Headlines
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Pakistan army chief Asim Munir in Islamabad on Saturday.
  • On Saturday morning, US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will travel to Pakistan for talks with Iran.
  • An Iranian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Friday, according to Iran's embassy in Pakistan.
  • Iran still has time to "choose wisely," US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, but he cautions that if Tehran doesn't reach an agreement with the United States, its economy will "collapse under the unrelenting pressure" of a U.S. naval blockade that will last "as long as it takes."
  • Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, says that "no meeting is planned to take place between Iran and the US."
  • Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon resulted in six deaths and two injuries, according to Lebanon's Ministry of Health.

Tag: Human Rights

July 15, 2021

Six Years After the Death of...

Six years after the death in a Chinese prison of a popular Tibetan religious teacher, fair treatment under the law is still being denied to Tibetans living under Beijing’s rule, experts say

July 14, 2021

Noted Uyghur Folklore Professor Serving Prison...

An internationally recognized expert in Uyghur folklore and ethnographer who disappeared in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) more than three years ago has been confirmed as being imprisoned by authorities, according to her former co-workers at Xinjiang University

July 9, 2021

Four Tibetan Monks Handed Harsh Prison...

Chinese authorities in Tibet last year sentenced four Tibetan monks to long prison terms following a violent raid by police on their monastery in Tingri county, a New York-based rights group said in a report released this week

July 8, 2021

Uyghurs Around The World Mark Anniversary...

Uyghur groups around the world have held demonstrations commemorating a violent crackdown on Uyghurs by Chinese authorities 12 years ago in the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)

July 6, 2021

Remembering Father Stan Swamy,the Indian Jesuit...

The Indian Jesuit Stanislaus Lourduswamy, better known as Father Stan Swamy, arrested. He was accused of crimes related to terrorism and subversive activities, passed away yesterday, July 5, in a hospital in Mumbai, in the west of India

July 3, 2021

New Details Emerge About Uyghur College...

A Uyghur college instructor charged in 2018 with four different “crimes” amid a crackdown by authorities on Uyghur educators and intellectuals is serving a 25-year sentence in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), sources in the region said

July 1, 2021

Rights Group Details China’s Interference in...

The long arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is affecting freedom of speech at overseas universities, according to a report published on Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW)

June 26, 2021

Countries Comply With China’s Efforts to...

China’s targeting of ethnic Uyghurs beyond its borders to silence dissent has been steadily rising for decades, with at least 28 countries complicit in China’s persecution of Uyghurs, according to a new report on the transnational repression of the largely Muslim minority group

June 25, 2021

Missing Tibetan Monk Was Sentenced, Sent...

A Tibetan monk held incommunicado in custody following his arrest two years ago on suspicion of working to “split the country” was sentenced in a closed trial and is serving a four-and-a-half year prison term, family members say

Hong Kong Citizens in the United...

The 1st Of July Celebrates The 24th Anniversary Of Hong Kong’s Return To Chinese Rule After 24 Years As A British Colony. While The Financial Hub’s Transformation Was Gradual At Initially, China Has Been Rapidly Altering Hong Kong In The Last Year

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