Story Archive
2015-06-30
A fellow activist calls the amnesty a ‘gift’ to improve bilateral relations.
2015-06-30
The National League for Democracy believes it can reverse course on parliament’s rejection of charter reform changes that would allow Aung San Suu Kyi to become president.
2015-06-30
The defense lawyers in both cases have dismissed the charges as exaggerated and ridiculous.
2015-06-30
From his exile in India and in his travels around the world, the Dalai Lama has called for nonviolence, peace, and religious harmony.
2015-06-30
Some people are taken to the hospital after “feeling unwell,” as local officials promise a full investigation.
2015-06-29
An opposition lawmaker and monk suffer injuries during the incident.
2015-06-29
An opposition lawmaker and monk suffer injuries during the incident.
2015-06-29
His group had tried to bring in nets as evidence of poaching after police dismissed their concerns.
2015-06-29
A document posted on social media has shed light on the decision to let a Chinese company develop land around the Khouangxi waterfalls.
2015-06-29
They had grown increasingly devout after losing land to Han Chinese in what they called an unfair business deal.
2015-06-29
Increased monitoring in Thailand has forced smugglers to route the timber through Laos.
2015-06-29
His comments come as civil society groups protest against the proposed legislation by launching balloons urging lawmakers to reject it.
2015-06-29
His comments come as civil society groups protest against the proposed legislation by launching balloons urging lawmakers to reject it.
2015-06-29
Wong's girlfriend says she won't tone down her activism in response to the attack, however.
2015-06-29
Carbon cuts needed to stem warming effects.
2015-06-29
The real number of detained online writers could be far higher than those whose cases have been revealed publicly.
2015-06-26
No word has been received about her children, who were with her when she was detained.
2015-06-26
A senior monk says they will not use the station to broadcast messages of hate.
2015-06-26
The Interior Ministry says they must meet the country’s refugee status requirements and few have even applied.
2015-06-26
The Interior Ministry says they must meet the country’s refugee status requirements and few have even applied.
2015-06-26
Accounts of bloody scufffle in Tbong Khmum province differ as police seek more witnesses
2015-06-26
Accounts of bloody scufffle in Tbong Khmum province differ as police seek more witnesses
2015-06-26
Many feel unsafe speaking with their families, knowing authorities are listening.
2015-06-26
Tens of thousands march as authorities impose a strict information blackout on local media.
2015-06-26
The clashes come after the government moves to clear thousands of ancestral tombs from a nearby hillside, residents say.
2015-06-25
The activists want officials to stop a company from polluting the environment.
2015-06-25
The activists want officials to stop a company from polluting the environment.
2015-06-25
Arbitrary arrests, disappearances, and restrictions on press freedom also remain problems, the State Department says.
2015-06-25
The outcome leaves opposition MPs questioning the country’s democratic process.
2015-06-25
He had made offerings to a portrait of the Dalai Lama and commemorated a 2007 US congressional award to the exiled spiritual leader.