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  • The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
  • said it is targeting Houthi positions in Taiz and Marib.
  • A missile attack on Aden International Airport put 151 passengers on a Yemenia flight headed for Cairo in danger, the transport minister of Yemen's internationally recognized government said.
  • The Amazon rainforest in Brazil has seen the least amount of deforestation in almost 40 years.
  • Heidi Levine, a journalist for the Washington Post, was injured on Friday after being assaulted by some Israeli settlers while working in the occupied West Bank.
  • Ahead of the country's April 2027 presidential election, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed on Wednesday that political forces are "exploiting" the country's student protesters..
  • Authorities said at a press conference that the mass shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday that claimed the lives of three students and one teacher occurred inside a special needs classroom. They also identified the suspected shooter and some of the victims.

Tag: Human Rights Violations

December 14, 2021

Tibetan Monk Given 5-Year Prison Term...

A court in western China’s Sichuan province has sentenced a Tibetan monk to five years in prison for sharing books and teachings by Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, RFA has learned

December 11, 2021

Tibetan Writer Given 10-Year Prison Term...

A Chinese court in Tibet has given a 10-year prison term to a Tibetan writer and educator known for expressing loyalty to exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, with the sentence handed down in a secret trial, RFA has learned

December 10, 2021

Uyghur Tribunal Finds China Committed Genocide...

An independent tribunal in London said Thursday that China committed genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in its western Xinjiang region and that President Xi Jinping shared primary responsibility for the atrocities

December 9, 2021

Jailed Chinese Citizen Journalist, Disappeared Rights...

Jailed citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and disappeared rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng have won the Lin Zhao Freedom Award for their work promoting Chinese civil society and advancing the rule of law

December 7, 2021

Court in China’s Chengdu Jails Veteran...

court in the southwestern province of Sichuan has handed down a four-year jail term to veteran rights activist Chen Yunfei after finding him guilty of “child molestation.” Charges of sexual misconduct are sometimes used to target peaceful critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

December 2, 2021

Interview:‘My Duty is to Continue Exposing...

British lawmaker Nusrat Ghani, 49, launched an inquiry in the House of Commons in September 2020 to examine the U.K.’s supply chain of products made with Uyghur forced labor in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region

December 1, 2021

Exiles From Belarus Are Caught in...

Thousands of migrants attempted to enter the EU with the help of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s government, drawing global media attention to the border between Belarus and Poland. The quarrel between Warsaw and Minsk over Poland’s policy of sheltering Belarusian political exiles lies at the heart of this problem

Interview: ‘China Wants to Make Sure...

A United Nations whistleblower fired last week for accusing the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR ) of providing the names of Chinese government opponents and activists who sought accreditation to participate in U.N. activities has called for an external investigation of the body

November 25, 2021

Violence in Syria’s al-Hol Camp: Fires,...

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, approximately 80 people have been killed this year in a detention camp in northeastern Syria where Islamic State members’ wives and children are being held. IS wives, according to camp officials, control the al-Hol camp with violence, attempting to keep the group functioning years after its defeat

Chinese Authorities Destroy Dome a Uyghur...

Chinese authorities have destroyed a dome in a park that a Uyghur living in Turkey had built in his former hometown in Xinjiang to give locals an open-air place to quietly contemplate the Qur’an

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