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Investigators found the corpse of Hasan Afriandi after receiving a tip from Destructive Fishing Watch.

An annual U.S. State Department report highlights abuses in China, Vietnam, North Korea, Burma, Cambodia, and Laos.

Activists and political commentators say the government's rights report confuses human rights with quality of life.

On the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, overseas human rights groups call for change in Laos.

Illegal migration has become out in the open, even as the dangers remain extreme.

A new study examines the nuclear-armed nation's illicit activities that earn valuable hard currency.

If deported home, the Uyghurs face 'credible threats of torture,' a human rights group says.

A Cambodian court comes under fire for giving lenient sentences to two Frenchmen convicted of child sex.

A Cambodian court comes under fire for giving lenient sentences to two Frenchmen convicted of child sex.

The smuggling spawns more organized crime and corruption, while threatening biodiversity, says the EIA

Vietnam's communist government is slammed for imprisoning a dissident on groundless charges.

But the U.S. report salutes 'the awesomely courageous acts of individuals' in expanding the cause of human rights.

The death of an overworked Vietnamese teen underscores peril of labor exports to the Middle East.

The son of a domestic abuse victim talks about growing up as the son of a kidnapped and bought bride.

They say the withdrawal of tariff-free access to the bloc will lead to factory closures and job losses.

NGO officials said she ran away because she was unable to study and feared for her safety at the camp.

Five refugees and a suspected human trafficker were detained, police say.

Commentators say public doubt continues over the conclusions of the official investigation into the case.

The Lao government responds following pressure from the UN and rights groups.

Officials paid for sex with college women in a trendy Pyongyang bathhouse.

Thousands of boat people may be languishing at sea and Bangkok says it has discovered 73 human-smuggling camps in the south.

Three Burmese women who went to work legally in Malaysia are now being held in one of the country's notorious immigration jails after they lodged a complaint ...

Four, who were among 46 sent back to Vietnam last year, sentenced for organizing illegal departure.

Women continue to be trafficked from Laos into China in spite of warnings against trusting promises of well-paid work across the border.

Sihanoukville officials take aim at Chinese-owned businesses in the beach resort town.

Civil society groups say corruption is propping up the drug trade in the country.

Government denies claims made in Amnesty International report which says the fight against meth causes harms health and violates rights.

At least 2 of every 5 men in the state’s 18 townships consume illegal drugs, activists say.