Authorities in East Turkestan have collected the bodies of Uyghur residents in the northeastern city of Ghulja who died during a strict coronavirus lockdown. The Chinese government refers to the region as Xinjiang. However, they did not inform the families of the deceased about whether their loved ones’ remains were handled according to...
United Nations, United States (AFP): Fifty countries have signed onto a statement read during a UN debate that condemned the “severe and systematic” human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang region. “We are gravely concerned about the human rights situation in the People’s Republic of China, especially the ongoing hum...
LONDON (AA) – The British home secretary’s offensive description of people’s crossing the English Channel as “invasion” has provoked strong reactions. A number of British MPs have reacted to comments made by Suella Braverman at the House of Commons. The embattled home secretary was forced to resign by former Prime Minister Liz Truss over the [...
LONDON (AA) – British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has told parliament that she never attempted to stop hotels being booked to house migrants. Braverman has been under increasing pressure due to reports emerging from the Manston migrant processing center in southeast England that it is overcrowded and has deteriorating living conditions, in...
LONDON (AA) – More than 100 charities supporting refugees have written an open letter to British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, demanding a “kind and effective system” for asylum seekers in the UK. Recalling Braverman’s comments that it was her “dream” and “obsession” to see a plane full of migrants taking off to Rwanda and that […]...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A general strike paralyzed the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday amid Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian property. All shops closed doors on Sunday in response to a call by the Palestinian Fatah group to stage a strike in the city, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter. Manal Daana, an […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Saturday rejected critical comments by German officials about Qatar’s human rights record. On Thursday, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said Qatar hosting the World Cup 2022 was “very tricky” for Germany, alleging human rights abuses by Doha. Qatar summoned the...
U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday called for a moratorium on forced returns of refugees and migrants to Burma. His comments follow news that Malaysia deported two Burmese nationals who sought protection through the U.N. refugee agency on Oct. 6. More than 100 other nationals from Burma, some of whom had serious protection [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army arrested 30 Palestinians on Thursday during raids in several cities and towns in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Club, a non-governmental organization, stated that the Israeli army “carried out a campaign of arrests that targeted 30 Palestinians from several governorates...
Global journalists’ associations have condemned the murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif on Sunday in Kenya. The groups have called for immediate and speedy investigations into the case. Sharif was shot by Kenyan police officers at a roadblock in Kajiado County, about an hour’s drive from the capital Nairobi. Kenyan police have said t...
