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Military carried out ‘collective punishment’ on ethnic civilians in eastern Myanmar

Myanmar’s military has subjected ethnic civilians in Kayin and Kayah states to “collective punishment” through…

Shanghai entrepreneurs demand political reform, release of prisoners of conscience

As Shanghai residents celebrated a partial end to a weeks-long, grueling city-wide lockdown, calls emerged…

Myanmar’s junta shuts down publisher for distributing book on Rohingya genocide

Myanmar’s military regime has shut down a well-known publishing house in Yangon for importing and…

Chinese forces step up exercises around Taiwan, South China Sea

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has intensified activities around Taiwan and in the South China…

Hundreds of Ede families in Vietnam demonstrate to demand land from forestry company

Hundreds of ethnic minority households from a commune in south-central Vietnam's Dak Lak province are…

Ten-year-old boy critically injured in army shelling of Myanmar refugee camp

Seven displaced people sheltering in a monastery, including a ten-year-old boy, have been injured by…

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Communist-ruled Laos, a one-party state, was described by Reporters Without Borders as an information "black…

Rural North Koreans turn to deer blood, counterfeits as COVID meds go to Pyongyang

North Korea is sending most of its reserve medicines to the capital Pyongyang, leaving rural…

Refugees displaced by conflict in Myanmar now more than 1 million

The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar has surpassed 1 million people for…

Uyghur groups urge resignation of UN rights chief for ‘Potemkin-style’ Xinjiang tour

Uyghur rights groups are calling for the United Nations human rights chief to resign after…

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