Nineteen irregular migrants were found frozen to death in northwestern Turkey after being pushed back from neighboring Greece, following a rare winter storm in the region. Turkey has been a key transit point for asylum seekers aiming to cross into Europe to start new lives, especially those fleeing war and persecution. The country, along with...
As the world turns its attention to Beijing for the Winter Olympics, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers and Chinese human rights advocates are calling for governments to boycott the Games. Exiled Uyghur Muslims remain cut off from their families five years after China began its campaign of mass incarceration, forced labor, and cultural genocide. ...
The 2022 Olympic Winter Games began yesterday in Beijing under the cloud of a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott and the coronavirus pandemic. The opening ceremony is Friday and the Games continue through Feb. 20. The United States, Canada, the UK, and Australia have each announced a diplomatic boycott of the games, over concerns about China’s ...
Anglican clergymen in Tanzania’s Indian Ocean Zanzibar archipelago have condemned the slave trade as “the worst crime” ever committed by humans against other humans. The Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, perched at the heart of Stone Town, is a symbol of remembrance to the men, women and children sold into slavery. The massive cathedral built ...
Rohingya Muslims living in refugee settlements in Bangladesh say the Feb. 1, 2021 military coup in Myanmar is a barrier to sustainable repatriation. Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung Suu-Kyi was ousted and jailed in the coup, along with many of her party’s leaders. Refugee Mayyu Khan said escalating tensions have made re...
Save the Children says collapse of health system, driven largely by western countries’ freeze of Afghan foreign exchange, comes at deadly cost for children. KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Pneumonia cases are soaring in Afghanistan, killing children who are unable to access healthcare facilities, Save the Children, a leading humanitarian organ...
Somalia’s public education system has been hampered by 30 years of conflict, poverty, weak governance, and climate change, affecting nearly 3 million people. That includes 1.4 million girls, who require assistance to attend school. Somalia was once considered one of the leading countries in the Horn of Africa for quality education, owing to a ...
Palestinians hold weekly rallies in different areas across occupied West Bank to protest illegal Jewish settlements. RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 26 Palestinians sustained injuries when the Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets and tear gas shells to disperse rallies on Friday in different areas in the northern occupied West Bank. ...
A Jewish activist supporting Palestinian farmers in Burin, a village in the occupied West Bank, was injured in an attack by a group of Israeli settlers. Doron Maynrat, a 60-year-old Jewish peace activist and a member of the “Olive Harvest Coalition” civil movement, said support for the Palestinians comes at a price. A group of […]
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Braving harsh winters, Syrian fathers stay awake at night to make sure their children do not to freeze to death in opposition-held Idlib. Hundreds of tents in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Idlib along the border between Turkey and Syria were destroyed recently by heavy snowfall and downpour. The [&he...
