Before leaving for Seoul, the U.S. president met with Wen Jiabao and visited the Great Wall. Hundreds of activists with petitions arrested or deported.

The priest, a symbol of the struggle for religious freedom and democracy in Vietnam is semi-paralyzed, but can speak and responds to treatment. He was admitted to the military hospital in Hanoi and is being followed by the chief of cardiology..

EU diplomats visiting India were prevented from visiting the Kandhamal District where deadly violence claimed the lives of Christians in 2008.

Following Hindu misgivings, Ghana-based evangelist Bernard Blessing was asked to refrain from speaking at an event in Kerala State.

Fr. Peter Doherty of Michigan taught Indians principles of Gandhism and political tactics to confront a nuclear power plant.

Gujarat, where the world's ships go to die, is also the resting place of the world's poisons.

For Urgen Tenzin, the United States and Western powers have a “moral obligation” towards democracy and human rights. He is disappointed by the US president’s visit to Asia. Too concerned about the economic crisis, the US leader did not defend democratic values. Japan has been able to reconcile development and protection of individual liberties.