Army shelling of a village in Sagaing region’s Kanbalu township killed a teenager and his grandmother and injured two other members of the same family. A junta shell hit a house in…
China buys up US technology to keep tabs on its citizens
Chinese public security entities have been acquiring U.S. technology with the transfers becoming increasingly regular, especially of DNA analysis equipment needed for mass surveillance, a new report has found. The report ‘The…
Trinh Ba Tu still not allowed visits after prison hunger strike
Jailed human rights activist Trinh Ba Tu is being denied family visits at Prison Camp No. 6 in Vietnam’s bleak Ngha An province after he started a hunger strike nearly two months…
Laos rescues 11 Indian nationals trafficked to work as phone scammers
Authorities in Laos have rescued 11 Indian nationals who were lured to the Chinese-run Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in the north of the country and put to work as phone scammers,…
Uyghur doctor jailed for treating a ‘terrorist’ dies after release from prison
A Uyghur doctor sentenced to eight years in prison in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region for removing a bullet from the foot of a suspected criminal, died shortly after being released from prison…
North Korea’s missile splurge cost $70 million – more than a year of imported rice
North Korea’s record breaking single-day barrage of more than 20 missiles cost the impoverished country more than U.S. $70 million, or as much as it spent importing rice from China in 2019…
Ethnic Mongolian UN-registered refugee threatened by Chinese agents in Bangkok
An ethnic Mongolian Chinese national who fled the country after his involvement in 2020 protests over a ban on Mongolian-medium teaching in schools has been released on bail by authorities in Thailand…
Myanmar junta tries to win support of ethnic political parties to change constitution
Myanmar’s ruling junta is shoring up ties with pro-military political groups in the run-up to next year’s elections in a bid to change the constitution to ensure its long-term rule in the…
Beijing residents sent to quarantine for crossing paths with COVID-19 cases
In an apparent escalation of Chinese leader Xi Jinping"s zero-COVID policy, Beijing residents are being hauled off to compulsory quarantine if they cross paths in public with a person who tests positive…
200 detained in Tibet’s capital Lhasa over COVID protest
Around 200 residents of Tibet’s capital Lhasa were detained in the wake of massive protests in the city last week against COVID lockdowns that left many restricted to their homes without adequate…