Myanmar correspondent Leong Wai Kit looks at China’s possible involvement, the significance of the shift and next steps for both the country and its former state counsellor.
Heather Idoni, a defendant in the Washington, D.C. FACE Act trials, was rushed to a hospital this week after suffering a stroke, but she is reportedly stabilized and will be taken back into custody to await sentencing on May 17.
"The hole" is torture on those confined to it argue opponents at legislative action day.
Battle near the Thai border has parents worried the teenagers will get caught in the crossfire.
Guo Jian 'knew the details' of everyone who attended meetings of 2 different organizations, activists say.
Fashion designer Nancy Gonzalez has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling python and crocodile handbags.
Eight more were injured after police, guards and soldiers opened fire on the inmates, an advocacy organization said.
Lawyers for an American believed to be held by the Taliban for nearly two years are asking a United Nations human rights investigator to intervene, citing what they say is cruel and inhumane treatment. Ryan Corbett was abducted Aug. 10, 2022, after returning to Afghanistan, where he and his family had been living at the […]
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority has been detained just hours after he was released from prison by the military government. The Rev. Hkalam Samson, the former head of the Kachin Baptist Convention, was among 3,300 prisoners released Wednesday
Lawyers for an American believed to be held by the Taliban for nearly two years are asking a United Nations human rights investigator to intervene, citing what they say is cruel and inhumane treatment. Ryan Corbett was abducted Aug. 10, 2022, after returning to Afghanistan, where he and his family had been living at the time of the collapse of the U.S.-backed government there a year earlier. He arrived on a valid 12-month visa to pay and train staff as part of a business venture he led aimed at...
New report from government advisory body warns deaths in custody remain ‘far too high’
The U.S. Attorney's office says a Chinese former student at Boston's Berklee College of Music has been sentenced to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country