A security official at his university confirms the poet was taken into custody in January.
Hoang Duc Binh must now serve a 14-year term for his role in protests against a waste spill on Vietnam's coast.
Official media say nuclear production facilities and test sites are being closed, however.
Legal team said they acted in response to Kem Sokha's personal request.
A source says detainees are ‘brainwashed’ and ‘driven insane’ at the camps.
Woechung Gyatso was taken into custody after participating in a Chinese-led workshop on laws regulating internet use.
Rights groups are calling on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to enforce its own laws on gender discrimination in the workplace.
The authorities warned Yue Xin she 'may not graduate successfully' and forced her to delete anything related to the two-decades-old case from her devices.
Derek Mitchell, former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar, says the government could have handled some aspects of its initiative to end civil wars ‘a little better.’
An Australian author describes China’s efforts to build political influence in his home country.
Small numbers have migrated because of dire poverty in the southeastern region of Bangladesh.
Authorities evict the family of Police Captain Moe Yan Naing a day after he testified that two detained Reuters reporters were set up.
