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  • The memorandum of understanding, which implements a 60-day ceasefire in the Iran War, was electronically signed by the United States and Iran.
  • The tentative agreement between the United States and Iran, which aims to put an end to the war between the two countries, garnered backing from G7 leaders.
  • On Wednesday, the 14-point memorandum of understanding was made public by the Trump administration.
  • Under a 14-point memorandum of understanding, the United States is expected to lift sanctions against Iran and unfreeze money and assets connected to the country's government.
  • A targeted shooting at a Delaware hospital claimed the life of a 19-year-old man and seriously injured another.

Tag: Human Rights Violations

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 23, 2022

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

March 17, 2022

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

March 12, 2022

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

March 11, 2022

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

March 8, 2022

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

March 5, 2022

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

March 2, 2022

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

March 1, 2022

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

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