(Bangkok) – Thai authorities should drop criminal defamation charges against the Australian journalist Murray Hunter, who is being prosecuted for reporting on Malaysia’s media regulating agency, Human Rights Watch said today.

The government is enacting the Comprehensive Action Plan to Establish Defense of Democracy Systems and the Comprehensive Acti...

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Tensions are reignited after Arunachal-born Prema Wangjom Thongdok is detained at a Chinese airport.

From Buddhist teachings and fitness camps to wild swimming and days of meditation – Daniel Stables picks the best of the bunch

As family visits blocked, new evidence of coordinated violence against high-profile prisoner Source

India has lodged a protest with China over the detention of an Indian citizen during a layover at the Shanghai airport on November 21

Incredible Winners of the 2025 Nature Photographer of the Year Contest Norwegian photographer Åsmund Keilen has been named 2025 Nature Photographer of the Year for his artistic long-exposure photo of a common swift flying across the summer sky. Taken...

With their round bodies, big ears, and cute name, pikas are often called the “real-life Pikachu.” Though often mistaken for rodents, pikas are actually close relatives of rabbits and hares. Pikas typically grow about to 20cm in length, with short limbs and no visible tail. They live in high-altitude regions across North America and Asia, where freezing temperatures and rocks define their world.

Traveller claims Chinese officials declared her Indian passport invalid for mentioning Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing claims as its territory, as her birthplace

Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goalsIn the summer of 2023, I arrived in Dharamshala, an Indian town celebrated as the home of the Dalai...

Uyghurs, Christians, Tibetans, and Falun Gong practitioners have faced 'targeted repression,' it stated.

La repressione tecnologica avanza. Ma avanzano anche i mezzi per eluderla. The post Tecnologie biometriche e vie di fuga: perché il riconoscimento facciale non rende “obsoleti” i racconti dei rifugiati cinesi first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.

A roundup of children’s books that introduce the dharma The post Buddhist Books for Kids in 2025 appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Scientists says this group rarely intermingled with others

Click to expand Image A protester writes "dignity" in English and Chinese in a show of solidarity with the White Paper protest in China at the University of Washington in Seattle, December 4, 2022. © 2022 Chin Hei Leung/SOPA...

ICIMOD experts warn 42 glacial lakes in Koshi province, including Tallopokhari in Barun, are at high risk of bursting, threatening lives and infrastructure in Sankhuwasabha and Arun Valley.

The daughter of a detained Chinese Christian pastor is urging U.S. lawmakers to help free her father at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed to “save our Great Christian population” worldwide

CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese...

The guiding teacher of Heart Sangha on the connections between generosity, motherhood, and chöd The post The Generosity of Offering the Body appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

The Three-Self Church is not a real church but a political propaganda agency. Leaving it, however, exposes one to the risk of being arrested. The post The Weeping Believer: A Report from a Chinese Christian first appeared on Bitter...

On Tuesday last week, the Italian senate introduced a motion calling on the Italian government to act through international institutions to protect the rights of Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai (黎智英), ...

Til, the remotest of three villages in the Limi valley on the Tibetan border, was already wrestling with a dwindling population but a series of natural disasters has led many to consider where their future should beOn the night...

foreign policy, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on November 6, 2025. The Japanese government should affirm its commitment to human rights by taking the lead in promoting civilian democratic rule and the rule of law across Asia and around the world.