Headlines- A bill amending a 2021 law that targeted the LGBTQ+ community and was passed by nationalist former leader Viktor Orban was approved by Hungary's parliament on Tuesday.
- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
Tag: Chinese Uyghurs
From a Cardboard Box to an...
In 1986, a Uyghur kebab vendor found a Chinese baby in a cardboard box on his way home from work. Now Abdulla Tomur is willing to do anything to get Zohregul – the abandoned girl he raised as his daughter – released from a Chinese prison.
Explained: China’s ‘Ethnic Unity and Progress...
Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress—China’s newest law contains 65 articles, many of which have raised concerns among Tibetans and rights groups.In Tibet, it builds on existing restrictions around religious teaching and Mandarin-medium education.
Chinese Police Arrest Uyghur Sisters and...
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang’s regional capital Urumqi on July 4 arrested two Uyghur sisters and their mother for sending goods to their eldest sister in Turkey, and a third sister was arrested a week later, the eldest told Radio Free Asia.
Uyghur Human Rights Activist Condemns Death...
A Bangkok court on Thursday sentenced two Uyghur men to death for triggering a bomb explosion which killed twenty and injured over a hundred others over a decade ago.
U.S. House Passes Uyghur Policy Act...
The House passed the Uyghur Policy Act on Tuesday, a bill that advances a strategy for the United States to support Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities enduring persecution at the hands of China’s government.
Uyghur Bomb Suspects Still Await Final...
Thai court slashed the number of prosecution witnesses for the long-stalled trial of two Uyghur men incarcerated for a decade following the retaliatory bombing of a Bangkok shrine popular with Chinese visitors.
Thailand Deports 40 Uyghurs to China...
Thailand deported 40 Uyghurs to China on Thursday, ignoring warnings from the U.S., U.N. and right groups that the men, who had been detained in Thailand for more than a decade, faced torture if sent back.
Uyghur Historian Sentenced Again – This...
Uyghur historian Tursunjan Hezim, the founder of the Orkhun website, which archived a vast collection of books and materials on Uyghur history before it was shut down by Beijing, was sentenced to life in prison in 2022, a security official at the school where he used to work told Radio Free Asia.
Thailand Urged Not to Deport 48...
A human rights group has urged Thailand not to deport to China 48 Uyghurs who have languished for more than a decade in detention, saying their safety and human rights must be the priority.
Bangkok Court Clears Thai Woman of...
A Bangkok court on Thursday acquitted a Thai woman accused of supporting two Chinese ethnic Uyghur men suspected of carrying out a 2015 bombing that killed 20 people at a Hindu shrine popular with tourists from China.