August 25, 2020 Trump administration considering labeling China's oppression of Uighur Muslims a genocide: report The Trump administration is considering labelling China’s oppression of Uighur Muslims in the western Xinjiang province “genocide,” Politico reports.
August 21, 2020 Behind Maduro's 'bioterrorism' accusations amid Venezuelan coronavirus crackdown As coronavirus continues to rampage through already embattled Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has staunchly clamped down on all elements of civic society – going so far as to frame returnees as “bioterrorists” and a steep threat to national security.
August 19, 2020 State Department renews scrutiny of China amid report of Uighur infanticide, forced abortions The State Department is reiterating its criticism of the Chinese government amid a Uighur obstetrician's allegation that the Xinjiang hospitals are committing infanticide and forced abortions to maintain family planning limits.
August 14, 2020 China's national security law triggering radical transformation of Hong Kong's human rights Despite pledges from top Hong Kong officials that the draconian national security law, which contains 66 articles and criminalizes succession and subversion, to terrorism and collusion, would only impact a small fraction of the seven million population, almost every facet of the once independent enclave – from education to civil society to technology – has been radically transformed in just over a month.
August 12, 2020 Iranian musician rebuffing ban arrested for allegedly encouraging women to dance and sing A prominent Iranian music advocate and creator was detained by police officials and charged with allegedly aiding women to sing and dance, he told ӣƵ.
August 11, 2020 Bahrain's human trafficking fight draws US recognition A select group of countries is making efforts to fight the scourge -- among them is Bahrain, which has implemented an oper-door policy for its citizens to report suspected human trafficking crimes.
August 10, 2020 UN envoy Kelly Craft vows US pushing issue of human rights in China 'at every opportunity we have' The United States is broaching the topic of human rights issues with China at the United Nations whenever it can, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft told "The Story" Monday night.
August 5, 2020 Uighur model sends rare video from Chinese detention A 31-year-old Uighur man appears in a newly published video that offers a rare view inside the Communist Party’s secretive “reeducation” camps.
July 31, 2020 Pompeo sanctions China over human rights abuses against the Uyghurs, calling it the 'stain of the century' The United States has increased their pressure on the Chinese government to stop the reported human rights abuses being committed against the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province of China, by hitting them with more sanctions.
July 31, 2020 Cultural genocide? What China is doing in Tibet today While much of the international community has turned its attention to the abuses taking place against the Uighur Muslims in the Chinese province of Xingang – some activists are also pointing to the human rights horrors against Buddhists in Tibet – a decades-long conflict that has long tumbled from the limelight.