Headlines- The body of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, was found by rescue personnel in southern Lebanon.
- A day before the previous ceasefire was about to expire, US President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that the Iranian regime was "seriously fractured" as part of his justification for extending the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely.
- US President Trump has not given Iran a "firm deadline" to submit its most recent proposal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
- As part of the embargo against Iran, U.S. forces have ordered 29 vessels to turn around or return to port, according to U.S. Central Command.
- Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has warned that Lebanon urgently needs €500 million to handle the aftermath of weeks of fighting as the country rushes to contain a worsening humanitarian disaster.
Tag: Human Rights Violations
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
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 …
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Uyghur Woman Serving 20-Year Sentence for...
Uyghur woman who spoke for an hour with a Turkish politician a decade ago during his visit to a famous bazaar in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region was arrested for her transgression in 2017 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence, her husband said
Uyghur Volleyball Coach Gets 8 Years...
A national-level Uyghur volleyball coach is serving an eight-year prison sentence for “befriending bearded men,” under a deepening crackdown on Islamic practices and culture, a Uyghur living in exile and a local police officer told RFA
China’s Anti-Trafficking Activists Face Vast Network...
Public anger over widespread trafficking in women and girls, mostly for “marriage” to men who can’t find willing partners, is running in high in China since a woman was found chained by the neck in a freezing outbuilding in the eastern province of Jiangsu in January
Former Hong Kong Healthcare Union Founder...
Authorities in Hong Kong have revoked bail for former healthcare union chief and democracy activist Winnie Yu, putting her back behind bars on International Women’s Day
Uyghur University Lecturer Serving 10-Year Sentence...
Uyghur professor and translator has been serving a 10-year sentence in a prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region for separatism and promoting Western culture, a former Uyghur classmate of the man and a village official confirmed to RFA this month, more than four years after his detention
Hundreds of Uyghurs Said to be...
Nearly 800 Uyghurs are being held in a detention camp in Manas county in northwestern China’s Xinjiang, said an official from the area who previously worked at the facility
UN Head Reiterates call for China...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday again called on China to allow outside officials to visit Xinjiang to observe how the government is treating Uyghur Muslims there
Turkey Closes Uyghur School in Istanbul...
Authorities in Istanbul closed a Uyghur elementary school there allegedly at the request of the Chinese government officials who worried students were receiving anti-China instruction, the principal and the parents of students said