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Rights groups call for the release of Huang and fellow labor activist Wang Jianbing after two years' detention.

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Le Van Manh has maintained his innocence since his sentence in 2005.

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Border authorities in northern Shan’s Muse city began issuing the 7-day permit earlier this month.

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Saying he would be jailed if sent back to China, Chen Siming refuses to board a connecting flight.

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Lao PM visits China’s Guangxi to boost farm exports

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Nguyen Phu Trong, then-president of Vietnam, addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 24, 2020, in New York CIty.
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