Story Archive
2018-02-16
The ‘regrettable’ development means government officials are charged with examining the personal and political views of candidates who have no way to challenge their decisions, lawyers say.
2018-02-15
The Interior Ministry is taking legal action against Kem Sokha and others for forming the new Cambodia National Rescue Movement.
2018-02-15
Rakhine state’s chief minister urges the group to work with the Myanmar government to help resolve the region's problems.
2018-02-15
The wife of detained human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng says he has been denied access to a lawyer, and the family has been refused permission to visit him.
2018-02-15
Some 60 members of China’s embattled legal profession want an end to the revoking of licenses, and the release of all detained colleagues.
2018-02-14
They ask the UN human rights agency and other international organizations to help ensure the safety of Sin Chanpeou Rozeth.
2018-02-14
If China is allowed to name features now, it will someday claim the entire area, one expert says.
2018-02-14
Sun Zhengcai stands accused of bribery, but political analysts say he plotted to challenge the political supremacy of President Xi Jinping.
2018-02-14
The move comes as Pyongyang fears embarrassing defections during the Winter Olympics in rival South Korea.
2018-02-14
A photograph is posted to social media purporting to show the widow of late Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo browsing in a bookstore, but her friends say she still hasn’t been in normal contact.
2018-02-13
Dim Kundy and Hun Vannak had photographed sand dredging carried out by a firm linked to Cambodia's ruling party.
2018-02-13
The two sides are trying to reach an agreement on wage and other contract terms.
2018-02-13
The prosecutor offers to drop the case against the editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now if he makes amends with Buddhist monk Wirathu.
2018-02-13
The two have been detained for three months, with no date set for their trial.
2018-02-13
Former chief secretary Anson Chan calls on ordinary people to ‘stand up and be counted’ in defense of the city’s judicial independence.