Story Archive
2016-12-27
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is still very ambivalent about public displays of affection for the late supreme leader, however.
2016-12-27
Relatives and friends of detained rights activists are now being held alongside those they were looking for on charges of subversion of state power.
2016-12-27
Former classmates of Lei Yang from an influential university slam the decision not to press charges after he died under arrest in May.
2016-12-27
Nine people are handed jail terms of up to 10 years on charges related to public order, demonstrations, and 'spreading rumors.'
2016-12-23
Shuna Mya from Ngakhura village turns up dead after talking to reporters who visited the violence-ravaged township in Rakhine state.
2016-12-23
Um Sam An's Facebook postings on Cambodia's border controversy had damaged the government's dignity, the appeals court says.
2016-12-23
Um Sam An's Facebook postings on Cambodia's border controversy had damaged the government's dignity, the appeals court says.
2016-12-23
Chen Yunfei was detained in 2015 after he visited the grave of a Tiananmen Square massacre victim.
2016-12-23
The ruling Chinese Communist Party remains highly uneasy about the spread of Christianity in China, and even within its own ranks, pastors say.
2016-12-23
The protest comes as authorities confirm charges against recently disappeared human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, raising fears that he may have been tortured.
2016-12-22
The shutdown isn’t the first for the dam as construction of the penstock may have made an ancient landslide unstable.
2016-12-22
The border affairs and security minister of Rakhine state says people in the region must work together to find guns taken by attackers.
2016-12-22
Heng Samrin says the investigation falls outside of the legislature’s jurisdiction.
2016-12-22
Heng Samrin says the investigation falls outside of the legislature’s jurisdiction.
2016-12-22
Destruction at the once bustling Buddhist study center has turned it into a 'dusty valley,' one source says.
