May 20, 2020

Tibet: UN Urges China to elease HR Defender

Experts at the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights of the UN (OHCHR) have condemned China for its imprisonment of A-Nya Sengdra, a Tibetan human rights defender, which are part of a wider crackdown against against Tibetan minority rights activists. Sengdra's health and mental wellbeing have been deteriorating due to the harsh conditions he faces in prison, where he has been given a...

May 20, 2020

Tibet: UN Urges China to elease HR Defender

Experts at the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights of the UN (OHCHR) have condemned China for its imprisonment of A-Nya Sengdra, a Tibetan human rights defender, which are part of a wider...

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May 20, 2020

Sindh: WSC Condemns Pakistani Decision to Dam...

The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) has strongly condemned the Pakistani Government’s decision to build a Diamer-Bhasha Dam on the Indus River. It is believed that the dam will further increase the already...

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May 19, 2020

Coronavirus: Cases Begin to Surge in Papua

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Papua has dramatically increased. Doctors say that the sharp increase is a result of people not following health measures. The increased number of cases is...

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May 18, 2020

U.S Fund to Halt Investment Plans in China

President Trump and the Labor Department directed a board in charge of federal retirement dollars to halt plans to invest in Chinese companies. At issue is the management of the Thrift Savings Plan, a...

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May 15, 2020

East Turkestan: US Senate approves Uyghur HR ...

On 14 May the US Senate approved a bill titled ‘Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020’ which condemns the Chinese Communist Party for forcibly detaining more than 2 million ethnic Muslims...

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May 15, 2020

Khmer Krom: Vietnamese Police Attack Farmers

Vietnamese police attacked Khmer Krom farmers last week to prevent them from working on farmland in the southern Mekong Delta. Witnesses claimed that 10 farmers where injured due to excessive police violence,...

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May 14, 2020

Coronavirus: Crisis Affects Election Turnout in...

The recent presidential election in Nagorno-Karabakh took place in spite of the outbreak of coronavirus and calls for postponement. Questions about the legitimacy of the election result have been...

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May 14, 2020

Iraqi Kurdistan: UNAMI Chief Calls for Free Expression...

United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) chief Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that freedom of expression and political unity in the Kurdistan region...

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