A 20-year-old factory worker who joined a banned political party because he was unhappy with one-party rule in China was sentenced to jail for 18 months Wednesday, his mother said. A court in southern China's boomtown city of Shenzhen found Xue Mingkai guilty of subversion of state ...

One of China's most daring activist lawyers disappeared a year ago Thursday, and the government that so closely monitored him has not explained where he is, infuriating even those used to Beijing's indifference to outside pressure on human rights. High-profile dissidents have disappeared ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Tuesday his fight for the nation's rights will continue despite pressure by hardliners to end anti-government protests, his website reported. "The green movement will not abandon its peaceful fight ... until people's rights are preserved," he told Kalemeh website. He said politically motivated arrests and hangings of protesters were ...