China Detains Activist's Wife at Airport
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BEIJING, Aug. 24 -- The wife of a blind, imprisoned legal activist was detained at the Beijing airport Friday after authorities prevented her from flying to the Philippines to receive an award on behalf of her husband, whose case has sparked international outrage and condemnation.
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SURABAYA, Indonesia  - Indonesian police hunting  those responsible for last week's deadly bombing at the  Australian embassy in Jakarta said on Thursday they detained a  married couple suspected of links to militants behind the  attack.
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BEIJING, Aug. 24 -- The wife of a blind, imprisoned legal activist was detained at the Beijing airport Friday by authorities, apparently on orders to prevent her from flying to the Philippines to receive an award on behalf of her husband, whose case has sparked international outrage and...
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Police in central China have detained a woman who was being sought for more than four years in connection with the sale of dozens of babies across the country, state media reported on Tuesday.
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A HUSBAND and wife who may be linked to last week&#39;s Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta have been arrested following raids by Indonesian police.
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Plainclothes police detained a prominent Nigerian labor leader Saturday, bundling him into a car at an airport in an apparent effort to stop a threatened nationwide
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KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Asif Ali Zardari was detained at Islamabad Airport on Tuesday and sent back to Karachi. Zardari on his arrest said he would return back soon.
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Prominent Chinese activist Hu Jia is formally arrested more than a month after being taken into custody.
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A husband and wife have been arrested in connection with last week&#39;s bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, which killed nine people and injured 180, Indonesian police said yesterday.
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A Chinese human rights activist who worked as a researcher for the New York Times has been detained on charges of leaking state secrets, said his lawyer on Friday.
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The wife of a Boston-based democracy activist jailed in China said on Thursday she plans to seek medical parole for her husband after seeing him for the first time since he was detained in 2002.
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A Chinese author who was briefly  detained by police overnight along with two other intellectuals  said Tuesday the authorities appeared to be trying to build a  case against him as part of a crackdown on government critics.
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A candidate from Hong Kong's largest democracy party is jailed in mainland China, accused of hiring a prostitute.
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The wife of a jailed Chinese activist was prevented from leaving the country today as she attempted to travel overseas to collect a human rights award on behalf of her husband. Yuan Weijing was detained at Beijing airport, her passport revoked and her mobile phone confiscated, according to friends.
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Chinese authorities detained a prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist leader in connection with his plans to reopen an ancient temple complex in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia last week and have forced dozens of his American followers to leave the region, local officials said Wednesday.
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A Chinese civil rights activist who chronicled the plight of other dissidents before being taken from his home in December has been officially arrested and charged with subversion, his lawyer said Friday.
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China has detained two prominent intellectuals in what appears to be a renewed crackdown on dissent by authorities, family members and sources said.