Story Archive
2017-08-22
Wu Minglang, known to poetry lovers as Langzi, is detained after he penned a poem in memory of the late Nobel peace prize-winner.
2017-08-21
Kyrgyz are being sent to reeducation centers, while their traditions are slowly stamped out.
2017-08-21
A members of the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society Group says it had permission from the state government to enter Sadone.
2017-08-21
The isolated country routinely employs the tactic whenever sanctions are imposed.
2017-08-21
Aung Ko Htway, who spent nearly a decade as a forced conscript in the Myanmar army, is charged with defaming the military.
2017-08-21
The move comes after vocal protests by hundreds of academics and commentators against expanding Chinese censorship.
2017-08-21
The UN special envoy on human rights in Cambodia discusses her takeaways from a recent 10-day visit to the country.
2017-08-21
Sailor was freed from Abu Sayyaf after nine months in captivity.
2017-08-21
Jiang Tianyong will reportedly stand trial in the central province of Hunan, but the authorities have yet to inform his family or defense attorneys.
2017-08-21
A crackdown intensifies as political stakes rise.
2017-08-18
A newly assertive China flexes it muscles in disputed territory.
2017-08-18
The amendments reduce the jail sentence for violators of Article 66(d) and allow judges to release on bail those charged with defamation.
2017-08-18
Aung Ko Htway, who was forced into the Myanmar army when he was 14, tells the story of his abduction, forced conscription, and time in prison.
2017-08-18
Rhona Smith says the comments from government officials ‘have no place’ in society.
2017-08-18
More than 300 articles mentioning the Cultural Revolution, Tibet, Taiwan, and Tiananmen are removed from its Chinese-language website.
2017-08-18
Recruitment drives target the 'inner provinces' of China, making a large influx of highly educated Han Chinese migrants likely.
2017-08-18
One says the Court of Appeal acted 'outside accepted norms,' while jailed activist Joshua Wong calls on Hong Kong to take a good look at the rule of law in the city.
2017-08-17
Truyen's wife likens his arrest to a kidnapping and says she worries about his safety.
2017-08-17
Xi's ideology may be linked to poverty reduction, and will likely supersede his predecessors' in prominence, analysts say.
2017-08-17
The US-based NGO says it is non-partisan and partners with ‘all major political parties.’
2017-08-17
Haliq Mahmut had not taken part in protests, but removed a bullet from a fellow Uyghur’s leg.
2017-08-17
Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow are handed jail terms of up to eight months after the government called for harsher penalties linked to a prior public order offense.
2017-08-16
A Cambodian lawyer describes his experiences representing defendants against government-backed plaintiffs.
2017-08-16
Taghirsyz Dawutkhan was tortured for a confession and jailed with no access to a lawyer, his friends say.
2017-08-16
Wong says the same judges who jailed 13 activists this week after they had served their initial sentences will hand down a verdict in his case.
2017-08-16
A local ruling party chairman had suggested a plan was in place to arm and train ethnic Rakhines.
2017-08-16
Working in collusion with police, they demand money for permission to load trucks and transport goods.
2017-08-15
Churches are raided, believers harassed and jailed, U.S. State Department says.
2017-08-15
Boeung Kak Lake residents detail court mistreatment to Rhona Smith during her visit.
2017-08-15
The move comes after the party’s president is arrested on charges of insulting the military.
