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A student leader and anti-extradition activist talks about the role of Hong Kong women in the four-month-old protest movement.

A leading opposition figure calls for the defense of women's rights ahead of International Women's Day.

A rights activist describes the plight of Kachin women living in refugee camps in northern Burma.

A Laotian NGO worker describes how her childhood led her to her current work.

A Chinese spa worker describes a campaign to reclaim unpaid wages.

A former teacher who pursued an assault complaint over three decades speaks about the long and weary journey of a Chinese petitioner.

Unfazed by police intimidation, Vietnamese blogger Huynh Thuc Vy vows she will not be silenced.

A Chinese blogger explores the nature of social equality and inequality.

An immigrant to San Francisco from Hong Kong tells of four decades of teaching English to newcomers.

Li Biyun says she has broken at least one rib after being thrown down at the side of a road on her release.

The wife of a Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist jailed in Vietnam gives testimony before a congressional human rights commission in Washington.

A Chinese blogger explores the nature of technological progress and communication.

A Chinese writer takes aim at the fantasy of extraterrestrial colonization in "Interstellar."

Women rights advocates call on China's population planning officials to de-link household registration from compulsory fitting of IUDs.

A Hong Kong lawmaker takes a swipe at movie star Jackie Chan.

The wife and sister of a Uyghur political prisoner describe a two-decade-long family ordeal.

Jin Bianling, the rights lawyer's U.S.-based wife, calls for a probe into the allegations and the release of Jiang's father and sister.

A former editor of an official newspaper discusses China's treatment of foreign journalists.

A refugee from Burma’s northern Kachin state tells of her escape amid ethnic clashes.

The wife of a Chinese women's rights activist talks about life under surveillance.

Dire economic conditions drive men and women into China where many fall prey to human traffickers.

What makes a North Korean of relatively privileged status leave her home country and strike out into the unknown?

The daughter of a prominent Chinese environmental activist recounts her memories of Taihu Lake.

The wife of a detained Chinese lawyer highlights her husband's plight.

The US-based wife of disappeared rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng says his family still don't know where he is, one year after his most recent 'disappearance.'

Xie Yang's wife Chen Guiqiu talks to RFA about her fears for her husband and her hopes for a new future with the couple's children.

Wang Quanzhang's memory and personality appear to have been profoundly affected following years of incommunicado detention, his wife says.

The chairperson of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party looks set to win her party's nomination to run in the 2016 presidential elections.

Lee Ching-yu talks to journalists during a trip to the U.S., where she attends the State of the Union address.

The daughter of a detained dissident calls on world leaders to pressure China for his freedom.