In Myanmar, monks and nuns pay a heavy price
April 9, 2025
[unable to retrieve full-text content]There’s growing anger at the military’s failure to help earthquake victims.
Tibetan exile govt seeks probe into death of Tibetan Buddhist abbot in Vietnam
April 9, 2025
The Tibetan government-in-exile called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the death of an influential Tibetan Buddhist leader said to have died in Vietnam, where he was reportedly in hiding from the Chinese government.On April 3, Lung Ngon M…
Tibetan exile govt seeks probe into death of Tibetan Buddhist abbot in Vietnam
April 9, 2025
The Tibetan government-in-exile called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the death of an influential Tibetan Buddhist leader said to have died in Vietnam, where he was reportedly in hiding from the Chinese government.On April 3, Lung Ngon M…
Hong Kong social worker gets 3 year 9 month sentence over role in 2019 protest
April 9, 2025
A social worker and rights activist was sentenced Wednesday to three years and nine months in prison for participating in a riot during Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy protests.Jackie Chen was one of several social workers who tried to mediate between p…
Volunteer groups pause quake aid in Myanmar citing junta restrictions
April 9, 2025
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.Junta restrictions on aid activities following central Myanmar’s devastating 7.7 earthquake have driven some to postpone aid efforts, despite many communities being in critical need of support, volunteers told…