Story Archive
2016-01-29
Many are upset that the wealthy can afford to purchase clean spring water, while they must rely on blocks of ice from polluted rivers.
2016-01-29
The outgoing speaker of parliament says the November elections that brought to power a new government led by the opposition party were the ‘people’s victory.’
2016-01-29
Timbers are allegedly burned in Mondulkiri province as the government threatens a crackdown on forest crimes.
2016-01-29
Timbers are allegedly burned in Mondulkiri province as the government threatens a crackdown on forest crimes.
2016-01-29
Controversial dancers are often women who suffered through repeated Mao-era calamities in their youth.
2016-01-29
Pastor Gu Yuese and his wife Zhou Lianmei are under 'residential surveillance at a designated location,' a U.S.-based rights group says.
2016-01-29
Tang Jingling, Wang Qingying, and Yuan Xinting were targeted for political reasons over their civil rights campaigns, activists say.
2016-01-28
They say their county's education department has withheld funds sent by central government authorities for their school.
2016-01-28
He urges the country's political parties to work together with the incoming government led by the opposition National League for Democracy party.
2016-01-28
Third blast in a month raises the stakes as Laos begin to wonder who is to blame for the rising violence that the government often blames on 'bandits.'
2016-01-28
Some see a worsening crackdown as Beijing fears that slowing economic growth will bring more social unrest in its wake.
2016-01-28
The protests come amid concerns that academic freedom may be under threat in the former British colony.
2016-01-27
University affiliation of the instructors may have allowed the course to proceed without interference by authorities.
2016-01-27
Human Rights Watch and Freedom House issue their annual reviews of how governments in the region stepped up repression in 2015.
2016-01-27
Human Rights Watch and Freedom House issue their annual reviews of how governments in the region stepped up repression in 2015.
2016-01-27
North Korean diplomats spent much of 2015 cultivating foreign relations, only to see this work made void by the Jan. 6 nuclear blast.
2016-01-27
Election unlikely to change human rights record as leaders represent old guard.
2016-01-27
Chinese authorities decline so far to interfere in an event usually considered politically sensitive.
2016-01-27
A news account on the popular WeChat app is also shuttered after a misleading headline, showing the authorities' hair-trigger fear of public reaction.
2016-01-27
Students end a week-long class boycott after scuffles and 'rough treatment' of protesters by police.
2016-01-26
Traditional herding communities say they are no longer receiving government subsidies for a ban on grazing their livestock.
2016-01-26
Dahlin's swift release on medical and diplomatic grounds is unlikely to be an option for dozens of Chinese fellow activists.
2016-01-25
Plunging energy prices devalue huge deal of strategic and political importance for Beijing and Moscow.
2016-01-25
Leak of Chinese hit list makes many fear that the city is no longer a safe haven for freedom of expression and publication.
2016-01-25
Two groups whose founders are in detention demand an apology and a retraction from state news agency Xinhua.
2016-01-22
The detention of Swedish human rights worker Peter Dahlin was just the tip of the iceberg, with many groups forced to close their doors.
2016-01-22
New slate faces economic crises, rampant corruption and raises some uncertainty on Laos-China railway project
2016-01-22
Pyongyang says it is holding Otto Frederick Warmbier in a statement released 20 days after taking him into custody.
2016-01-21
The government agrees to send 13 Montagnards to the Philippines to wait for asylum, and says it will consider petitions by many others.
2016-01-21
The government agrees to send 13 Montagnards to the Philippines to wait for asylum, and says it will consider petitions by many others.
