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Prominent Chinese rights lawyer Wang Yu was among dozens of women honored by the US State Department on International Women's Day 2021.

The move to ensure all electoral candidates are vetted by pro-China officials will make any expansion of seats or voting rights meaningless, commentators say.

Security forces raided the homes of ruling party figures, shooting out windows and beating residents.

‘The military regime is worse than COVID-19,’ says one physician.

Many Burmese say they now regret their former silence when the military cracked down on the Rohingya, driving hundreds of thousands across the border to ...

All six were relatives of Kurbanjan Abdukerim, who died last week after being released from detention.

Protesters in one Yangon neighborhood remain defiant as the threat of more violence looms.

The body of young ethnic Chinese protester is suspiciously exhumed by military authorities after her funeral.

A Biden executive order after the coup froze $1 billion in money the junta tried to retrieve.

Family members were not informed of the hearing date, learning about it only from the lawyers representing their relatives in court.

With no way to make money due to border closure, the North Korean traders turned to mahjong.

The island's government warns that it will respect the opinions of its 23 million people, and protect freedom and democracy.

Tian Ruidi is currently in hiding after an intimidation campaign to get her to withdraw her candidacy.

Protesters in Myanmar, have been creating makeshift shields - often decorated with political or generational messages - from steel barrels and other materials ...

Government cites gain after workers miss holidays at home.

Ruling Chinese Communist Party officials say Beijing needs to close off loopholes allowing 'hostile foreign forces' to disrupt Hong Kong's political life.

The timber, harvested illegally years ago and hidden in the forest, is being mixed with timber from trees felled in a 2018 flood and dam disaster, sources say.

Kurbanjan Abdukerim had lost more than 100 pounds while detained over a three-year period.

New documents show that the ‘poverty alleviation’ scheme aims to thin out minority populations.

The Myanmar Red Cross Society calls on security forces to refrain from attacking emergency care workers.

New women’s shelter for northern provinces seeks funding from the international community.

An ethnic Chinese known by the nickname “Angel”, Kyal Sin was one of millions who joined protests across Myanmar after the military seized power and ousted ...

Workers for food delivery apps Ele.me and Meituan are disputing deductions from their wages.

Security forces ‘seem intent on breaking the back of the anti-coup movement,’ says Human Rights Watch.

Defendants have been prevented from seeing case files, with some saying they have been denied access to legal representation in the closed-door hearing.

Ehet and Ehmet Sulaiman are believed to have been targeted as part of an intimidation campaign.

The group had failed to register their chat group with Chinese authorities, who closely monitor Tibetans' use of social media to block the spread of ...

Raw materials go only to military-affiliated companies, so other producers are pushed out of the market.

Residents complain of police and soldiers shooting indiscriminately and vandalizing property.