An official of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees accused Burma of widespread atrocities as part of an effort to "ethnically cleanse" Rohingya Muslims from the country.
The Philippines' ultra-hardline President Duterte, in announcing his "separation" from the US, praised China for providing aid without criticizing his atrocious human rights record.
The Philippines' new ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte, now favorably invoking Hitler's genocide as a model for his war on drugs, has already reached a Pinochet-level kill count.
Villages are in flames and hundreds displaced in a new army crackdown on supposed Rohingya militants—days after President Obama lifted all sanctions on Burma.
A former death-squad hitman testified to the Philippine Senate that extrajudicial executions in Mindanao were personally ordered by now-president Rodrigo Duterte.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was barred from entering Thailand to attend commemorations of the 1976 massacre of student protesters.
Amnesty International released a report detailing widespread rights abuses in Thailand, and asserting that the military government has instated a "culture of torture."
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte declared a "state of lawlessness" after a deadly bomb blast at a market in the southern city of Davao by the ISIS-affiliated Abu Sayyaf group.
Military officials in Thailand charged three human rights defenders with violations of the Computer Crimes Act after they released a report detailing acts of torture.
China refuses to recognize a Hague tribunal ruling in favor of Philippine maritime claims—just one of several conflicts at play as tensions rise in the South China Sea.
Human rights abuses against the Rohingya in Burma may amount to crimes against humanity, according to a new report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
As ethnic insurgencies continue, opium-growers in Burma's northern mountains issued a statement demanding a halt to eradication programs as essential to any peace deal.
