Despite Election, No Progress in Myanmar
The government is even increasingly targeting unarmed civilians as part of its counter-insurgency tactic.
IRIN
Daughters for Sex: A Mission to Counter the Cruelty
Stolen, beaten, raped and broken - Anuradha Koirala confronts diplomacy and leads a campaign to restore power to children and women smuggled out of Nepal to fuel an illicit international trade in humans.
DEBBY NG
Religious Persecution Intensifies in Vietnam
More and more Christian ethnic minorities in Vietnam are harassed, arrested and tortured; and their property confiscated or destroyed.
IRIN
Poaching Cambodians
The Cambodian government is accused of being complicit in the trafficking of Cambodians to Malaysia as domestic workers.
IRIN
Unchaining the Mentally Ill
A new programme aims to help the mentally ill in rural Indonesia, who are often bound in shackles by their families.
IRIN Contributor
The Parents of a Child Soldier Helped Me, Now I Help Others
A child soldier in Burma recounts his tale of forced conscription and how he escaped.
IRIN Contributor
Paani… chhaina? (No water?)
Politics stands as a formidable dyke between Nepal’s mighty rivers and its thirsty people.
EDWIN KOO
The Teacher and the Princess: Dissidence in Burma
In this endless wash of global current affairs and political change, may we not forget Burma.
HUW POHLNER
Hard Work, Hard Life
Blogger and student leader, Chantal Eco, shares with us the plight of dockyard workers in Leyte, Philippines, who survive with what little they have.
CHANTAL ECO
Development and Dissent: The China vs India Story
While the Chinese government prefers development over human rights, the Indian government, while guaranteeing these rights, neglects development.
MAITREYA BHAKAL
Zhao Ziyang's Tiananmen Square Speech
Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang visiting and talking to protesting students gathered on Tiananmen Square before the June 4th Incident
DAN-CHYI CHUA