Ketamine bust prompts calls for greater enforcement oversight in Cambodia
Cambodian authorities in the resort town of Sihanoukville seized nearly 1 ton of ketamine over the weekend in the latest high-profile drug bust in this...
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Lao Christians fearful after police report no progress in pastor’s suspected homicide
Almost two months after Lao authorities found the badly beaten corpse of a pastor in the forest in Khammouane province, they are no closer to...
Junta court sentences Sithu Aung Myint to another 7 years in prison
A special court in Yangon’s Insein Prison has sentenced journalist Sithu Aung Myint to seven years in prison. He had already received two sentences totaling...
Prisoner of conscience Nguyen Nang Tinh receives Le Dinh Luong prize
Imprisoned Vietnamese activist Nguyen Nang Tinh has been awarded the Le Dinh Luong Human Rights Award 2022. The annual prize is presented by the U.S.-based Vietnam...
Amid growing discontent, a jump in the number of Chinese seeking to move to Canada
The number of Chinese applying to emigrate to Canada rose 15 percent during the July-September quarter, the latest indication of widespread public dissatisfaction with life...
Cambodia shuts down maternity clinic after botched operation to remove dead fetus
The Cambodian government on Thursday shut down and revoked the permit of a private maternity clinic after an unlicensed midwife there removed part of a...
In nighttime raid, Myanmar forces kill 4 opposition party members and 2 civilians
In a nighttime raid on a village in central Myanmar, junta forces killed six civilians, including four members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League...
Innocent-sounding ‘care teams’ spark fears of heightened surveillance in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s plan to send “care teams” into residential neighborhoods has sparked fears that Communist Party controls and surveillance will extend further into people’s lives,...
U.S. issues slew of sanctions ahead of Human Rights Day
A day ahead of International Human Rights Day, the United States on Friday issued sanctions against dozens of entities accused of rights abuses, including some...
On UN Human Rights Day, activists, dissidents and defenders Asia lost in 2022
In observation of Human Rights Day on Saturday, the 74th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,...
