Political prisoner stages hunger strike to protect Vietnam’s constitution
Prisoner of conscience Le Trong Hung has gone on hunger strike at Prison No. 6 in Vietnam’s Nghe An province, his wife told Radio Free...
Month : September 2023
Junta troops kill 7 defense force members in Sagaing region raid
Seven members of a local defense force were killed during a raid by junta troops on a Sagaing region base, a People’s Defense Force information...
China widens ban on iPhones among government officials
Chinese authorities have reportedly banned the use of foreign-made electronics including Apple’s iPhone for government business, while insisting that ordinary citizens install a government anti-fraud...
Woman dies from beating in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
A woman died after being arrested, interrogated and beaten by junta troops in Sagaing region’s Kale township, sources close to the family said on Thursday....
Chinese delegation led by non-Politburo-member to visit Pyongyang, state media says
China will send a delegation led by a non-Politburo-member to North Korea to take part in the celebration of the country’s founding day later this...
Suu Kyi requests for ‘urgent’ dental treatment go unheeded
Myanmar’s former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from “urgent” dental issues in detention but junta authorities have ignored her request for permission...
Five viral rumors about Fukushima water: DEBUNKED
Japan says it is safe. So does the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, the neutral nuclear monitoring body. Yet despite overwhelming scientific evidence, Tokyo’s...
Myanmar junta hands out harsh sentences to people from martial law townships
Myanmar’s junta has been handing out long prison sentences to people arrested in Sagaing region townships where it has imposed martial law, sentencing seven people...
Vietnamese political prisoner Dang Dinh Bach ‘assaulted by jailers’
Political prisoner Dang Dinh Bach has been assaulted by policemen after telling his family he’d been threatened by other inmates, according to fellow inmate Tran...
Family blames police brutality for death of 28-year-old Vietnamese man
Hours after being detained by police on Sunday, a 28-year-old Vietnamese man died. Family members accuse officers of beating him to death, saying his body...
