Interview: ‘There is a human instinct to tell the truth and to find out the truth’
Investigative journalist Bao Choy was arrested and tried after she made a documentary exposing the Hong Kong police force’s handling of the July 21, 2019,...
Month : November 2022
Hong Kong police ‘disciplines’ officers for viewing public sex arrestee’s case files
Hong Kong police have “disciplined” an undisclosed number of officers who logged onto an internal computer network to view images of a woman arrested on...
Workers clash with police as hundreds protest at iPhone plant in China
Workers clashed with authorities at Taiwan-invested iPhone maker Foxconn in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou Wednesday, as hundreds of laborers staged a protest over...
The lawyer ‘who never won a political case’ changes careers
Choung Chou Ngy hopes his political career is more successful than his legal one has been. As an attorney, Choung Chou Ngy was given...
To boost hygiene, North Korea bans outhouses, orders public toilet construction
In an effort to improve hygiene, North Korean authorities are ordering residents outside the capital to demolish their private outhouses and upgrade or construct public...
China appears to ease up on Islamic worship in Xinjiang, but Uyghurs aren’t buying it
Most Uyghurs in Xinjiang have not returned to mosques that Chinese authorities have reopened for limited religious services in response to heavy international criticism of...
Nearly 140 groups condemn ruling against ‘ADHOC 5,’ demand judicial reforms
Nearly 140 civil society organizations on Wednesday condemned a decision by Cambodia’s Supreme Court to uphold a five-year jail term for five current and former...
Vietnamese political prisoner’s family denounces jail for harsh treatment
The family of a land rights activist serving an eight-year sentence for “conducting propaganda against the state” has denounced the detention facility in north-central Vietnam...
Wide variation seen in China’s COVID curbs across country
As China battles a rising wave of pandemic cases despite its zero-COVID policy of rolling lockdowns, compulsory testing and mass electronic tracking of citizens via...
Sagaing region resident sentenced to 10 years for allegedly funding a PDF
A Sagaing region resident has been sentenced to ten years in prison under anti-terrorism charges for allegedly giving the equivalent of U.S. $2.30 to a...
