2017/08/01 |
OPINION: Maladministration in Execution Last Year Exposes Death Penalty Debacle in Indonesia
Indonesia should restore the unofficial moratorium on the death penalty, writes Andreas Harsono.
2017/07/26 |
Sen. Marco Rubio: An Open Letter to Liu Xia, Widow of Liu Xiaobo
Read the US senator's letter to the Nobel Peace Prize recipient's widow.
2017/07/25 |
Funny, Depressed, Strong: The North Korean Defector Speaking for 'Her People’
The News Lens interviews North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee in Taipei.
2017/07/24 |
OPINION: Vietnam's Growing Online Community is Under Threat
Foreign donors should make it clear to Hanoi that closer relations depend on Vietnam tolerating its critics, rather than sending them to prison, says Phil Robertson.
2017/07/20 |
Bumpy Road Ahead: Living with China's New NGO Laws
The full implementation and revision of the new law will take time, and the process will not be smooth, writes Fengshi Wu.
2017/07/19 |
Chinese Activists Who Probed Ivanka Trump's Factories Speak Out
Chinese activist questions arrest in Ivanka Trump factory probe.
2017/07/19 |
Australia's Silence on Liu Xiaobo is Shameful
'As Liu lay dying in the hospital, there was a shameful silence from Australia’s leaders on Liu’s case. Canada, France, Germany, Taiwan, and the U.S. all called on the Chinese authorities to free Liu and allow him and his wife to travel abroad for medical treatment. Australia made so no such call.'
2017/07/15 |
PHOTO STORY: Taiwan Remembers Liu Xiaobo
Hundreds gathered near Taipei’s Liberty Square last night to commemorate the life of Liu Xiaobo
2017/07/14 |
Liu Xiaobo’s Lawyer to Testify before US Congress as Focus Turns to Widow
As attention now turns to freeing Liu Xia, will the White House pressure China on its human rights abuses?
2017/07/13 |
Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Dies; Read His Nobel Lecture
The international community has been calling for his release for years.
2017/07/12 |
'I Have No Enemies: My Final Statement' - Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Lecture
'I still want to say to this regime, which is depriving me of my freedom, that I stand by the convictions I expressed in my June Second Hunger Strike Declaration twenty years ago ‑ I have no enemies and no hatred'
2017/07/10 |
OPINION: Murder of Cambodian Government Critic Still Needs Investigation
The killing of Kem Ley requires a thorough, professional and unbiased investigation that will follow the facts, wherever they lead, and hold accountable all involved no matter their position or their power, writes Phil Robertson.
2017/07/09 |
As Liu Xiaobo Enters Final Days, World Watches Xi’s Move — Lawyer
'If President Xi now decides he wants to keep Liu Xiaobo in China and silenced he will have to do so in the full view of the world knowing he is intentionally hastening his death.'
2017/07/07 |
Persecuted (Almost) to the End: China, Let Liu Xiaobo Leave
'The struggle for proper protection of citizens’ rights in China will shortly have to go on without Liu Xiaobo, one of its most thoughtful, decent, and eloquent proponents.'
2017/07/03 |
Q&A: Susan Finder Deconstructs the Chinese Court System
'It is still a court system with Chinese characteristics but the idea is to have a more competent court system for the millions of cases that are not political.'
2017/06/28 |
Vietnam: Free Blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’
Arrests and activist’s trial show Hanoi’s determination to silence critics.
2017/06/28 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: North Korea Compares Trump to Hitler; China Among Worst Human Traffickers; Cyber Attack Sweeps Globe
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/26 |
China's Jailed Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo Released After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis
The international community has been calling for his release for years.