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Record Pangolin Seizures in Asia Highlight Risk to Obscure Creature 2019-04-19

A British newspaper noted that endangered pangolins “lack the celebrity status of elephants, rhinos, and tigers.”

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Malaysian Commander Says He Was Pulled from Duty after Trafficking Camp’s Discovery 2019-04-18

Sivanganam told the RCI that he was banned the site in the jungle near Wang Kelian after issuing his report.

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New Rohingya Arrivals Reach Malaysia by Boat 2019-04-08

Group of Rohingya is dropped off in Perlis after a first batch arrived last month.

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Chinese Woman Charged With 'Unlawful' Access to Mar-a-Lago: U.S. Investigators 2019-04-03

Zhang Yujing initially said she was there to use the pool, but had no swimwear and was found to be carrying a USB drive containing malware.

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UN Expert Says Lao Government Policies Make Life Worse For Poor, Marginalized 2019-03-28

Philip Alston says improvements in the lives of the poorest have not kept pace with economic growth.

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Report: Rohingya Refugees Suffered Crimes Against Humanity in Massive Human Trafficking Scheme 2019-03-27

Human rights groups interview survivors duped into trafficking between 2012 and 2015 while fleeing Myanmar for Malaysia and Thailand.

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Rights Group Urges Greater Anti-Trafficking Coordination by Myanmar, China to Tackle ‘Bride’ Trade 2019-03-21

Particularly at risk are women displaced by fighting in Myanmar’s Kachin and northern Shan states.

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Democrats in US Congress Call For Probe Into Chinese Influence Around Trump 2019-03-19

Democrats, including House speaker Nancy Pelosi, call on the FBI to investigate a Chinese businesswoman pictured at a party with the US president.

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Myanmar Military And Ethnic Armies Blamed For Abductions in Rakhine And Shan States 2019-03-13

Incidents occur as US State Department annual report finds rights abuses by the army and its non-state foes.

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North Korea’s National Academy of Sciences Supplies Drug Manufacturers With Raw Materials, Lab Equipment 2019-03-13

Academy sells drug-making chemicals and lab equipment at its store for ‘scientists.’

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Southeast Asian Women Call For Greater Opportunities, Lament War and Repression 2019-03-08

Cambodia blocks public rallies for International Women’s Day, while NGOs remember jailed women journalists.

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Malaysia Opens New Probe into Wang Kelian Mass Graves 2019-03-05

Royal Commission of Inquiry will investigate 2015 discovery near the border with Thailand.

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Good News and Bad News for Turtle Lovers Comes from the Pacific 2019 2019-02-28

Hawaii might now offer a model for how to protect green sea turtles.

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Rights Groups Urge Laos to Include The Poor in Decision-Making, Ahead of UN Expert’s Visit 2019-02-06

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston will visit Laos in March.

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Police Arrest 24 Villagers Displaced by Armed Conflict in Myanmar’s Chin State 2019-02-04

They are detained along with the couple that hosted them on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army.

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Myanmar’s Military Warns Ethnic Armies Against Trying to Expand Territory During Cease-fire 2019-01-25

The accused groups fault the army for tensions and say they don’t trust conditional peace offers.

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Myanmar Workers Return Home After Fleeing Miserable Conditions at Chinese Sugarcane Plantation 2019-01-23

The nearly four dozen workers say brokers promised them good wages at the site in Yunnan province.

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China's Death Sentence For Canadian Prompts Protest, Warnings 2019-01-15

Robert Schellenberg has said he will appeal the sentence, which was handed down following a retrial ordered in the wake of Meng Wanzhou's arrest.

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East Asian Nations Grapple With Environmental Challenges in 2018 2018-12-28

Region faces air and water pollution, deforestation, illegal fishing, wildlife trafficking and a growing plastic trash crisis.

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Lawyer for Jailed Cambodian Union Leader Says His Client is Innocent 2018-12-14

Ratt Roth Mony to request bail after being extradited and charged for helping produce sex trafficking documentary

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Bride And Birth Surrogate Ads in Northern Myanmar Spark Local Anger, Government Investigation 2018-12-12

Traffickers prey on vulnerable women from Shan state and other conflict-torn areas bordering China.

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Thailand to Deport Cambodian Union Leader Who Helped Produce Sex Trafficking Documentary 2018-12-11

Cambodia accuses Rath Rott Mony of creating fake news, but his wife says he is being targeted for his activism.

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Bangladeshi Police Rescue 10 Rohingya Bound for Malaysia 2018-11-30

Man suspected of human trafficking arrested, official says, as authorities monitor sea routes.

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Myanmar Authorities Force Rohingya to Return to Home After Failed Bid to Escape by Boat 2018-11-30

The nearly 100 Muslims had sought the help of traffickers to flee to Malaysia, seeking a better life.

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Latest Group of Rohingya Boat People Returned to Myanmar’s Rakhine State 2018-11-28

Authorities are investigating suspected traffickers who intended to take 93 Rohingya to Malaysia.

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Myanmar Authorities Detain Vessel With Rohingya Refugees Headed to Malaysia 2018-11-27

Tanintharyi region officials are keeping the 93 Rohingya at sea until the central government tells them what to do with them.

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Lao Woman’s Ordeal Highlights Growing Trafficking Problem as Workers Seek Better Jobs in Thailand 2018-11-14

‘Phinh’s’ Thai employer physically abused her while she was working illegally as a maid.

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53 Lao Women and Girls Rounded Up in Karaoke Bar Raid in Southern Thailand 2018-11-09

Three of the 53 females who were detained were minors with falsified ages on their IDs, officials said.

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Human Rights Watch: Sexual Violence in North Korea ‘Accepted as Part of Ordinary Life’ 2018-10-31

Men in power 'assault and rape' women at will under the Kim Jong Un regime.

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Myanmar Labor Groups Urge EU Not to Drop Crucial Trade Preferences 2018-10-29

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

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