Protest Monks Escape Tibet
2009-05-09
Five Tibetan monks wanted in China for staging protests at a major monastery reach safety in India.
Uyghurs Protest Orchard Sales
2009-05-08
In a new twist on land development tensions in China, authorities in Xinjiang are reclaiming orchards farmed by ethnic Uyghurs.
UK Woman May Be Moved
2009-05-08
A pregnant British woman facing capital charges in Laos for drug-smuggling could now be moved out of the country.
Uyghur Group Denies Links
2009-05-07
Uyghur exiles assail Pakistan's decision to send a group of ethnic Uyghurs back to China, while a militant group says it has no ties with the men.
'They Are Still Sending Them'
2009-05-07
In the second installment of an interview, a Burmese migrant describes abuses suffered by himself and other Burmese at the hands of a human trafficking gang.
North Korea Curbs Prices
2009-05-06
Stalinist North Korea slaps new curbs on farmers' markets, and on women traders trying to supplement family incomes.
China's Web Is Watching
2009-05-06
Citizens frustrated by official corruption have a new weapon on their side: the Web.
Germany Asked To Take Uyghurs
2009-05-05
Will Germany’s exiled Uyghur community take in some of the Uyghur men held at Guantanamo Bay for the last seven years?
China Readies for H1N1 Virus
2009-05-05
A Mexican jet has landed in Hong Kong to retrieve Mexican nationals held in quarantine for H1N1 virus.
In Burma, China’s Presence Grows
2009-05-05
China’s economic presence in Burma is growing fast, filling in where sanctions have forced the United States and its allies out.
UK National in Lao Trial
2009-05-04
A Nigerian-born British woman, now facing a possible death sentence in Laos for alleged drug-smuggling, has been held for months.
Duch Denies Murder Accusations
2009-05-04
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch denies killing several inmates with his own hands at his landmark international tribunal in Phnom Penh.
Missing Children Spark Outcry
2009-05-04
Thousands of children go missing in China every year, and parents say officials have so far done little to help recover them.
North America Braces to Contain H1N1 Virus
2009-05-01
The World Health Organization raised its flu alert on April 29, signaling a H1N1 virus pandemic is "imminent" as a toddler in the United States became the ...
'Deep Scars' Left by Nargis
2009-04-30
A year after Cyclone Nargis tore through Burma, untold thousands of victims are still homeless and grieving.
Dismayed by Media
2009-04-29
Nowadays, we can’t read about anything that is really going on with our country in the official media. Baffled and bemused, we turn to the foreign media.
Where Is the Path?
2009-04-29
China has yet to produce an opposition leader who can be to China what Nelson Mandela was to South Africa, Lech Walesa was to Poland, Kim Dae Jung was to South ...
Idealism in China
2009-04-29
The elders of the Chinese Communist Party […] hold all the guns. To them, the shouts of the students were nothing more than the wailing of infants, easily ...
1989 and Me
2009-04-29
The battleship that is June 4 is steaming farther and farther away from us, but it has inflicted a wound on our people that is very hard to erase. I only ...
'I Worked For Human Traffickers'
2009-04-29
A Burmese man describes how he was forced to beat other illegal workers by a Malaysian trafficking gang to buy his own freedom.
North Korean Women Sold in China
2009-04-29
A rights group calls on China to crack down on the sale of women who leave isolated, Stalinist North Korea in search of a better life.
Politburo Approves Bauxite Mining
2009-04-28
Vietnam’s most powerful ruling body approves a controversial mining plan amid increased concern over its potential environmental and social impacts.
June 4 and Me
2009-04-28
When they handed out the textbooks in contemporary Chinese history, I flipped eagerly to the relevant sections. I was astonished and disappointed to find the ...
Malaysia To Probe Abuse Claims
2009-04-24
A new report prompts Malaysia to investigate persistent allegations that Burmese migrants have suffered gravely, while traffickers act with impunity.
Rights Monitoring Could Increase
2009-04-22
The Burmese junta tortures 'a lot' of its critics, says a senior U.N. official, who also says he expects human rights monitoring to increase.