
Government stops operations at a Vientiane plant as it begins a nationwide examination of electronics recycling operations.
2016-06-23
Local people fear police may use force if foreign journalists leave as planned.
2016-06-23
Huang Yan says she fears for her life if she undergoes cancer surgery as offered by a police-run hospital.
2016-06-23
Hong Kong campaigners say Taishan holds three times the radioactive material of Fukushima.
2016-06-23
MyWelfare gives food, clothes and toys to some 500 Rohingya Muslim refugees.
2016-06-22
The followers of an unapproved branch of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Church are kept away from observances of the sect's founding anniversary.
2016-06-22
The memorandum of understanding will make it easier for Myanmar migrants to work legally in Thailand and offer them protection from abuse.
2016-06-22
Yanghee Lee is on her fourth mission to observe the country’s human rights situation especially that of the minority Rohingya Muslims.
2016-06-22
Chuchen county residents fear mining may resume after briefly being stopped, though.
2016-06-22
The accord between the ruling Cambodian People's Party and the rival Cambodia National Rescue Party lies in tatters.
2016-06-22
The accord between the ruling Cambodian People's Party and the rival Cambodia National Rescue Party lies in tatters.
2016-06-22
Zhao Suli, wife of democracy activist Qin Yongmin, hasn't been seen since the couple were separated in March 2015.
2016-06-22
China has moved to ban news and social media content about ongoing protests in Wukan village in Guangdong province.
2016-06-22
Money sent by foreign governments and international banks finances repression by the military and police, Vietnamese groups say.
2016-06-21
First visitor to Guo Feixiong since May 9 says his client has lost weight and is weak, but does not intend to break his fast.
2016-06-21
Authorities have informed news outlets to refer to the minority group as the ‘Muslim community in Rakhine state’ during a visit by a United Nations envoy.
2016-06-21
An investigation attempts to determine if the migrant worker was lost at sea or the victim of foul play.
2016-06-21
Former party secretary Lin Zuluan appears in an officially produced video, 'confessing' to bribery.
2016-06-21
Lu Yuyu had compiled detailed records of protests around the country as people tried to defend their rights, his friends say.
