Story Archive
2017-10-31
Police outnumber protesters outside the court amid fears of a crackdown.
2017-10-31
Scores of dissidents, bloggers and others have been jailed and some have been beaten by thugs doing government bidding.
2017-10-31
Police say they are given blank verdict forms from the courts, which they fill in themselves.
2017-10-31
The country's opposition party says it will monitor changes to ensure they respect the rights of ethnic Rakhine residents.
2017-10-31
The world’s biggest social network service says it has no plans to roll out the trial any further.
2017-10-31
Some 20 institutions of higher education have set up research centers to study "Xi Jinping Thought," as public portraits of China's latest "core leader" are put on display across the country.
2017-10-31
Traders are left hanging in the wind by cash-strapped state-owned firms in North Korea.
2017-10-31
A top parliamentary official in Beijing says the booing of the ruling Chinese Communist Party's national anthem must be banned, 'urgently.'
2017-10-30
Nation reviewing ties with Pyongyang, Najib Razak tells parliament.
2017-10-30
Refugees have cut down 1 million trees for firewood and building camps, forest officer says.
2017-10-30
Hindu refugees describe being held at gunpoint in September by Muslims.
2017-10-30
Many suspect the menacing groups are sanctioned by the government to harass critics and rights defenders.
2017-10-30
After being interrogated by a Uyghur official, the students went missing from Tora Prison.
2017-10-30
Hua Yong has been threatened with worse to come from 'stability maintenance' teams if he doesn't leave the capital.
2017-10-30
The authorities are targeting young and old alike, including overseas students and ethnic minority elderly who wish to retire across the border.
2017-10-30
Trade risks rise over forced technology transfer, with product demand in China shaped by government policies.
2017-10-27
Home minister says he refused to sign statement after section calling for granting citizenship was pulled.
2017-10-27
They had taken journalists to view a church damaged by a government airstrike in northern Shan state.
2017-10-27
The number includes 11 immediate family members, two of whom have served prior jail terms.
2017-10-27
Exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy says he thinks Cambodians will not be easily fooled by ruling party tactics.
2017-10-27
She asks her to intervene with Vietnam's government to win her mother's release from a prison term served for politically sensitive writings.
2017-10-27
But the cost of tiling a private home is enough to feed a family of four for five months.
2017-10-27
The sidelining of a former ally by Xi Jinping highlight corruption claims by exiled billionaire Guo Wengui.
2017-10-27
A prominent Chinese writers' association says it fears he no longer has his Swedish passport, and is being kept under close police surveillance.
2017-10-26
The camps are set up for criminal rather than political offenders, but brutal conditions prevail.
2017-10-26
Investigator names one man, believed to be North Korean, as mastermind of attack.
2017-10-26
Reports of older detainees suggest authorities are casting a wide net to meet camp quotas.
2017-10-26
Award-winning rights activist Su Changlan is at home with family 'resting,' according to her relatives, who are likely under surveillance.
2017-10-26
Rights activists and critics of the ruling party say they still aren't free to move around, and expect restrictions to continue at least until the end of the month.
2017-10-26
Xi revealed a new leadership lineup on Oct. 25, with no obvious successor in the all-powerful Politburo standing committee.
