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A soldier stands guard next to protesters holding signs during a demonstration against the military coup outside the Central Bank of Myanmar in Yangon, Feb. 15, 2021.

UN Says Military Has Brought Myanmar to Brink of ‘Collapse’ in Damning Report on Rights Violations

Human Rights czar Michelle Bachelet urges the international community to act before it is too late.

Tibetan homes destroyed in a May 22, 2021 earthquake in Qinghai are shown under reconstruction in an undated photo.

Tibetans Fear ‘Chinese-Style’ Homes in Qinghai Earthquake Reconstruction

A contract signed by Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States, Chum Sounry, with the the Washington, D.C. lobby firm Qorvis Communications, Sept. 15, 2021.

Cambodia to Pay $70,000 a Month to Washington Lobby Firm

A framed photo of jailed Uyghur economist and human rights activist Ilham Tohti sits on a table during the award ceremony for his 2019 Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Dec. 18, 2019.

Rights Activists Call For Release of Uyghur Scholar on Seventh Anniversary of His Jailing

US Judge: Facebook Must Release Content Linked to Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar

2021-09-23

Facebook was slow to respond to concerns about how its platform played a role in Myanmar’s persecution of its Rohingya minority, a US judge says.

Lao Workers on China-Backed Railway Project Go Unpaid for Almost Two Months

2021-09-23

Twenty at one work site are paid after they cut off power to the project, but more than a hundred are still waiting for their pay.

Vietnamese Dissident Receives Death Threats Over Criticism of China’s COVID Vaccines

2021-09-23

Mac Van Trang told officials in Ho Chi Minh City not to accept Sinopharm doses donated by a local conglomerate.

Vietnam Protests China Y-20 Aircraft Mission in Spratlys

2021-09-23

China should respect international law as well as the “common understanding shared by Vietnamese and Chinese leaders of remaining issues at sea," Hanoi said.

Hong Kong Court Denies Bail to Fourth Student Activist on 'Subversion' Charge

2021-09-23

The city's largest pro-democracy party debates dissolution in the face of new election rules designed to exclude genuine political opposition.

Hong Kong 'Double Tenth' Celebrations Canceled After Security Chief Warning

2021-09-23

Events marking the Oct. 10, 1911 revolution that ushered in the Republic of China under the Kuomintang could breach the national security law, a top official says.