Human Rights

Police were out in force in Beijing and elsewhere Sunday after the latest call for a Chinese Jasmine Revolution.

How will China respond to an open letter calling for peaceful gatherings across the country every Sunday at 2 pm?

A big show of police force in major cities follows Internet calls for a Chinese Jasmine Revolution.

Faced with a shortage of domestic help, Malaysia has been turning to Cambodia to find workers. Many, though, aren’t receiving what’s promised.

Indonesia takes up the chairmanship of ASEAN this year. Human rights promotion should be top of the to-do list.

The recent arrest of smuggler Haydar Khani won’t stop the dangerous trade—or the lies that feed it.

The Chinese media has said Hu Jintao’s trip to Washington was a diplomatic masterstroke. Was it?

A controversial video showing the torture of two Papuans is an embarrassment for the military and the government.

The Burmese junta’s decision to close a Thai border crossing has prompted frustration and questions—and no answers from Burma.

After accepting new Burmese exiles, will Japan show more of its humanitarian side?

With millions of Muslims mired in poverty, Indian politicians say quotas offer a fix. But is this political exploitation?

Chatham House fellow and Wall Street Journal blogger Yiyi Lu says some of the conventional wisdom on China just isn’t very wise.