China accuses US of threatening global trade with Xinjiang measures
China is accusing the U.S. of threatening global trade after warnings were sent out to companies about doing trade with the Xinjiang province.Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng said on Thursday...
View ArticleRepublicans call for criminal tribunal for human rights abuses in Cuba
A group of more than 140 Republican lawmakers is calling on the U.S., governments of Central and South America and the European Union (EU) to hold an international criminal tribunal to investigate...
View ArticleSenate Democrats press administration on human rights abuses in Philippines
Senate Democrats on Monday called on the Biden administration to condemn human rights violations reported in the Philippines as part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s five-year war on drugs.In a letter to...
View ArticleLawmakers form bipartisan Uyghur Caucus to highlight abuses
Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and Chris Smith (R-N.J.) on Thursday announced the creation of the Congressional Uyghur Caucus, which they say will raise awareness of the Chinese Community Party’s (CCP)...
View ArticleAfghanistan: The ones we leave behind
The eyes and hopes of the world are appropriately fixed right now on tens of thousands of Afghans scrambling to flee their country in the wake of the Taliban takeover. Most who are trying to get...
View ArticleHuman rights groups call on broadcasters to cancel planned coverage of...
A coalition of human rights groups is urging major broadcasters across the world, including NBC, to cancel plans to cover the 2022 Olympics in Beijing over reported human rights abuses in China. In a...
View ArticleUS rejoining UN Human Rights Council; what it should do first
The United States on Thursday won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) beginning in January 2022, with the Biden administration vowing to prove it can reform the council from within. Biden’s...
View ArticleSyria's challenge to Tony Blinken's conscience
The Nazi massacre at Babyn Yar claimed the lives of 33,771 Ukrainian Jews in September 1941. To mark the 80th anniversary of the massacre, Secretary of State Antony Blinken meditated on the lessons of...
View ArticleISIS bride convicted in Germany of 'crimes against humanity'
A German court has convicted the wife of an ISIS fighter for "crimes against humanity and attempted war crimes" in the death of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl, The Washington Post reports.Jennifer Wenisch, a...
View ArticleMyanmar military carrying out torture campaign: AP investigation
An investigation by The Associated Press found the Myanmar military has been carrying out a torture campaign since its military coup in February.The AP interviewed dozens of people who said they had...
View ArticleLawmakers call on Olympic committee to press China on human rights abuses
Bipartisan lawmakers are calling for the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to increase pressure on China to improve its human rights record ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing,...
View ArticleMoney alone isn't enough to atone for family separation
Confidential settlement negotiations between the Justice Department and counsel for migrant families forcibly separated during the Trump administration, which leaked recently, revealed that financial...
View ArticleUK announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the fourth country to announce a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. “There will be effectively a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in...
View ArticleWhy American Christians should boycott Beijing's Olympics
President Joe Biden’s decision to launch a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics could not come at a better moment. Sparked by a bipartisan push on Capitol Hill and joined by Australia, Canada...
View ArticleSummit or no summit, democracies still aren't doing enough to support...
The United States hosted a virtual, international “Summit for Democracy” on Dec. 9–10, bringing together leaders from government, civil society, and the private sector. The State Department pitched the...
View ArticleGetting to a secret prison is difficult, seeking justice from it feels hopeless
It has now been more than 20 years since I lost my father on Sept. 11, 2001. I have lived without him and his love for the majority of my life. I had hoped that I would eventually find closure or...
View ArticleFormer Syrian official convicted of crimes against humanity
A German court found a former Syrian intelligence officer guilty of crimes against humanity on Thursday at a prison just outside of the city of Damascus, and sentenced him to life in prison.In the...
View ArticleFive things to know about the controversial Beijing Olympics
Chinese President Xi Jinping is seeking to project China’s strength on the world stage at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Friday, but the global sporting competition will...
View ArticleHow the US can step up its efforts to aid Europe's refugee crisis
With Europe facing its worst refugee crisis since World War II as Ukrainians flee Russia’s assault, the United States should take steps both immediately and in the coming months to ease the crisis....
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