Human Rights

If there is one thing able to stop the Chinese panopticon, it might just be Bitcoin.

One year after his death in captivity, the Nobel laureate and prominent Chinese dissident was commemorated in a small gathering near Taipei 101.

The widow of the Nobel Peace Prize winner is enduring a new form of mental detention while her brother remains retained.

There are worrying parallels between contemporary Beijing and1930s Berlin.

Taiwan's agreement with Australia to accept its asylum seekers held on Nauru makes the government complicit in human rights violations.

The execution of a man by lethal injection indicates a change in royal attitudes to the death penalty in Thailand.

The Australian nun's story of state-led persecution at the hands of the president himself throws into sharp relief what it means to be a missionary and a Filipino.

Trump has shown Kim the ultimate kindness in offering him everything and receiving nothing in return.

The nature of the documents signed and whether North Korea will abide by their terms remains to be seen.

Don't get carried away by the pomp and ceremony in Singapore.

Simple measures can make a world of difference to the lives of thousands of workers aboard Taiwan's deep-sea fishing fleet.

The market could force reluctant Taiwanese seafood traders to address concerns over complicity in human rights abuses.

Video evidence recorded by Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng prior to his detention contradicts Chinese authorities' claims that he has voluntarily dismissed legal representation.

A video spotlighting Taiwan's ongoing problems with illegal fishing and human rights abuses aboard its offshore vessels could not have come at a worse time.

The role of the Church in peacebuilding in Chin state will be significant as long as people there are influenced by their religion and the institution continues to make the process a primary concern.

Lee Ming-che's sentencing to five years in prison in China for the crime of 'subversion has had a marked chilling effect on the actions and communications of Taiwan's NGOs. The case also suggests Taiwan's wider population faces an insidious dilemma: whether or not to self-censor. 

Donald Trump seems to be content with withdrawing his country from the Asia-Pacific security landscape — but withdrawing leaves a vacuum into which others will expand.

For civil society to help save Southeast Asian democracy, its educational mission will need to loom as large as its organizational one.