HONG KONG -- China has retained its distinction as one of the world's worst abusers of personal freedom, according to U.S.-based advocacy group Freedom House, which saw declines in civil liberties across the Asia-Pacific region.
Civil liberties, political rights broadly declined across Asia-Pacific last year

China has intesified its citizen surveillance while the military junta in Myanmar has imposed martial law, a report on political freedom says (Source photos by Reuters)
HONG KONG -- China has retained its distinction as one of the world's worst abusers of personal freedom, according to U.S.-based advocacy group Freedom House, which saw declines in civil liberties across the Asia-Pacific region.