Headlines- In a statement aired on television on Thursday, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem condemned the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, stating that "as long as the occupation exists, the resistance will continue."
- There has been "no tangible progress" in talks to put an end to the Middle East conflict, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday.
- During a meeting with Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah of Kuwait, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed support for the Gulf country.
- On Thursday, the United States imposed new economic penalties on members of the Castro family, the president of Cuba, and some of his close relatives.
- John Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, agreed to plead a guilty plea to one count of retaining national security information.
Tag: RFA’s Uyghur Service
Xinjiang Abuses at Forefront of Global...
Abuses in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), recently labeled crimes against humanity and part of a policy of genocide, are indicative of a larger trend of declining human rights around the world, the U.S. Department of State said Tuesday
If Jews Don’t Stand up Around...
Justin Rudelson is an expert on Uyghur affairs who currently serves as a learning support specialist at Akiba Yavneh Academy of Dallas, an Orthodox Jewish pre-K through high school in Dallas, Texas. The author of “The Uighurs in the Future of Central Asia” and “Oasis Identities”
China Targets Exiled Uyghurs in Internet...
China has been targeting Uyghurs living in exile in attacks on their online communications, sources say, with Facebook announcing in a statement this week it is taking action to counter the threat
‘We Don’t Know Exactly How Far...
Serena Oberstein is the executive director of Jewish World Watch (JWW), a California-based organization that assists survivors of mass atrocities around the globe and seeks to unite people of various faiths and cultures in the fight against genocide. The group has primarily focused on providing service in the conflict areas of China, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, and Myanmar
Uyghur Children Face Legacy of Trauma...
Mass incarceration of Uyghurs in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has scattered some 500,000 Uyghur children in boarding schools, orphanages, and other institutions run by the Chinese state—a state that experts say is committed to the long-term eradication of the ethnic group
EU to Slap Sanctions on China...
European Union members have agreed to impose sanctions on four Chinese officials and one entity over Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), European diplomats were quoted as saying Wednesday
Xinjiang Authorities Detain Head of Township...
Authorities in in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained the head of a township education committee, according to officials in his home county of Toksun (in Chinese, Tuokexun) in the region’s Turpan (Tulufan) prefecture
Global Lawmakers Call Out China For...
Lawmakers from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) issued a statement Monday recognizing the plight of women in the region, where authorities are believed to have held up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in a vast network of internment camps since early 2017.
Uyghur Textile Entrepreneur Dies Days After...
A Uyghur textile trader and entrepreneur has died days after being freed from an internment camp in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where he lost more than 100 pounds of weight over his three years in detention, according to sources
Australia, Turkey to Join Nations Debating...
Australia and Turkey are moving to investigate whether to label human rights violations in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide, following a similar designation by the White House and recent parliamentary motions in Canada and the Netherlands