Story Archive
2017-09-29
Detainees are rarely freed, despite months of ‘training’ to undo ‘political incorrectness.’
2017-09-29
National Security Adviser Thaung Tun says the country ‘will never espouse a policy of genocide or ethnic cleansing’ and ‘will do everything to prevent it.’
2017-09-29
Experts say 'business as usual' would not be good for ecosystems covered by the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) scheme.
2017-09-29
Tibetan drivers will now be checked for proper documents as China prepares for top-level Party meetings in faraway Beijing.
2017-09-29
Police say the article he wrote was 'rumor-mongering,' but families of disappeared students say it was factually accurate.
2017-09-29
Beijing has taken some steps to enforce UN sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, but officials and analysts say their impact is limited.
2017-09-28
Vuong Van Tha was taken into custody in May, after police laid siege to his home.
2017-09-28
Rakhine state officials cite rainy weather as reason for calling off Thursday's trip to the focal point of recent strife.
2017-09-28
CNRP officials dismiss pressure from local authorities over banners calling for leader's freedom.
2017-09-28
CNRP chief whip says it is a mistake to celebrate a state of peace under current repressive conditions.
2017-09-28
Hao Wei died after arriving to seek political asylum in Bangkok with late-stage cancer last October.
2017-09-28
Protesters mark the first time riot police fired tear gas on student protesters at the start of the mass popular movement for full democracy.
2017-09-28
Editors from Rose China and Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch are detained, held incommunicado, and placed under round-the clock guard by state security police.
2017-09-28
His father says authorities never provided a clear reason for the detention.
2017-09-27
The students were punished despite a probe which cleared them of any wrongdoing.
2017-09-27
The announcement comes amid growing pressure from the international community for Myanmar to address and resolve the crisis in Rakhine state.
2017-09-27
Cambodia must take 'immediate steps' to ensure free and fair national elections next year, some Rights Council members say.
2017-09-27
Lee Ching-yu, wife of Lee Ming-cheh, says his fundamental right to visits from his family have been stripped away.
2017-09-27
Authorities are also requiring households to hand over any prayer mats or other items bearing the symbols of Islam.
2017-09-27
Authorities brutally assault two men and a boy until they are bloody and unconscious, a relative of one of the detained says.
2017-09-26
The ruling is made in the CNRP leader’s absence, prompting his lawyers to boycott the proceedings.
2017-09-26
Some 480,000 refugees have fled from Myanmar since Aug. 25, new figures show.
2017-09-26
Hundreds of uniformed officers destroy tents and attack protesters with shock batons and water cannon, sources say.
2017-09-26
The event follows other religious gatherings held without interference by authorities in recent years.
2017-09-26
Student protesters at a cross-straits music event are attacked by unidentified individuals wielding sticks.
2017-09-26
Users report an intermittent calling service and an inability to send text messages since a reported block began this week.
2017-09-25
Sixty percent of newly arrived refugees are children, the United Nations says.
2017-09-25
The government says a ‘third hand’ plans to incite crowds at the hearing in the capital.
2017-09-25
Malaysia says statement by association chairman omitted any reference to Rohingya Muslims.
2017-09-25
A community leader says Muslim militants arrested and killed about 100 residents from Kha Maung Seik village tract.
