November 28, 2017 China sentences Taiwan activist to 5 years in prison for 'subversion of state power' A Taiwanese activist was sentenced in China to five years in prison Tuesday for holding lectures online and assisting the families of jailed dissidents in a sign of how Beijing's crackdown on human rights extends beyond its borders.
November 21, 2017 China jails prominent human rights lawyer for 2 years for 'inciting subversion' A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison on the vague charge of inciting subversion of state power, the latest verdict passed down in a sweeping crackdown on activism that has drawn widespread international criticism.
November 2, 2017 Amid Pence promises, persecuted Iraqi Christians still in perilous limbo Hundreds of thousands of persecuted Christians, Yazidis and other minorities driven from battered northern Iraq are still in a perilous limbo, as humanitarian groups struggle to make sense of a new Trump Administration initiative rolled out after Vice President Mike Pence’s October 25 promise to “stop funding ineffective relief efforts at the United Nations” and “provide support directly to persecuted communities through USAID.”
October 24, 2017 Trump's refugee ban ends as executive order toughens vetting for 11 countries As President Trump’s four-month ban on refugees came to a close on Tuesday, his administration was getting ready to roll out a new set of “extreme vetting” procedures that includes collecting biographical data as well as employment history from people seeking entry into the United States.
September 26, 2017 Saudi Arabia gives women the right to drive in new order Women in Saudi Arabia will now be allowed to obtain drivers licenses, as per an order from King Salman, reports said.
September 26, 2017 UN war on sexual abuse in Central African Republic still a shambles, internal study shows Despite years of “zero tolerance” of the sexual abuse crisis by United Nations’ peacekeepers, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic is still a bureaucratic shambles when it comes to recording, investigating and keeping track of those crimes, according to a U.N. internal report.
September 18, 2017 Protesters call out Pelosi over Trump DACA deal House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi got an earful on Monday after protesters in San Francisco confronted her angrily for striking a tentative deal with President Trump over a program to extend legal protections to young undocumented immigrants.
June 22, 2017 Daily newspaper columnist who defended NRA quits after suspension A conservative columnist who was suspended by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after she defended the National Rifle Association from comparisons to ISIS fired back with her resignation and a series of targeted tweets.
June 22, 2017 North Korea: Tillerson, Mattis still playing China card with Pyongyang One day after President Trump appeared to give up on China as an effective mediator in the West’s long-running disputes with North Korea, two of the president’s most senior cabinet officials signaled that the administration has not altogether abandoned the use of China as an intermediary.
June 20, 2017 Otto Warmbier dead: Trump condemns 'brutal' North Korea regime President Trump slammed North Korea's "brutal regime" Monday after the death of college student Otto Warmbier, who was released by the communist nation in a coma last week.