July 4, 2020 State Department official tells US companies to 'be aware' of Chinese brands using slave labor Under Secretary of State Keith Krach warned on Saturday about the potential for international commerce to support brands benefiting from slave labor in China.
July 3, 2020 China appoints Communist Party hardliner to oversee Hong Kong's new security office Just days after a draconian national security law went into effect in Hong Kong this week, Beijing has appointed a hardline, controversial Communist Party figure – Zheng Yanxiong – as chief of the new office, set up to ensure the sweeping new changes are implemented.
June 26, 2020 From poisonings to beheadings, 'honor killings' in Iran gets a fresh spotlight with social media Last week in the Kurdish-Iranian city of Kermanshah, an 18-year-old pregnant woman was forced to consume aluminum phosphide by her father and brothers in what human rights activists have deemed a brutal “honor” killing.
June 15, 2020 Why US is trying to curtail ICC investigation over 'war crimes' in Afghanistan The U.S. government made it clear in March that it would not cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. military and intelligence personnel in Afghanistan, and late last week, the Trump administration doubled-down on its stance by issuing an executive order that paves the way for ICC employees and their families to be barred from entry to the United States, and slapped with economic sanctions.
June 10, 2020 Pompeo: China engaging in decades-long 'war on faith' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Wednesday, accusing China of a “war on faith” while presenting the 2019 International Religious Freedom Report for Congress.
June 4, 2020 Police fire pepper spray at demonstrators during Tiananmen Square memorial Police officers fired pepper spray at a crowd of Hong Kong demonstrators at a Tiananmen Square memorial, after protesters defied a police ban Thursday, according to Reuters.
June 2, 2020 George Floyd death: Minnesota files human-rights complaint against Minneapolis police The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) has opened an investigation and filed a civil rights complaint against the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) following the death of George Floyd.
May 20, 2020 Dershowitz says forced coronavirus vaccination could happen: 'Police power of the state is very considerable' Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz joined "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Wednesday to discuss the constitutionality of forcing members of the public to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, should a vaccine become available.
May 20, 2020 Somalia sees 'massive' uptick in female genital mutilation during coronavirus lockdown Somalia has witnessed a “massive” rise in female genital mutilation as girls are kept home from school due to lockdown restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, a report said Monday.
May 5, 2020 Cruz slams 'complicit' Hollywood for bowing to China censors: 'What are we saying to the world?' Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Tuesday to discuss a bill he drafted that would prevent the Pentagon from cooperating with movie studios who censor their productions to appease Chinese authorities.