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US 'Concerned' at Conviction of Vietnamese Activists

The United States says it is concerned at the prison sentences given to two young activists in Vietnam who were convicted this week on subversion charges.

Mayor's Tweet Sparks Anger Over Chinese PX Plan

Censors in Beijing have blocked information about a protest movement against government plans to produce paraxylene (PX) at a petrochemical plant in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, as a top city official took to social

Khmer Krom Monks in Hiding from Vietnamese Authorities

Two ethnic Khmer monks have escaped into hiding after an attempt by Vietnamese government and religious authorities to strip them of their religious status following accusations of anti-state activity, sources said on Friday.

Myanmar Releases Jailed Dissidents Ahead of President’s US Visit

Myanmar on Friday released around 20 political prisoners, including a prominent activist who had recently been thrown back in jail after receiving a pardon, ahead of President Thein Sein’s historic visit to Washington next week.

Vietnam: Stop Blocking ‘Human Rights Picnics’

The Vietnamese authorities should stop impeding and abusing people trying to hold “human rights picnics” in public spaces, Human Rights Watch said today. Despite government abuse and bullying, some people did succeed in holding informal gatherings and discussed the day’s events online.

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World Press Freedom Day 2013

Celebrated each year on May 3, World Press Freedom Day is a day to stand up for freedom of expression in all media: print, broadcast and online.

Thailand remains on 'dirty dozen' list

WASHINGTON - Thailand has been put at the top of the list of the world's worst violators of intellectual property for another year

The annual Special 301 Report by the US Trade Representative places Thailand on the ``priority watch list'' with nine other countries for the seventh consecutive year.

Laos government silent on abduction of rural development campaigner

Officials of one-party state almost certainly behind abduction even though Sombath Somphone took care to never challenge the government

Fears grow for abducted Laos campaigner Sombath

It is a case that a decent detective would crack in a week. Sombath Somphone's abduction was caught on camera and took place on a busy road at a police checkpoint.

But more than four months after Laos' leading development worker disappeared, the authorities say they have no leads and yet need no outside help finding him.

Rights Group: Myanmar Unrest Is 'Ethnic Cleansing'

A leading international rights group on Monday accused authorities in Myanmar, including Buddhist monks, of fomenting an organized campaign of ethnic cleansing against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority that killed hundreds of people and forced 125,000 from their homes.

Vietnam Human Rights Day 2013 will be held at Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902, Washington, DC

The Nineteenth Commemoration of Vietnam Human Rights Day on Thursday, May 9, 2013 in the Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902 from 12 noon to 3 pm.

Pakistan’s Former Military Ruler Arrested

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was arrested Friday in connection with his unconstitutional dismissal of top judges while he was president.
 

Indonesian President Heads to Burma During Heightened Sectarian Tensions

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will head to Burma Tuesday for his first state visit there since 2006.

113 Dead, 2,600 Injured in China Earthquake

Chinese state media say the death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck the western region of Sichuan Saturday morning has climbed to at least 113 people, with more than 2,600 injured.