Jailed citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and disappeared rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng have won the Lin Zhao Freedom Award for their work promoting Chinese civil society and advancing the rule of law
Social media users have been berating China state-owned media, which is tightly controlled by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), over their failure to report on a deepening scandal surrounding a jailed Shanghai entrepreneur who raped and enslaved women, holding them captive in a brothel for the rich and famous
court in the southwestern province of Sichuan has handed down a four-year jail term to veteran rights activist Chen Yunfei after finding him guilty of “child molestation.” Charges of sexual misconduct are sometimes used to target peaceful critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
The news that Arisina Ma, a former president of the Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association, left Hong Kong last week has sparked concern amid an ongoing wave of emigration, especially of highly skilled professionals, from the city. Yet Ma, who spoke to RFA’s Cantonese Service before her departure for the U.K. to take a job in the National Health Service (NHS), insists she hasn’t emigrated
A Hong Kong judge ruled on Monday that the trial of 47 pro-democracy activists and opposition politicians accused of subversion after they organized a democratic primary will be adjourned until March 2022, meaning that many will have been in jail for more than a year by the time the trial begins
Teachers across China are being reported and punished for offering paid catch-up sessions to students amid an ongoing crackdown on the tutoring industry by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Xi Jinping
The democratic island of Taiwan has ranked fifth globally for online freedom, according to the latest annual report from the Washington-based watchdog Freedom House
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call for ethnic minority groups to put the interests of the nation first has fueled concerns that the government will double down on up its repressive policies against them, analysts said
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested a journalist outside Prince Edward MTR station, as many in and outside the city marked the second anniversary of attacks on train passengers by riot police at the height of the 2019 protest movement
Watching chaotic scenes of civilians being evacuated in helicopters from Afghanistan takes me back to the last day of the Vietnam War