Lawmakers in Australia and Turkey rejected motions on Monday to recognize human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as genocide, disappointing hopes by… Read More »Dismaying Uyghurs, Legislatures of Australian and Turkey Reject Motions on China Genocide Label — Radio Free Asia
A member of Cambodia’s banned political opposition party was arrested at the weekend on accusations she incited social unrest by claiming that Chinese-made vaccines aimed… Read More »Cambodian Activist Arrested For Criticizing Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine — Radio Free Asia
Bangladesh has agreed to take United Nations officials to a Bay of Bengal island housing thousands of Rohingya refugees, and the visit may take place… Read More »Bangladesh Govt Agrees to Bhashan Char Visit for UN Delegation — BenarNews
At a pretrial hearing on Monday, jailed Thai activist Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak said he would go on hunger strike until he and others accused of… Read More »Thai Protest Leader Announces Hunger Strike in Jail — BenarNews
Updated at 9:15 p.m. ET on 03-15-2021 The Malaysian government is appealing last week’s High Court ruling lifting a ban on Christian publications using the… Read More »Malaysian Govt Appeals Ruling Allowing Christians to use ‘Allah’ in Publications — BenarNews
Beijing’s 21 million residents saw familiar buildings and landmarks swathed in a thick, orange haze on Monday, as sandstorms swept across the region, bringing unprecedented… Read More »Beijing Skies Turn Orange as Northern China Hit by Sandstorms — Radio Free Asia
Myanmar security forces killed 51 protesters in an industrial suburb of Yangon after Chinese-funded factories were torched on Sunday, the bloodiest day in six weeks… Read More »As Many as 70 Killed in Protests as Chinese Factory Torched in Myanmar’s Bloodiest Day Since Coup — Radio Free Asia
A court in Vietnam has sentenced four people on charges of “activities to overthrow the people’s government” for their involvement in an anti-communist Vietnamese government… Read More »Vietnam Sentences Four for Involvement in US-Based Exile Government — Radio Free Asia
The United States on Friday slammed China’s harsh treatment of ethnic Uyghurs and other religious minority groups in an address before the U.N. Human Rights… Read More »US Condemns China’s Policies in Xinjiang as ‘Genocide’ at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva — Radio Free Asia
The first group of six out of the nearly 40 media workers detained covering protests against Myanmar’s ruling junta appeared in video conference trials Friday,… Read More »Myanmar Begins Trials for Journalists as Protesters Defy, Evade Crackdown by Troops — Radio Free Asia