Story Archive
2020-07-31
Defendants are often tried in secret, and confessions obtained under torture are used against them in court.
2020-07-31
Villagers say the unexploded ordnance was left behind by government soldiers.
2020-07-31
Vietnam has been among the most successful countries in tackling COVID-19.
2020-07-31
Border authorities accused him of ‘fake news,’ but Rong Chhun doubled down on the day of his arrest.
2020-07-31
Tin Hlaing, chairwoman of the Rakhine State Election Subcommission, says military-run ministries will decide whether it is safe to hold balloting.
2020-07-31
Defendants had advocated for the rights to freedom of speech and assembly promised by Vietnam's constitution.
2020-07-31
The Treasury Department targeted the XPCC for implementing policies of persecution in the XUAR.
2020-07-31
Opposition lawmakers say the move is tantamount to a political coup, and has plunged the city into a constitutional crisis.
2020-07-31
Student Xixi sues a publishing house and an online platform over a book describing homosexuality as a 'psychosexual disorder.'
2020-07-31
Buying binge may signal preparation for transit disruption.
2020-07-31
The international community remembers a staunch supporter of democracy who became Taiwan's first democratically elected president.
2020-07-31
Tightly controlled platinum in the confiscated contraband points to high-level connections.
2020-07-30
At least 12 Indonesian crew members of Chinese-flagged boats have died at sea since late 2019.
2020-07-30
Across the political spectrum, parties are boosting the ratio of female candidates in November.
2020-07-30
China’s tough-worded statement came as China’s military conducted night-time drills with bomber planes over the South China Sea.
2020-07-30
'Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town' focuses on Ngaba, scene of self-immolation protests.
2020-07-30
A government spokesman says the Philippines would also welcome help from the US and Europe, saying his country is 'a friend to all.'
2020-07-30
Residents say blaming a defector seems too convenient amid a campaign against exiles.
2020-07-30
Mother Nature says it is destroying a crucial ecosystem and the livelihoods of hundreds of families.
2020-07-30
Abdurehim Gheni discusses two years of efforts to locate his missing relatives in Xinjiang.
2020-07-30
Those denied permission to stand in legislative elections include incumbent lawmakers, district councilors, and former student protest leader Joshua Wong.
2020-07-30
Chen Yunfei was kicked out of a previous home along with his elderly mother, only to meet fresh harassment in their new one.
2020-07-29
"Professor Xu does not have to prove he did not commit this crime; The police have to prove that he did," said former rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang.
2020-07-29
This leads to self-censorship and a decrease in public understanding of those freedoms, rights groups say.
2020-07-29
But a spokesman says the watches were acquired legally and that critics are merely jealous.
2020-07-29
The 34 in Laos are quickly arrested and sent home the next day after being checked for signs of infection.
2020-07-29
North Korean refugee went undercover to help Chinese authorities take down human trafficking rings.
2020-07-29
Police say the arrestees are suspected of inciting others online to pro-independence activities.
2020-07-29
New policy follows weeks of Pyongyang invective against defectors and refugees.
2020-07-29
Zhang Haitao's family have had no news of him since visits were stopped in April 2018.
