May 03, 2020

Coronavirus: China & Religious Oppresion

The Chinese Communist Party is using the COVID-19 outbreak to introduce legislation in Tibet, which further limits Tibetan and Uyghur rights and is enforcing a Chinese-centric way of life in Tibet and XInjiang. The new legislation has many fearing that the move will likely exacerbate discrimination against religious minorities in China.     

May 03, 2020

Coronavirus: China & Religious Oppresion

The Chinese Communist Party is using the COVID-19 outbreak to introduce legislation in Tibet, which further limits Tibetan and Uyghur rights and is enforcing a Chinese-centric way of life in Tibet and...

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May 01, 2020

Coronavirus: Potential Disaster in Iraq

The Nineveh Plains, in Northern Iraq, showcase an incredible amount of religious and ethnic diversity, with Kurdish, Turkmen, Arab and Yazidi communities, as well as Christian and Shabak. Most of the territory...

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Apr 30, 2020

Barotseland: Kenneth Kaunda's Birthday Shouldn't...

While Zambia and the international community celebrate Kenneth Kaunda’s 96th Birthday, most Barotse people will choose to frown upon the man they consider responsible for Barotseland’s...

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Apr 30, 2020

Coronavirus: CTA Calls for 80 Days Lockdown for...

Addressing a press briefing on 31 April 2020, the Sikyong (President of the Tibetan-government-in-exile) has called for Tibetans in India to continue to observe lockdown in schools, monasteries, old age...

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Apr 29, 2020

Coronavirus: How Somaliland and Taiwan Manage...

Despite being unrecognised states, Taiwan and Somaliland, remarkably, are responding to the coronavirus more effectively then some of their recognised neighbours. This comes in spite of the international...

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Apr 29, 2020

Ogaden: Fears over China's Gas Pipeline

On 24 April, the Ethiopian government signed a deal with Hong Kong-based multi-billion dollar Chinese petroleum and natural gas developer, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited. According to the agreement,...

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Apr 29, 2020

Calls to Redesignate China a CPC

This week [27 April 2020], the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration for sanctions against Chinese entities deemed responsible...

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Apr 28, 2020

Coronavirus: Indonesia's Acheh Holds Public...

In the far north-west of Indonesia, authorities in the Acheh province are continuing to execute corporal punishments in public according to Sharia, despite the government introducing a ban on mass...

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