Locals say rich parents were able to bribe authorities to spare a student from punishment.

The Myanmar Red Cross Society calls on security forces to refrain from attacking emergency care workers.

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong says police likely hacked his smartphone to find evidence against him after he attended a protest in August.

Protesters screen footage on the street of police attacking crowds of protesters at the start of the anti-extradition movement.

Pro-democracy protesters also showed solidarity with China's oppressed Uighur minority in Xinjiang.

A huge study tracks the mental health impact of months of police violence, likening the effects to those seen in war zones.

President warns that democracy and authoritarianism cannot co-exist, and that Taiwan must stand up for its way of life.

Microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung said the wording of an opinion piece he co-authored was 'inappropriate.'

Tsai Ing-wen goes into Saturday's election with a comfortable lead in the opinion polls after spending a year standing up to China.

Protesters hold up placards saying 'never forgive, never forget," to mark police inaction over a June 21, 2019 mob attack on train passengers and passers-by.

Beijing says the New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has been encouraging Hong Kong independence, and that is is enforcing 'sanctions.'

Chief executive Carrie Lam says shutting the border with mainland China goes against WHO guidelines.

Protesters stage a sit-in to mark the attack by triad-linked gangs on unarmed passers-by as thousands of emergency calls went unheeded by police.

Edward Leung is sent to a prison generally reserved for those serving the heaviest penalties.

The guards were acting at the behest of a pro-Beijing politician whose authority to order their removal has been questioned.

Drew Pavlou says the allegations against him are political retaliation for his relentless criticism of China.

Activists want Washington to use a new law to freeze assets and deny visas to those responsible for human rights abuses in the city.

Geoffrey Ma fails to address a number of other areas of political pressure, both past and potential, on the city's judiciary.

Tencent's hugely popular social media app harvests data from users outside China, and is strictly controlled by the country's ministry for public security.

Reports indicate that the Chinese team has been warned that it can't lose to the former British colony, which has seen six months of pro-democracy protests.

Journalists were forced to kneel on the ground in a recent operation to disperse protesters in Mong Kok.

Pro-Beijing politicians say the city's youth have been 'radicalized' by its liberal education program in schools.

A new report says 2019 was a year of protest against established orders and repressive regimes in Asia.

Hong Kong government hospital staff begin a five-day strike amid growing public support for a total shutdown of the border with mainland China.

Lam says anyone 'demonizing' the planned law is making themselves the enemy of the Hong Kong people.

ESPN’s Steve Fainaru discusses the NBA’s deflection of criticism on its stance toward human rights.

Pro-democracy lawmakers say they are disgusted by the increased funding and that police 'don't need more weapons.'

The UK says plans to impose draconian national security legislation on Hong Kong are in breach of the bilateral treaty governing the handover.

Officials say the law targets 'terrorists,' and that only a 'very small number' of people will be punished.

Xia Baolong made his political reputation by presiding over the widespread demolition of crosses and other Christian property during a political campaign in Zhejiang.

Drew Pavlou has been accused of breaking university rules after being called a 'separatist' by China.

The shift in public trust comes as the city's government takes an increasingly authoritarian stance towards journalists.

Chen Yunfei has been incommunicado since taking part in a public commemoration of the massacre, which are banned by the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

Journalists in the once-freewheeling city are increasingly faced with criticism and even violence if they probe unanswered questions.

A UK Catholic rights activist accuses the local bishop of 'kowtowing' to the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

Jimmy Lai is ordered not to leave Hong Kong pending trials and court hearings for charges linked to last year's pro-democracy protests.

The city's Court of Appeal finds that Edward Leung's six-year jail term for 'rioting' during the Mong Kok 'fishball revolution' was proportionate.

Former leaders of the 2014 Umbrella Movement throw their hats into the ring in spite of already being in Beijing's sights.

Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai says impending national security legislation will spell the end of Hong Kong's freedoms.

A parallel law enforcement system is being set up in the city that enables the mainland Chinese criminal system to operate in Hong Kong.

Wang Yi also draws rebukes for threats to Czech Republic over Taiwan.

Protesters gathering to mark six months after the Prince Edward MTR attack are tear gassed, while journalists are pepper sprayed.

Private companies will be emboldened by the activists' arrest to continue destroying Cambodia's environment for profit, the founder of the Mother Nature environmental group says.

A Hong Kong official warns that would-be lawmakers may be disqualified if they don't support the draconian law.

The protest movement warns participants to beware of racial discrimination, both formal and informal, against non-white ethnic minority groups in Hong Kong.

Rights groups call on Berlin to keep its promise to ease the path of asylum applicants from Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Bar Association says plans to allow the city's chief executive to pick judges for national security trials is 'worrying.'

The resolution calls for an end to mass incarcerations in the region and unfettered access to observers.

Schoolchildren protest the effective sacking of a teacher who let students sing the protest anthem 'Glory to Hong Kong' in school.

The State Department issues its first report under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act targeting those who have curbed the city's promised freedoms.

Sophia Huang is being held in an unofficial detention center, sparking fears that she could be tortured or otherwise mistreated.

World Press Freedom Day brings calls for release of jailed Uyghur writers, journalists.

Zhang Zhan had previously said she expected to be detained, but saw little difference between life inside and outside jail.

An approval would bring the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act a significant step closer to becoming law.

Young campaigners across several Asian nations issue calls to resist Chinese influence and authoritarian rule by their own governments.

Malaysian prime minister says oppression of Uyghurs “must be acknowledged by all parties.”

Chow and fellow democracy activist Joshua Wong are being classed as Category A prisoners alongside drug-traffickers and murderers.

Professional associations say police continually attack, obstruct, and detain journalists trying to cover the year-long protest movement.

The Canada-based co-founder of a Hong Kong cultural association says the rule of law no longer exists in the city.

They say that the heightened risk of persecution Uyghurs face requires greater US protection.

Lord Patten says there are widespread concerns that China will disqualify pro-democracy candidates from September's general election in Hong Kong.

Hongkongers will be asked to contact the multiplatform hotline with anonymous details of anyone suspected of breaking the National Security Law

Anyone deemed to have been 'colluding with foreign forces' could be a target, as Chinese officials start name-checking pro-democracy figures in public.

Qurban Mamut’s U.S.-based son believes his father was targeted to gain leverage over him.

Police in the eastern province of Zhejiang track down and detain an internet user who accessed Wikipedia using a circumvention app.

A Presbyterian pastor in Taiwan raises millions in support of protesters fleeing arrest in Hong Kong.

The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 requires a House vote before it reaches President Trump.