Story Archive
2018-09-11
Gonpo Tseko had been sentenced to a 14-year term as 'ringleader' of protests in Gansu's Machu county.
2018-09-11
World Uyghur Congress officials welcome US sanctions talk and other signs of support for Uyghurs facing harsh repression under Chinese rule.
2018-09-11
UN report says Myanmar journalists face “clear choice between self-censorship and the risk of prosecution.”
2018-09-11
This year's performances highlight the 'long-term' friendship between North Korea and China.
2018-09-11
Leaders from the 10 ethnic armed groups want to meet soon with government and military officials.
2018-09-11
Vo Tan Minh, a drug trafficking suspect, died in Sept. 2017 after being beaten and kicked in a cell by detention center guards.
2018-09-11
The Zion Church in Beijing's Chaoyang district is banned by the government for holding 'unregistered' religious gatherings.
2018-09-11
Individual officers will be allowed to collect personal information and samples from anyone, as well as being protected from sanctions in the event of public complaints.
2018-09-10
Critics say freeing Kem Sokha on bail is meaningless because the political damage is already done after July's one-party elections.
2018-09-10
The move is seen as a further attack on freedom of expression.
2018-09-10
Li Caiyun, sister of would-be independent election candidate Li Biyun, is incommunicado after her home was forcibly demolished.
2018-09-10
Shi Jing had planned to travel to the democratic island to observe local government elections next month, but Nanjing police say he won't be allowed out of the country.
2018-09-10
Regulators try to slow the yuan's slide.
2018-09-07
Reports by local officials contradict a statement by a Chinese diplomat who says the region has more mosques per capita than other nations.
2018-09-07
Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees, other Myanmar ethnic minorities, and rights groups hail the decision as a positive step.
2018-09-07
A Uyghur living in Turkey discusses the arrests of more than a dozen of his relatives in Xinjiang.
2018-09-07
Relatives seeking answers are sent first to one place then another by police, family members say.
2018-09-07
RFA Cartoonist Rebel Pepper channels Leonardo da Vinci for his latest work – a look at China’s ongoing repression of Christianity. Earlier this week, police raided four churches in the central Chinese province of Henan. Police cordoned off the area and began tearing crosses down from the walls.
2018-09-07
Phijika Boonkwang had resigned on Facebook after being accused of defaming the country over the condition of a local road.
2018-09-07
The authorities have used physical violence against Huang Qi in a bid to extract a "confession" after delaying his trial at short notice.
2018-09-07
People are mistrustful of the government's assurances on the safety of pork, pointing to its cover-up of the SARS epidemic of 2003.
2018-09-07
Xu Qin, a close associate of jailed veteran dissident Qin Yongmin, remains under police surveillance and has yet to make contact with friends.
2018-09-06
“I am praying to you for the rescue of my daughters,” a Rohingya mother pleaded in a letter to camp officials.
2018-09-06
Reports are still coming in from remote areas hit by heavy rains, officials say.
2018-09-06
Park Jin Hyuk hacked for North Korea's government or ruling party, the U.S. Treasury Department says.
2018-09-06
Ten ethnic armed organizations will discuss their strategy for moving ahead in the peace process.
2018-09-06
News of Zhen Jianghua's trial was briefly reported, then deleted, but his family were left in the dark.
2018-09-06
Thousands take to the streets in anger that the government didn't inform them about plans for an electrical substation in their neighborhood.
2018-09-05
The talks yield no agreements but represent a 'positive step forward,' one group's spokesman says.
2018-09-05
Diplomats from key countries that denounced the election of lawmakers as illegitimate shun the event.
