Headlines- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
Tag: Chinese Human Rights
A Reporter Looks Back: Hong Kong’s...
Much has been written about the arrest of the Hong Kong politician and barrister Martin Lee in the spring of last year
Police in China’s Shaanxi Place Elderly...
Authorities in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi have placed the family of detained human rights lawyer Chang Weiping under house arrest after his father spoke out about his concerns over his son’s health
US Slams Chinese Embassy Tweet Lauding...
Washington has condemned Beijing for a since-removed tweet that sought to justify repressive family planning policies in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) by suggesting they make Uyghur women more independent, prompting calls to shutter China’s embassy and ban its Twitter account
Press Freedom China
In a year of declining press freedom amid the global pandemic, China took the lead in media repression
‘She Spoke Out For Justice Without...
The authors’ group Independent Chinese PEN Center awarded Geng, who has been bullied and mistreated by fellow prisoners in a police-run detention center, its Lin Zhao Memorial Award, commemorating a Mao-era dissident who was executed after continuing to write in prison using her own blood as ink
China Puts Rights Lawyers, Families Under...
Authorities in the Chinese capital have placed a number of prominent rights lawyers and their families under house arrest on Human Rights Day, RFA has learned
Chinese Scholars Call For Release of...
Former Tsinghua law professor Xu and five other Chinese scholars wrote an open letter to the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calling for the immediate release of Geng and her husband
Two Missing Tianjin University Students Confirmed...
Often, public security officers in the XUAR investigate detainees to determine whether their so-called “crimes” merit a stint in jail or transfer to one of the region’s vast network of internment camps
Chinese Publisher ‘Repeatedly Interrogated’ in Police...
Geng’s lawyer Shang Baojun met with her at the Haidian District Detention Center in Beijing on Thursday, reporting that she looked tired and under considerable strain following repeated interrogations
‘Don’t Fall For the Chinese Communist...
Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing successfully provoked their opposition and eliminated them one by one. That was one of the main reasons they stayed in control of China [until 1976]