450 ABA Journal Asia articles.
Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang signed a false confession in detention in China after his captors beat him, deprived him of sleep and forced him into painful positions, according…
Jan 23, 2017 11:39 AM CST
An assistant law professor at American University of Afghanistan was among those killed in an attack late Wednesday that claimed the lives of at least 13 people.
The attack on…
Aug 25, 2016 10:04 AM CDT
ABA President Linda Klein has sent a letter to the prime minister of Pakistan expressing concern about the assassination of a local bar president and a suicide attack at a…
Aug 23, 2016 8:56 AM CDT
ABA leaders and members of China’s community of dissidents-in-exile living in the United States packed a meeting room at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco on Saturday morning…
Aug 6, 2016 4:36 PM CDT
A Chinese human rights lawyer will go to prison on a charge of subverting state power.
The lawyer, Zhou Shifeng, was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday, the…
Aug 4, 2016 3:40 PM CDT
A jailed Chinese human rights lawyer who is due to receive the ABA’s first International Human Rights Award in absentia has reportedly been released on bail after delivering a videotaped…
Aug 1, 2016 11:35 AM CDT
The ABA has chosen detained Chinese lawyer Wang Yu to receive its first International Human Rights Award.
The ABA announced the award on Friday, one year after Wang was detained…
Jul 8, 2016 1:15 PM CDT
A judge in South Africa is citing mitigating factors in sentencing track star Oscar Pistorius to six years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Judge…
Jul 6, 2016 8:58 AM CDT
More than eight years after an international manhunt for a “swirl face” pedophile made headlines due to innovative use of technology and the internet, the criminal justice system is still…
Jun 2, 2016 10:40 AM CDT
May 1, 2016 2:00 AM CDT
China has passed a new law requiring foreign nongovernmental organizations—known as NGOs—to register with police and to find official Chinese sponsors.
The law passed Thursday amid criticism by Western governments…
Apr 29, 2016 2:35 PM CDT
When intellectual property litigator Leila Amineddoleh read a recent online article about fake and falsely attributed art works, she was startled.
The Tehelka Blog article, “The Rise Of…
Apr 28, 2016 12:40 PM CDT
A trial in an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan was dramatically halted on Monday after the judge asked a police officer how an explosive—that authorities say they took from the defendant—worked.
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Crime is approaching a record low in Japan, the number of bankruptcies is also plunging and, in general, people in Japan are less litigious than in the U.S., preferring to…
Apr 4, 2016 3:40 PM CDT
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