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China’s Xi Jinping says Hong Kong ‘risen from the ashes’ amid crackdown on dissent

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday ahead of the 25th anniversary of Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…

2 years ago

China’s plan to turn Xinjiang into industrial hub is threat to Uyghurs, report says

China’s efforts to turn its far-western Xinjiang into a manufacturing powerhouse could force more Uyghurs to work against their will…

2 years ago

Teenage boy dies during junta shelling of Chin state village

A 14-year-old boy was killed by heavy artillery shelling on Wednesday at Madap village, Mindat township in Myanmar’s southern Chin…

2 years ago

Vietnam faces global calls to release anti-coal activist

International groups are increasing pressure on the Vietnamese government to release anti-coal campaigner Nguy Thi Khanh, the director of civil…

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Nine killed in junta raids on Myanmar villages near China-backed copper mine

At least nine civilians are dead, and dozens are missing after a month of military raids on villages near a…

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Taiwan activist Lee Ming-Cheh says world pressure on his Chinese jailers helped him

Taiwanese NGO worker Lee Ming-Cheh was released from Chishan Prison in the central Chinese province of Hunan on April 15…

2 years ago

Cambodian court warns Kem Sokha, on trial for ‘treason,’ not to get political

A court in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh warned opposition leader Kem Sokha not to engage in any further political activities…

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Gas graft: smugglers defraud Laos of taxes on 700 million liters a year

Citizens in Laos are calling for accountability after learning that gasoline smugglers and enablers in the government are defrauding the…

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Second trip to Myanmar minus key stakeholders underway for ASEAN Envoy

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Special Envoy to Myanmar Prak Sokhonn kicked off his second trip to Myanmar Wednesday…

2 years ago

Zondo : Commission that changed South African Politics

"The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption, and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State" is better…

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