PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The day Kea Sokun was arrested in Cambodia, four men in plainclothes showed up at his photography shop near Angkor Wat and carted him off to […]
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Back to news homeRussia Strengthens Its Internet Censorship Powers
Russia’s boldest moves to censor the internet began in the most mundane of ways — with a series of bureaucratic emails and forms.The messages, sent by Russia’s powerful internet regulator, […]
American Siblings Barred From Leaving China for 3 Years Return to U.S.
While the Biden administration said there was no deal tying the resolution of Ms. Meng’s case to the release of the siblings, their prolonged detention in China appeared to be […]
‘They Have My Sister’: As Uyghurs Speak Out, China Targets Their Families
She was a gifted agricultural scientist educated at prestigious universities in Shanghai and Tokyo. She said she wanted to help farmers in poor areas, like her hometown in Xinjiang, in […]
A Spreadsheet of China’s Censorship Shows the Human Toll
In China, don’t question the heroes.At least seven people over the past week have been threatened, detained or arrested after casting doubt over the government’s account of the deaths of […]
What Sun Dawu’s Prosecution Says About China
Under Mr. Xi, the party’s traditionally suspicious stance against businesspeople who are politically active or outspoken has worsened. Wang Gongquan, a former venture capitalist who financed advocacy for more liberal […]
Dissidents First: A Foreign Policy Doctrine for the Biden Administration
Thirty years from now, what will historians consider the most consequential event of January 2021 — the storming of the U.S. Capitol by an insurrectionist mob, or Aleksei Navalny’s heroic […]