Chinese ‘should use their right to vote,’ despite the risks: activist
Chinese constitutional law expert Yao Lifa once got himself elected to his local Qianjiang Municipal People’s Congress in 1998 after a 10-year battle to use...
Month : February 2025
Myanmar authorities arrest 475 young people in Yangon in January: group
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar junta authorities arrested nearly 500 young people in the biggest city of Yangon in January for...
US freedom of religion conference held without delegates from Vietnam
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese Vietnam barred all three of the country’s delegates from attending a U.S. meeting on religious freedom, stark evidence,...
Opposition party leader says in letter from jail he won’t appeal conviction
The leader of an opposition party who was convicted of incitement in December said he won’t file an appeal, arguing in a handwritten letter from...
Nearly 300 Myanmar nationals in Singapore naturalized in 2024 to avoid returning home
Nearly 300 Myanmar nationals living in Singapore have renounced their ties to their homeland and acquired Singaporean nationality last year, according to an announcement from...
Ethnic Mongolian dissident Hada rushed to hospital from house arrest
Ethnic Mongolian dissident and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Hada is in the hospital in China’s northern region of Inner Mongolia after being rushed there for...
China ‘ramping up’ efforts to suppress Taiwan in South Africa, says Taipei
TAIPEI, Taiwan – China was “ramping up” its efforts to suppress Taiwan in South Africa, the democratic island said, after the South African government again...
China restricts travel for Uyghurs with onerous requirements: report
While the Chinese government has loosened a ban on Uyghurs traveling outside of China, it places onerous burdens on those who want to go abroad,...
EXPLAINED: Does China control the Panama Canal?
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday visited Panama to relay President Donald Trump’s concerns about alleged Chinese control of the Panama Canal and...
In the Myanmar military, life insurance for soldiers isn’t paying out
Part of a three-story series to mark the fourth anniversary of Myanmar’s 2021 coup, looking at how the military treats its own soldiers. The 2021...
