Story Archive
2016-06-30
Officials at lower levels take bribes from traffickers, coerce labor on state-ordered building projects.
2016-06-30
Locals discover the bodies of the five residents along with those of two unidentified others in shallow graves in an area where armed conflicts have occurred.
2016-06-30
The wife of tortured rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng speaks about the emotional scars left by his torture.
2016-06-30
Seven bodies are found in two shallow graves in a village outside of Lashio in Shan State.
2016-06-30
But doubts remain over the size of the payment and Hanoi's reaction to a disaster that polluted miles of coastline.
2016-06-30
Police issue an arrest warrant for anti-eviction activist Jin Zhongqi who had complained about intrusive surveillance by state security police.
2016-06-30
No reason is given, but lawyers and activists say the court likely feared being surrounded by diplomats and reporters.
2016-06-29
Hun Sen dispenses with any pretense of due process, calling CNRP leader a ‘prisoner’ who will be in jail forever.
2016-06-29
The detention of Pema Tseden sparks fears over habitual violence by Chinese police against Tibetans.
2016-06-29
Hun Sen dispenses with any pretense of due process, calling CNRP leader a ‘prisoner’ who will be in jail forever.
2016-06-29
Commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing says the army will work to ensure the success of the government’s key peace initiative.
2016-06-29
Ownership argument over three-hectare parcel in Luang Prabang underscores difficulties with land-grab issues.
2016-06-29
They contend that authorities are intentionally delaying informing the public about the true cause of the environmental disaster.
2016-06-29
A prominent activist said overseas groups often overlook rights violations that happen to the most vulnerable.
2016-06-29
More than 1,000 people gather outside the city's municipal complaints department, with some escorted to a detention center in buses, witnesses say.
2016-06-28
They fear that waste from the new factory in Hua Giang province will pollute the Mekong Delta’s Hau River.
2016-06-28
The report, to be issued Thursday, says the Southeast Asian nation has failed to eradicate the use of child soldiers.
2016-06-28
He had evaded capture for three years after taking part in protests in Ngaba in 2008.
2016-06-28
Many are killed in falls or by heart attacks or endemic disease, one expert says.
2016-06-28
Nguyen Dan Que discusses the state of Vietnam's democracy movement and what it means to win the Gwangju Prize.
2016-06-28
An exiled veteran democracy activist exposes a political strategy favored by Mao and its effects in Hong Kong.
2016-06-28
Subversion charges against Sichuan-based Chen Yunfei are dropped, but he will stand trial on public order charges instead.
2016-06-28
Zhu Tiezhi is found hanged after warning the ruling party over growing factional strife.
2016-06-27
Rights activists are also protesting the continued disappearance of a dissident's wife, amid fears for her life.
2016-06-27
The report by a women’s organization chronicles torture inflicted by the government army upon ethnic Palaung civilians in volatile areas of Shan state.
2016-06-27
Hun Sen’s anti-opposition campaign tries to hit Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers in the wallet.
2016-06-27
Hun Sen’s anti-opposition campaign tries to hit Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers in the wallet.
2016-06-27
The United Nationalities Federal Council will organize the meeting for participants to hammer out their positions before a major conference with government peace negotiators.
2016-06-27
The country's prime minister moves to block new digging along a river already fouled by chemicals and mud.
2016-06-27
Media commentators say those who want real information in China have long since stopped using homegrown search engines like Baidu.
