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Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained an ethnic Uyghur couple of longstanding Turkish citizenship, according to their daughter, who said Beijing will not release them because they have witnessed human rights abuses in the region
The most famous videos on YouTube are of children having a good time. They’re also a fast-growing industry, with little regulations and supervision to protect children on both sides of the computer
According to a new study by the US State Department, there are credible reports of “hundreds” or “thousands” of Saudi political prisoners, including inmates who have allegedly been held without charge for long periods of time
Authorities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have leased a mosque in Ghulja (in Chinese, Yining) city to a Han Chinese businessman from the capital Beijing, who turned the place of worship into a tourist hotel, according to sources
One of the few Russian media outlets to cover jailed opposition figure Aleksei Navalny is an independent Siberian television station. Navalny’s anti-corruption probes and protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin
Concerns regarding media freedoms have been raised as a result of global media giants’ decision to comply with Turkish government demands to open offices in Turkey
Botswana’s lawmakers recently formed a committee to solve the issue and intend to create a sex offenders register, despite the country’s high and rising rate of rape cases
The situation and well-being of a renowned Uyghur intellectual who was detained by authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region remains unknown more than three years after he was taken into custody, according to the man’s U.S.-based son
Due to a decrease in bee populations caused by pesticides, Kenyan farmers claim they are forced to hand-pollinate their crops. According to Kenyan insect experts, chemicals intended to destroy desert locusts and other pests are also destroying bees and other pollinators
Many British people’s hopes of retiring in Spain are being dashed by the current reality – and a whole new set of laws – as the EU and Britain try to hammer out an agreement to regulate their trade ties after Brexit.