An Indonesian court has sentenced seven Papuan pro-independence activists to nearly yearlong jail terms on treason charges for organizing anti-racism protests last year, despite calls from rights grou...

An Indonesian court has sentenced three Papuan pro-independence activists to nearly yearlong jail terms on treason charges for organizing anti-racism protests last year, despite calls from rights grou...

Journalist Maria Ressa has been convicted of libel in a Philippine court decision called a blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy...

An Australian man has been sentenced to death in southern China for drug smuggling...

In a story June 13, 2020, about an Australian man sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling, The Associated Press erroneously spelled his name...

An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president has been convicted of libel and sentenced to jail in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy...

Holding handmade signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” hundreds of people marched peacefully at a Tokyo park, highlighting the outrage over the death of George Floyd even in a country often perceived ...

Hundreds of activists in the Philippine capital are protesting against a proposed anti-terror law they say could be used to quash dissent, ignoring police threats that they could be arrested for viola...

One year ago, a sea of humanity _ a million people by some estimates _ marched through central Hong Kong on a steamy afternoon...

Protesters in Hong Kong got its government to withdraw extradition legislation last year, but now they’re getting a more dreaded national security law...