A Cambodian court has set a date for the long-delayed trial on treason charges of opposition leader Kem Sokha, ordering him to appear at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Jan. 16. Three judges will preside over the case, the Dec. 13 summons issued by D…

A freelance photographer arrested by junta troops on Human Rights Day has become the first journalist to die while in detention since the military seized power in Myanmar more than 10 months ago.
Soe Naing was detained on Dec. 10 while documenting a na…

Two Uyghur advocacy groups are preparing to submit a criminal complaint to an Argentine court with international jurisdiction, laying out alleged crimes committed against Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in China’s far-western Xinjiang region.
The U…

German researcher Adrian Zenz provided crucial evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal about the Chinese government’s atrocities against the Uyghurs and efforts to decrease the mostly Muslim population in its western Xinjiang. The independent tribunal, which h…

A Tibetan monk arrested more than a year ago in western China’s Sichuan province is being held incommunicado, with no word given by police to his family concerning his whereabouts or possible date of trial, RFA has learned.
Tenzin Dargye, a monk in his…

A court in Vietnam has sentenced an independent Vietnamese journalist and activist to nine years in prison following her conviction on a charge of “carrying out propaganda” against the state, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
Pham Doan Trang, who has won mul…