Headlines
  • The military claims that projectiles are being intercepted as the Houthis in Yemen launch a missile barrage at Saudi Arabian cities. At least four people are injured in Riyadh, the country's capital, as shrapnel falls on Dhahran.
  • According to the Saudi Ministry of Energy, an attack on the Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran resulted in a minor fire, but there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
  • On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his involvement in the more than 30-year-old murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
  • The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
  • A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son at a family resort in the Poconos before attempting suicide.
  • In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.

Tag: Human Rights

December 6, 2022

Thousands Protest as Indonesia Set to...

Thousands of people rallied across Indonesia on Monday against the impending passage of a new criminal code, saying its provisions violate civic freedoms such as by punishing sex outside marriage with a year in prison.

Myanmar Religious Leader Detained and Banned...

Police and junta troops detained well-known Myanmar religious leader Hkalam Samson at Mandalay International Airport as he tried to fly abroad for medical treatment.

December 3, 2022

Burmese Freelance Journalist Sentenced to 15...

Myanmar journalist Myo San Soe has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on two terrorism counts by a court at Pyapon Prison in Ayeyarwady region.

December 2, 2022

Prominent Shanghai Housing Rights Advocate Given...

A court in Shanghai has secretly sentenced Shanghai-based housing activist Chen Jianfang to four-and-a-half years in jail, RFA has learned

November 28, 2022

Amnesty International Urged China’s Government to...

Hana Young, Deputy Regional Director for Amnesty International, responded to widespread protests that were unprecedented in recent years by saying the tragedy of the Urumqi fire has inspired remarkable bravery across China

November 24, 2022

Police Officer Convicted of Torturing 2...

A Metro Manila court has convicted a policeman for torturing two teenagers and planting evidence on the boys who were later found dead, court documents show, in a rare ruling against an officer linked to then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial drug war

China Appears to Ease Up on...

Most Uyghurs in Xinjiang have not returned to mosques that Chinese authorities have reopened for limited religious services in response to heavy international criticism of repressive policies targeting the mostly Muslim ethnic group, sources inside and outside the country say.

November 23, 2022

World Cup 2022:Families Mourn Thousands Lost...

The relatives of some of the tens of thousands of migrant workers who died while building facilities for the 2022 FIFA World Cup are the subject of a VOA report as the tournament takes place in Qatar. They say that recovery is impossible.

Yangon Court Sentences Freelance Journalist to...

Burmese journalist Thuzar, who goes by a single name, was sentenced to two years in prison by Yangon’s Insein prison court on Tuesday, according to a lawyer close to the case, who declined to be named for security reasons

November 17, 2022

IT Security Researchers Find 2 New...

China has been hacking into Uyghur-language mobile apps and infecting users’ devices to further monitor the persecuted predominantly-Muslim group in its northwestern Xinjiang region and in other countries, according to a new report

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