Story Archive
2019-12-05
Yonten's protest brings to 156 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in their homeland.
2019-12-05
There are signs that the requirement will eventually be rolled out to include all mobile phone users.
2019-12-05
Erkin Ayup was detained after spending decades as a civil servant.
2019-12-05
Ministry of Foreign Affairs says they are involved in treasonous acts.
2019-12-05
Chau Van Kham, Nguyen Van Vien, and Tran Van Quyen are not terrorists, and had tried only to promote peaceful change in Vietnam, Human Rights Watch says.
2019-12-05
Police give go-ahead to peaceful demonstration to mark Human Rights Day on Sunday.
2019-12-05
Beijing has attacked the bills, saying they interfere in China’s internal affairs.
2019-12-05
A second Indonesian journalist is deported after making an overdue application for a visa extension.
2019-12-04
Many holding the coveted title abuse their power, claiming unfair advantage in business deals or engaging in illegal logging.
2019-12-04
Guljamal Ebeydulla was detained because she served a previous jail sentence in connection with wearing a hijab.
2019-12-04
Vietnam has for years been losing mangrove forests, which play an important role in protecting their surrounding environment.
2019-12-04
District-level authorities say the factory owners are ignoring orders to suspend operations.
2019-12-04
Representatives from communities in India, Nepal, and Ladakh say the selection process must remain in the Tibetan people's hands.
2019-12-04
The moves comes two days after a ruling that the former political opposition leader must stand trial.
2019-12-04
Taiwan is the only country listed as 'open' in a recent survey of the region's civil and political rights and freedom of expression.
2019-12-04
The move comes as the government once more refuses to publish the chemical composition of the tear gas being fired at citizens.
2019-12-04
Government uses disabled children and athletes for propaganda.
2019-12-03
The bill calls for sanctions on the Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo.
2019-12-03
Meanwhile, police in Tbong Khmum province arrest five Chinese nationals for kidnapping and torture.
2019-12-03
A priest says the event was disrupted by ‘uniformed policemen, traffic policemen, security people wearing masks, and thugs.’
2019-12-03
Refugee commissioner Mahbub Alam Talukder describes HRW report as “all-out false.”
2019-12-03
A rights group accuses police of a ‘double standard’ that only benefits supporters of the ruling party.
2019-12-03
The government military denies residents’ claim it fired the mortars that hit Mrauk-U town’s Ale Zay quarter.
2019-12-03
Pham Chi Dung warns that Hanoi will arrest opponents of FTA in video message made two days before he was arrested.
2019-12-03
Waris Ababekri had been detained in January and died within a week of being freed last month.
2019-12-03
The nearest water is now six miles away, and can be brought back only by motorcycle, villagers say.
2019-12-03
Rights observers say expanding the ranks of the city's police force would reinforce its image as a 'police state.'
2019-12-03
One report says that Beijing is also hoping to rewrite international guidelines to enable it to export its surveillance technology overseas.
2019-12-02
Decision comes after opposition leader’s legal team appeals to have all charges dropped.
2019-12-02
Ethnic groups at war with the Myanmar army support the case against Myanmar, while some others back the country.
