Story Archive
2012-05-25
A Chinese AIDS activist tells how her health workshop was vandalized.
2012-05-18
A Chinese petitioner believed to be institutionalized after she approached the country's leader with her complaint tells her story of the incident.
2012-05-17
The wife of a Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist jailed in Vietnam gives testimony before a congressional human rights commission in Washington.
2012-05-11
The daughter of a jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist hopes her mother can visit her in the US.
2012-05-07
Chen Guangcheng's wife says authorities took their anger out on her after his escape from house arrest.
2012-04-27
In an interview in 1999, Li Shuxian, wife of dissident Chinese physicist Fang Lizhi who passed away this month, recalled their early days together.
2012-04-20
A Chinese woman describes being raped by an unidentified man during a kidnapping in Beijing earlier this month.
2012-04-13
A young Vietnamese woman describes how she forged a thriving business out of scrap metal.
2012-04-13
Chinese rights lawyer Ni Yulan tells the story of her torture at the hands of local police that left her crippled.
2012-04-06
Vietnamese women describe how they make ends meet by relying on scrap.
2012-04-06
The daughter of a purged reformist Chinese Communist Party chief breaks her silence on national politics.
2012-03-29
A filmmaker describes her motivation to document the actions of a rebellious Chinese village.
2012-03-27
A former worker vows to continue her bid for China's local People's Congress in support of labor rights.
2012-03-22
The wife and sister of a Uyghur political prisoner describe a two-decade-long family ordeal.
2012-03-20
Two of China's netizen activists, He Peirong and Fan Yanqiong, speak about struggles they've faced after discussing controversial topics online.
2012-03-19
A refugee from Burma’s northern Kachin state tells of her escape amid ethnic clashes.
2012-03-07
A 2012 International Woman of Courage speaks about her imprisonment and democratic change in Burma.
2012-03-07
The wife of a Chinese women's rights activist talks about life under surveillance.
2012-03-05
A young North Korean woman describes the dangers facing repatriated defectors.
2012-03-02
The mother of a young man killed in Tiananmen Square seeks redress from the Chinese government.
2012-03-01
The daughter of an activist who died in Wukan protests explains why she wants to join village politics.
2012-02-28
A wildlife activist talks about the state of conservation policy in China.
2012-02-22
The wife of a Chinese dissident speaks about the 'persecution' of her husband and their family.
2012-02-22
Former Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu discusses the state of politics in Taiwan.
2012-02-15
Photographs by Liu Xia, wife of imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, showcase the couple’s political struggles.
2012-02-15
Retired gynecologist Gao Yaojie works to expose China's AIDS problem.
2012-02-14
Chinese activist lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s wife doesn’t know whether to believe he is alive.
2012-02-10
Apart from being an award-winning writer of short stories, Than Myint Aung
is a tireless organizer of social programs to help Burma’s poor, sick, and
underprivileged. She attributed much of the success of her efforts to her
experiences in welfare work.
2012-02-01
Newly arrived in the United States, the wife of a Chinese dissident speaks out about her husband's and her family's ordeal.
2012-01-06
In her last weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Kyi comments on criticism, the right to freedom, and having the courage to act.
