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The latest coronavirus outbreak has prompted lockdowns that are leaving residents increasingly desperate.

World Jewish Relief says 6,000 Uyghurs are in need of urgent financial and medical assistance.

Major Hein Thaw Oo tells RFA why he left the Myanmar military and what the prospects for the Spring Revolution are.

The 300 tons of corn is the first cargo to cross the Sino-Korean border in more than a year.

There are still some Chinese ships in the area of Whitsun Reef, a security official tells BenarNews.

Geng He, wife of disappeared rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, calls on the Chinese government to show him proof he is alive, or hand over his ashes.

The city has fallen to 80th place in recent years, amid an ongoing crackdown on peaceful dissent and political opposition under a draconian national security ...

The restrictions show that even moderate alternative voices to that of current leader Xi Jinping are unwelcome.

A Radio Free Asia investigation of government procurement contracts shows that Sansha City — which administers China's outposts in the contested South China ...

Security forces kill at least one person and arrest dozens more nationwide between Sunday evening and Monday morning.

Police shot and killed five Bangladeshis who were demonstrating over wages and Ramadan-time work hours.

Penpa Tsering says he will work hard for Tibetans both in Tibet and in exile, calling on them to remain united in the cause for greater freedoms in their ...

After three years of bans, it seems Muslims in the region remain fearful of being branded ‘extremist.’

Lod Thammavong, Somphone Pimmasone, and Soukane Chaitad had criticized the Lao government's human rights record in online postings made while working in ...

ASEAN should instead invite representatives of Myanmar's opposition National Unity Government, comprised of lawmakers who won seats in the November 2020 ...

Nguyen Tuong Thuy appears frail and forgetful during a recent meeting with his wife, who says she hopes his health will improve in his new prison.

The oaths are being required of government employees amid a crackdown on public criticism of the authorities.

Human Rights Watch stops short of genocide finding determined by the U.S. and others, but does not rule it out in the future.

Fellow rights attorney Yu Wensheng has been subjected to violence and mistreatment during his jail term at Nanjing Prison.

Politicians who won seats in the 2020 election enlist ethnic groups and proclaim a “National Unity Government.”

Penpa Tsering, former speaker of Tibet's Dharamsala, India-based exile parliament, looks set to be Tibet's next exile political leader, or Sikyong.

Government pats itself on the back for ordering local governments to give out extra food they don’t have.

Authorities arrest dozens of critics of government’s COVID-19 response.

Protesters staged a variety of strikes and demonstrations this week during Thingyan, the traditional five-day Buddhist New Year holiday.

Tahir Abbas, a resident of Turkey since 2017, says he doesn't know Shirzat Bawudun, a former high-ranking Uyghur official recently sentenced to death for ...

The sentencings come as Beijing continues to erase democratic freedoms in the city.

The United Nations refugee agency is urging Bangladesh to slow down its relocation of Rohingya to low-lying Bhashan Char Island because measures to protect ...

Henley Lee is currently serving an 11-year jail term for "financing criminal activities that harmed national security,' state media reported.

Barrister Margaret Ng says confidence in the city's courts is being eroded by their implementation of illiberal, colonial-era laws.