Lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill last week to mark East Turkestan National Day, commemorating the founding of two short-lived Uyghur republics in 1933 and 1944. The event highlighted the ongoing persecution of Uyghurs in the Chinese occupied East Turkestan region. The commemoration began with the national anthems of the U.S. and East Turkest...
London-based Kashmiri author Mirza Waheed has boycotted the screening of the film adaptation of his novel, “The Collaborator,” in an Israeli settlement. Waheed criticized the Tamuz Shomron Film Festival’s ties to Israeli cultural institutions, accusing them of complicity in Palestinian oppression. In an article for online outlet “Literary Hub,...
Concerns over press freedom are escalating as President-elect Donald Trump intensifies legal attacks on media outlets. Trump’s lawyer Edward Paltzik has demanded $10 billion in damages from The New York Times and Penguin Random House. He is accusing them of defamation over critical reports and books. One target was the book “Lucky Loser,...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government is advancing a bill that would prohibit displaying the Palestinian flag at universities and institutions funded by Israel, according to the local media. If passed, the law would apply to any institution funded by the state budget, including universities, and would impose fines of up to 10,000 shekels ($2...
NICE, France (AA) – A student activist who was detained for 46 days in Nice prison in France for her social media post raising voice for Palestine, called the detention was a “political procedure.” Amira Zaiter, a nursing student, was arrested on September 16 at her home due to her posts on X related to […]
A prominent insurgent group from India’s northeastern Nagaland state has issued an ultimatum to the Indian government. The National Socialist Council of Nagalim warns that it will resume armed resistance unless a third-party mediator is brought in to address what it describes as India’s “betrayal” of the Framework Agreement signed in 201...
A federal judge has allowed free-Palestine student activists at UC Berkeley to join a lawsuit alleging antisemitism against the university. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed the lawsuit in late 2023, claiming UC Berkeley failed to address antisemitic incidents and protests that called for Israeli divestment. The uni...
India has lodged a protest after Canada linked Indian Home Minister Amit Shah to plots targeting the Sikh community on Canadian soil. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said on Saturday that a representative of the Canadian High Commission was summoned on Friday and handed a note. Jaiswal said the note conveyed that the Indian [...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – A resolution seeking the restoration of political autonomy for Indian-occupied Kashmir, which was scrapped by the Hindu-nationalist Indian government in 2019, fell through in the first session of the region’s newly elected assembly. The resolution tabled by Waheed Parra, a member of the People’s Democra...
Reporters Without Borders say journalism is grappling with numerous crises in states where voters are reliant on the media. The advocacy group’s report reveals journalists are concerned about hostility from local and state officials as well as the “economic viability” of local newsrooms. The report is titled “Press Freedom in the Swing States...
