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Top US official meets in India with Tibet’s Dalai Lama

Top US official meets in India with Tibet’s Dalai Lama

The two discussed protecting Tibet’s ‘identity’ under Chinese rule.

US investigators indict exiled Chinese pro-democracy activist on spying charges

US investigators indict exiled Chinese pro-democracy activist on spying charges

Wang Shujun sent sensitive information about Hong Kong protesters and U.S.-based democracy activists to Beijing.

Escape from Beijing: how a young man fled China's zero-COVID policy

Escape from Beijing: how a young man fled China's zero-COVID policy

A young man who asked to be identified only as 'Joseph' talks about his bid for freedom in New Zealand.

Conflict between Myanmar’s proxy forces may outlast a political resolution

Conflict between Myanmar’s proxy forces may outlast a political resolution

Violence is creating bad blood between the groups, whose fighters are often residents of neighboring villages.

Schools close as pandemic rages in North Korea

Students are ordered to attend remote learning, but spotty electricity and lack of computers raise big challenges.

An uneasy truce is under threat in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

An uneasy truce is under threat in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

A growing military presence has drawn warnings from the insurgent Arakan Army.

In file photo, protesters hold signs as they take part in a demonstration against the military coup in front of the Indonesian embassy in Yangon, Feb.24, 2021.

Myanmar junta gets effective diplomatic downgrade as a result of military coup

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Ambassador postings are on hold at some Western missions in what opponents call a rebuke to the regime.

Human rights attorney Tran Vu Hai (photo on left) reacts after police officers forcefully remove his lawyer Nguyen Duy Binh (photo on right) from a courtroom during Hai's trial on tax evasion charges in Nha Trang city in southern Vietnam, Nov. 14, 2019.

Vietnamese attorneys face abuse from police when defending their clients

2022-05-19

Some officers resent lawyers for making investigations more difficult.

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Uyghur lecturer said to be detained for not signing allegiance oath to CCP

Uyghur lecturer said to be detained for not signing allegiance oath to CCP

Abdureshid Hamit is one of at least 20 teachers at a Xinjiang school to have been arrested by Chinese authorities.

Uzra Zeya, US undersecretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights and special coordinator for Tibetan issues. meets with members of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India, May 18, 2022.

US government’s special coordinator for Tibetan issues to meet with Dalai Lama

Uzra Zeya is in Dharamasala during an official visit to India and Nepal.

The popular Telegram messaging app is under threat of being blocked in Hong Kong, which is feared to gradually be moving towards harsh mainland China-style internet censorship.

Hong Kong could move to block Telegram app, citing 'privacy violations'

A file photo showing China Coast Guard vessels at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, April 5, 2017.

Report tracks China’s assertiveness at sea over the decades

Workers wearing protective gear stack up boxes over a cart to deliver in a neighborhood during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai, May 18, 2022.

Shanghai residents take issue with 'fake' propaganda claims about reopening

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