Story Archive
2020-06-17
Human Rights Watch says Hun Sen is using the outbreak as a pretext to target his political rivals.
2020-06-17
The new law is the first by any government to target China for its persecution of Uyghurs in the region.
2020-06-17
Rights groups say holding so many dissenters does not befit a hard-won democracy.
2020-06-17
Huynh Anh Khoa and Nguyen Dang Thuong had managed a group with 46,000 followers which was shut down by authorities after their arrest.
2020-06-17
Chinese state media cite experts as saying a 'soft landing' in bilateral ties is looking likely.
2020-06-17
Exiled activists with Cambodia’s banned opposition party are trying to help hundreds of thousands of people left jobless and unable to pay debts to microfinance lenders after the shutdown of the economy to fight the coronavirus outbreak. The campaign to urge rural borrowers to stop their loan payments for at least six months was denounced by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who threatened to arrest those who try to “sabotage” his government.
2020-06-17
A Hong Kong official warns that would-be lawmakers may be disqualified if they don't support the draconian law.
2020-06-17
The flags have been hung for centuries to bring blessings and ward off evil and are a symbol of Tibet's traditional culture.
2020-06-16
Hai’s case has stirred public interest in one-party Vietnam, where the assembly typically rubber stamps ruling party decisions.
2020-06-16
North Korea watchers in Seoul see series of escalatory steps aimed at getting U.S. attention.
2020-06-16
Technical surveillance, a 'deeply flawed' judicial system, and restrictions on the use of the Tibetan language further eroded Tibetans' national identity in 2019.
2020-06-16
The violence threatens to undermine a de-escalation of tensions in northeastern India’s Ladakh region.
2020-06-16
Le Huu Minh Tuan was arrested on June 12 and could face up to 20 years in prison.
2020-06-16
The government had initially refused to assist in the return of the unemployed workers and students.
2020-06-16
It wasn’t immediately clear why the Hai Yang 4 has been deployed in the area now.
2020-06-16
Many have less money to spend because of rising levels of unemployment due to business shutdowns amid coronavirus fears.
2020-06-16
The authorities have confirmed more than 100 fresh coronavirus cases since Friday.
2020-06-16
Lam says anyone 'demonizing' the planned law is making themselves the enemy of the Hong Kong people.
2020-06-16
Many have already come in to find work, as Tibetans are forced from their farms and homes and resettled in other areas.
2020-06-16
President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping passed his 67th birthday as China deals with fallout from the coronavirus epidemic, trade and security tensions with the United States while other Western countries are rethinking ties with China, a pushback from Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea, civil unrest in Hong Kong, deepening estrangement with Taiwan, and global condemnation of its treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
2020-06-15
Some cite a 2018 US law denying access to the United States to Chinese officials blocking travel to Tibet.
2020-06-15
The detainees were arrested in mid-March, when government soldiers entered the region amid fighting.
2020-06-15
The chief judge says Ho admitted guilt multiple times.
2020-06-15
Phyo Min Thein, once a rising star in the NLD, cites an unspecified ‘health condition.’
2020-06-15
Loyalty tests now determine who can earn a living even in low-paying jobs in Tibetan areas of China.
2020-06-15
The young man named Poy has been denied family visits by authorities and is not being properly fed, sources say.
2020-06-15
Residents say huge numbers of people will need to be tested, as the market was used by countless local people.
2020-06-15
Mourners defy a ban on public gatherings to mark the death of Marco Leung.
2020-06-14
Recent claims by China's state media that Tibet's environment has been protected are contradicted by reports from within the region.
2020-06-12
Sources say they are envious of former citizens now living in the South.
