Nearly 60 lawyers in Vietnam have now applied to represent a lawyer charged with tax evasion after he agreed to defend a dissident blogger and RFA contributor who was abducted in Thailand in January and brought back to Vietnam by …
Trial Date Set in Vietnam for Lawyer Who Offered to Defend RFA Blogger
Nearly 60 lawyers in Vietnam have now applied to represent a lawyer charged with tax evasion after he agreed to defend a dissident blogger and RFA contributor who was abducted in Thailand in January and brought back to Vietnam by …
Cambodia Fortifies Border Town Ahead of Sam Rainsy’s Possible Return
POIPET, BANTEAY MEANCHEY PROVINCE, CAMBODIA - Members of Cambodia's opposition have spent the past few days crossing Southeast Asia in an attempt to return to Cambodia, a return promised by their exiled leader, Sam Rainsy.
Their destination is Poipet, a …
India’s Pullout Deals Setback to Asia-Pacific Nations’ Trade Talks
Officials in more than a dozen Asian and Pacific nations are struggling to move forward with a major regional trade pact, days after India announced that it was not willing to sign on.
The news threw the future of the …
Cambodia’s Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy Aboard Flight to Asia in Hopes of Return From Exile
Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy was aboard a plane to Asia, a senior party official said Friday, a day after he was blocked from taking a flight to Thailand, from where he hopes to return to his home country from …
Cambodian Rival Stopped From Going Home to Challenge Hun Sen
PARIS - Cambodia's most prominent opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, was stopped from boarding a flight in Paris on Thursday in his attempt to return home to challenge his country's longtime autocratic leader, but he assured his followers he would go …