Story Archive
2017-10-13
Student activist faces charges of 'propaganda against the state' under Article 88 for his writing criticizing corruption.
2017-10-13
'Genuine, participatory, and inclusive' national elections in 2018 are now in doubt, the parliamentarians say.
2017-10-13
The move is the latest in a series of measures that privilege the use of Chinese in the region's schools, regardless of students' ethnicity.
2017-10-13
Protesters cheer jailed activist Joshua Wong, whose 21st birthday coincided with the verdict.
2017-10-12
The Rohingya were brought into Myanmar in the 1800s by colonial ruler Britain and are not an indigenous group, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing says.
2017-10-12
Moves to dissolve the CNRP and give its legislative seats to other parties will leave many Cambodians 'without a voice,' she says.
2017-10-12
His status as a ‘Patriotic Religious Scholar’ was ignored by police arresting the young men.
2017-10-12
The four are believed to have directed the murder plot, and are still at large, police say.
2017-10-12
Internet users are reporting difficulty using circumvention tools to access content and services beyond the Chinese internet.
2017-10-12
Civil Rights Defenders also calls for an end to the persecution of activists under Article 88.
2017-10-12
State prosecutors in Sichuan's Mianyang stop Huang Qi's lawyers from reading key evidence ahead of his trial.
2017-10-12
The daughter of a long-term petitioner says her father now faces jail over a long-running campaign for justice for a murdered son.
2017-10-11
Rohingya were warned by soldiers to leave their villages and go to Bangladesh or die, a UN report says.
2017-10-11
He rejects U.S. and EU charges that his ruling Cambodian People's Party has violated human rights.
2017-10-11
The latest security measure forced upon Muslims is being rolled out in various districts.
2017-10-11
Conservative Party human rights activist Benedict Rogers is escorted on a plane back where he came from after his lawyer is prevented from meeting with him.
2017-10-11
They evade tightened border controls by using an unguarded route to cross the Tumen river, sources say.
2017-10-11
Li Wenzu's husband has been held for more than two years in an unknown location as police keep her under close surveillance.
2017-10-10
Already, at least 521,000 have arrived from Myanmar since Aug. 25.
2017-10-10
The order comes as ruling party lawmakers seek to carve up the CNRP’s parliamentary seats.
2017-10-10
An official says the government expects the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army to strike again.
2017-10-10
Employees are ordered back to work to promote ‘stability’ in the region.
2017-10-10
Tran Thi Thuy, sentenced to an eight-year term for petitioning for land rights, is in constant pain from tumors, her brother says.
2017-10-10
It remains unclear whether marble and granite are included on a list of banned exports under current United Nations sanctions.
2017-10-10
The Double Tenth, celebrated in democratic Taiwan as National Day, has become a symbol of hope to many in mainland China.
2017-10-10
Local residents have to register when they buy kitchen knives.
2017-10-10
The Qingzhen Bookstore, which traded online as IslamBook.net, ceases operations as its owner is detained on terrorism-related charges.
2017-10-09
Local officials are ordered to detain anyone exhibiting religious ‘extremist’ tendencies.
2017-10-09
In a practice previously ignored by police, they had brought small quantities back to sell to friends in need.
2017-10-09
The government military rejects an overture to discuss the further cessation of offensives for humanitarian purposes.
