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  • According to the US Central Command, strikes against Iran were carried out for the seventh consecutive night.
  • Iranian foeces targeted a Thai-flagged vessel that attempted to transit the Strait of Hormuz, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
  • The US attacked an Iranian oil tanker docked at Karg Island, deputy governor of Bushehr, Iran said.
  • After what it described as an Iranian strike involving ballistic missiles and drones, Kuwait's military claimed on Friday that several of its ground forces injured and that both military and civilian facilities damaged.
  • Iran said it attacked an American military base in eastern Syria on Friday.

Category: News & Views

February 16, 2021

Warrant of Arrest for Lesedi FM...

The brutal attack on Lesedi FM presenter, Dimakatso Ratselane, allegedly by her husband, has spurred the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) to reiterate its call for South Africans to take a definitive stand against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF)

Mixed Messages From WHO Wuhan Investigation...

A World Health Organization (WHO) team sent to Wuhan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has sent out mixed signals regarding the transparency of the probe, Chinese commentators said on Monday

February 13, 2021

Japan’s Muji Stops Short of Ban...

Japanese clothing and lifestyle brand Muji says it has stopped exporting cotton sourced in Xinjiang to the United States, but rights groups say the company has done little to remove Xinjiang cotton — which has been linked forced labor by mostly ethnic Uyghur detainees who have committed no crime — from its supply chain

February 12, 2021

Uyghur Group Defends Detainee Database After...

An organization compiling information on Uyghurs detained in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has defended its findings after officials in the region accused it of spreading lies, saying forcing witness testimonies and making unsubstantiated claims will not undermine its work

February 11, 2021

Military Personnel from the Portuguese Republican...

Thirty soldiers from the Republican National Guard (GNR) increase the number of guards in various operations of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) at the European Union’s external borders

China COVID-19 Restrictions Close Temples in...

Chinese authorities in Tibet have imposed restrictions on religious practices and shuttered temples in the city of Lhasa ahead the Tibetan New Year, citing coronavirus concerns, sources in Tibet told RFA.

February 10, 2021

Myanmar Forces Raid Ruling Party Headquarters,...

Myanmar security forces raided the headquarters of deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party on Tuesday, a party official said, as nationwide demonstrations against the military takeover turned bloody when police fired on a large crowd in the capital, wounding two protesters. In a nighttime raid as anti-coup protests in Myanmar’s major cities …

February 9, 2021

Legal Opinion Finds ‘Credible Case’ For...

Available evidence of Chinese state actions establishes a “credible case” that authorities have committed crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide against Uyghurs in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), experts said in a legal opinion Monday

February 7, 2021

Zimbabwe Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono Anti-Corruption Song...

Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has been making headlines in Zimbabwe for his multiple arrests, triggered last year by his social media posts highlighting government corruption

February 6, 2021

Rights Groups Call For Boycott of...

China’s worsening rights record in Tibet, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong has disqualified Beijing from hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, more than 180 rights groups and activists said in a letter sent to the International Olympic Committee this week

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