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  • At least 16 people were killed and 32 injured when a powerful earthquake rocked Tibet in southwest China on Thursday night.
  • On Thursday, thousands of people participated in protests to support of abortion rights around Poland, including in Warsaw, the country's capital, and more than 20 other cities.
  • The state-owned Emirates News Agency reported that Lana Nusseibeh is the United Arab Emirates' nominee for secretary-general of the United Nations.
  • After last weekend's protests, French authorities on Thursday banned or restricted new demonstrations.
  • The European Union's top prize for human rights achievement, the Sakharov Prize, has been given to the International Criminal Court in 2026.

Category: News & Views

April 8, 2022

Public Anger Grows in China Over...

Public criticism is growing in China of the authorities’ Cultural Revolution-style anti-COVID-19 campaigns after a doctor took his own life over a hospital outbreak and officials killed pets whose owners tested positive for the virus

April 7, 2022

Prominent Uyghur Journalist Said to be...

A prominent Uyghur journalist who went missing in November 2017 is serving 15 years in prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region for “political crimes,” his son and authorities in the region told RFA

April 6, 2022

Two More Uyghurs Detained in Saudi...

Two more Uyghurs — a mother and her daughter — are in danger of being deported from Saudi Arabia back to China, where they could face severe punishment at the hands of authorities there, an international human rights group said

April 5, 2022

Police in China’s Guangdong Move Ahead...

Authorities in the southern province of Guangdong have moved to prosecute feminist activist and journalist Sophia Huang and fellow activist Wang Jianbing, rights groups reported

April 1, 2022

Tibet Man Attempts Self-Immolation Near Monastery...

Tibetan man set himself on fire near a police station in a Tibetan region of northwestern China’s Qinghai province and was immediately taken away by authorities with no word on his condition, sources in India said Thursday, a day after the incident

March 30, 2022

Uyghur Woman Who Escaped Forced Abortion...

Uyghur woman who escaped from a hospital in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region to avoid a forced abortion in 2014 has died in prison, a Uyghur who lives in exile and a village police officer said

March 29, 2022

Sisters ‘Cooking for Ukraine’ Overwhelmed by...

The Ukrainian owners of an Eastern European restaurant in Hong Kong have started selling snacks and dishes from their hometowns to fund their country’s humanitarian efforts after the Russian invasion, they told RFA’s Cantonese Service

March 26, 2022

Uyghurs Detained in Saudi Arabia Face...

Two Uyghur men arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia since November 2020 are believed to be at risk of being forcibly repatriated to China, an international rights group said Wednesday

March 25, 2022

Human Rights Advocates Urge UN Rights...

Excluding region would make report on China’s rights violations ‘incomplete,’ Tibet Bureau says. By Tenzin Dyicki The United Nations human rights chief must include Tibet on the itinerary of her planned trip to China in May, human rights groups told RFA. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announced earlier this month that she …

March 24, 2022

China Blocks Use of Tibetan Language...

Chinese government restrictions on use of the Tibetan language have now spread to video services and other online platforms, as Beijing continues to push the assimilation of China’s ethnic minorities into the dominant Han Chinese culture, according to Tibetan sources

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