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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

January 19, 2022

Tibetan Language Advocate Speaks Up Again...

A Tibetan activist is again speaking out against language restrictions after spending five years in prison for discussing the issue with Western media, RFA has learned

January 15, 2022

Rights Groups Urge Countries to Pressure...

Rights groups and a former United Nations official issued a final plea for the international community to use the approaching Winter Olympics in Beijing to pressure China to improve its human rights record, amid widespread persecution of Muslim Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers and other groups

January 14, 2022

Interview:’I Didn’t Leave Hong Kong, Hong...

Hong Kong political artist Kacey Wong is planning a new exhibition on the the democratic island of Taiwan, where he has described himself as “exiled” during a citywide crackdown on political opposition and public dissent under a draconian national security law imposed by Beijing

January 13, 2022

Two Tibetan Monks Arrested,Held With No...

Two Tibetan monks arrested by authorities in western China’s Sichuan province are incommunicado five months after being taken into custody, with family members increasingly worried about their well-being, RFA has learned

January 11, 2022

Retired Uyghur Civil Servant Dies Shortly...

A Uyghur post office retiree interned in a detention camp in China’s far-western Xinjiang region in 2018 on suspicion of religious extremism died in December 2021 following his release, Uyghurs and local officials with knowledge of the situation said

January 4, 2022

Uyghur Scholar Confirmed Abducted by Chinese...

A Uyghur historian and editor who was arrested by authorities in Beijing was handed over to police in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, where he has been detained for three years, Uyghur sources and police said

December 31, 2021

Calls Grow For Citizen Journalist’s Release,...

A Paris-based press freedom group has called for the release of award-winning citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, whose family says she is close to death in Shanghai Women’s Prison

December 30, 2021

War and Atrocities Spread Beyond Ethiopia’s...

In late 2020, a conflict between the Ethiopian Federal government and a local military erupted into a civil war, forcing two million people to evacuate their homes and putting hundreds of thousands in famine-like conditions

December 29, 2021

Uyghur Forced Laborer Died at Factory...

A Uyghur woman who had been interned in a detention camp in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region died of a stomach ailment in September 2020 while performing forced labor at a sock factory adjacent to the internment facility, RFA has learned

December 28, 2021

Hunan Teacher Who Supported Fired Journalism...

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hunan have released primary school teacher Li Tiantian from a psychiatric hospital following a public outcry over her detention, but restrictions on her freedom remain

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