Headlines
  • In southern Lebanon, the Israeli army claims to have killed two Hezbollah members..
  • On Wednesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards opened fire on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • According to US President Donald Trump, the United States is extending the cease-fire with Iran until Iran submits a proposal and talks conclude.
  • It has been decided to postpone Vice President JD Vance's trip to Islamabad for talks.
  • Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, hailed US President Donald Trump for accepting his country's request to extend the ceasefire.
  • US President Donald Trump said Iranian ports would remain blocked until Tehran presents a "unified proposal."
  • For the first time since a 10-day truce went into effect on Friday, the Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed to have fired rockets and drones at Israeli forces on Tuesday "in response to the blatant and documented violations" by Israel.

Tag: Human Rights Violations

July 6, 2022

Former 1989 Student Leader on Detention...

A former student leader of the 1989 protest movement at Hangzhou University in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang is being force-fed in detention after refusing food and drink, RFA has learned

July 1, 2022

Taiwan Activist Lee Ming-Cheh Says World...

Taiwanese NGO worker Lee Ming-Cheh was released from Chishan Prison in the central Chinese province of Hunan on April 15 after serving nearly five years for “attempting to subvert state power.”  

June 29, 2022

Russian Forces Destroy One of Mariupol’s...

After undergoing a significant makeover in 2018, School #66 was the pride of Mariupol. However, everything changed in late February 2022

Leaked Documents Show China’s Careful Coordination...

Classified speeches given by high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials describe Uyghurs and other Muslims as an “enemy class” whose traditions must be wiped away for China to survive, startling new evidence of the coordinated brutality authorities have deployed to force restive minority groups to assimilate

June 22, 2022

Tibetan Activist Sentenced to Prison For...

Chinese authorities sentenced a young Tibetan language activist arrested in October 2021 to four years and five months in prison, although his friends and family members remain in the dark about where he was taken, a source in Tibet told RFA on Monday

June 21, 2022

Rodrigo Duterte’s Daughter Sworn in as...

Sara Duterte, the daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, on Sunday took the oath as vice president of the Philippines, in a heavily guarded ceremony in her southern hometown of Davao, where she is outgoing mayor

Social Media Comments Express ‘Shock’ Over...

Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tangshan have been obstructing state media journalists after they tried to follow up on a crackdown on organized crime in the city, sparked by thugs beating up women at a barbecue restaurant earlier this month, social media reports said

June 20, 2022

Sri Lankan Government Must Emphasise Human...

Thyagi Ruwanpathirana, Amnesty International’s South Asia Regional Researcher, responded to media reports that the government is in talks with a number of lenders about its debt obligations and the imposition of austerity measures in the midst of a severe economic crisi

June 18, 2022

Charges Against Chinese Citizens’ Movement Leader...

Detained democracy activist Xu Zhiyong will stand trial for subversion in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong on June 22, lawyers and a rights group said on Friday

June 17, 2022

China Says Bloomberg Journalist Haze Fan...

Bloomberg journalist Haze Fan has been released on bail, but still faces charges of “endangering state security,” according to the Chinese Embassy in Washington

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