Oppression
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US seizes items thought to be made from hair of Muslims in Chinese labor camps
US federal authorities have seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to have been taken from Muslims…
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China imposes forced abortion, sterilisation on Uyghurs, investigation shows
While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control, the practice is far more widespread and systematic than…
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The Story Behind TIME’s ‘America Must Change’ Cover
The resulting 40-by-30-in. acrylic painting, of a little girl faced with both the injustice of today and America’s historical role…
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Trump OKs bill to punish China over Uighur ethnic crackdown
The Uighur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 passed with overwhelming support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress. WASHINGTON –…
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Publishers rush to fill demand as books on race and racism sell out amid protests
Bookshops have sold out of several titles on the topics, with publishers racing to reprint and order more stock in…
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Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate
Scott Morrison asserted in a radio interview on Thursday morning that “there was no slavery in Australia”. Thalia Anthony and Stephen Gray…
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What would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr say today?
Protests in America that have spread around the world. We are all still watching. What is changing and what has…
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Democracy is on a knife-edge in Turkey
The arrest of HDP MP’s Leyla Guven and Musa Farisogullari on trumped-up terror charges is a stain on Turkey and…
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Jinwar, the Middle East’s first feminist commune for Arab, Kurdish, and Yazidi victims of Islamic State
The 35-year-old Arab woman from the Syrian town of Deir Ezzor has seven children. JM Lopez ABC News Her husband…
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The films that defy censorship
In 1989 the blooming cinema industry in Sudan came crashing down like the Berlin Wall. Kaleem Aftab BBC On 1…
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Legal chaos descends on Poland
WARSAW — A shock ruling by Poland’s Supreme Court — that judges appointed by a politically controlled body are illegitimate…
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Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh jailed ‘for 38 years’ in Iran
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer jailed in Iran, has been handed a new sentence that her husband…
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Déjà Vu: Preventing Another Collapse in South Sudan
But key disputes between them remain unresolved. ICG External actors should push the adversaries to make progress on these matters…
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Azerbaijan: Peaceful Rallies Dispersed Violently
(Berlin) – Azerbaijan police violently dispersed two peaceful protests in central Baku on October 19 and 20, 2019, Human Rights…
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King’s sacking of consort highlights power of Thai monarchy
When Thailand’s 67-year-old King Maha Vajiralongkorn stripped his royal consort of her titles on Monday, it sent shockwaves through Thai…
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Tashpolat Tiyip: Uighur leading geographer facing execution in China
But that year, suddenly and without warning, he disappeared. His friends believe that after a secret trial, Prof Tiyip was…
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