Uyghur activists are praising President Joe Biden’s proposal to limit an exemption which allows some Chinese imports potentially made using Uyghur forced labor to bypass US customs checks. The loophole allows products that are under $800 to go through. The proposed executive order would restrict items like textiles from Chinese fast-fas...
An elderly Rohingya refugee woman has died in an Indian detention center, highlighting the dire conditions faced by the community. Seventy-five-year-old Lalu Bibi passed away on Wednesday at Indian-administered Kashmir’s Hira Nagar sub-jail, where she had been held since March 2021. Activists report that she was the seventh Rohingya to die in ...
In a regional hospital in Afghanistan, heartbreaking scenes of severe malnutrition paint a grim picture. A BBC report mentions Amina, who has lost six children and struggles to save her last in a hospital in Jalalabad in eastern Nangarhar province. Seven-month-old Bibi Hajira, as small as a newborn, is a poignant symbol of a broader [&hellip...
Dozens of Rohingya refugees, held by India in its largest transit camp in the northeastern state of Assam, have begun a hunger strike. Indian news website Scroll.in reports that women and children are among the more than 100 refugees who have been on hunger strike. The Matia Transit camp is located in the state’s Goalpara […]
Israeli officials are urging U.S. lawmakers to pressure South Africa to withdraw its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice or ICJ. A leaked Israeli Foreign Ministry cable reveals Israel’s plan to use its influence to counter the case, which alleges that Israel’s war and violence in Gaza constitute genocide. The cab...
Footage released by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reveals Israeli security guards abusing Palestinian prisoners at the Megiddo Prison in northern Israel. The video depicts a guard running a police dog on the hands of prisoners, some of whom were handcuffed and lying face down. Palestinian inmates said guards beat them in areas without camera cove...
ISTANBUL (AA) – For many years, the Palestinian cause has garnered significant global attention in terms of media coverage. This has prompted many activists and supporter groups from various countries to travel to Gaza to offer assistance and witness the reality on the ground firsthand. One of the peak periods of international solidarity...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Flagrant rights violations by Sudan’s warring parties require the deployment of an “independent and impartial force” to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes, UN experts have said. An independent fact-finding mission said it had uncovered “harrowing” violations by bo...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has said that his party’s priority will be to work for the restoration of statehood to the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region held under Indian occupation, which was stripped of autonomy and downgraded into a federally ruled territory by India’s ruling Bharatiy...
A federal court has halted California’s controversial “no beard policy” for peace officers. The policy was enforced by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It failed to accommodate officers who seek to maintain facial hair for religious or cultural reasons. This legal action follows a lawsuit on behalf of Mubasha...
