Headlines
  • According to the US military, sixteen Iranian mine-laying ships have been "eliminated" in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • In the Strait of Hormuz, "unknown projectiles" had damaged three commercial ships.
  • Iran continues attacks in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait, among other places.
  • Tehran is rocked by explosions as Iran claims that since the war started 11 days ago, US and Israeli forces have bombed about 10,000 civilian sites and killed over 1,300 citizens.
  • The Pentagon said on Tuesday that in the first ten days of the war with Iran, about 140 American service men have been injured.
  • Israel's military announced on Wednesday that it had triggered air defenses after spotting missiles coming from Iran.
  • After "temporary authorization from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority," Qatar Airways said it will run 29 flights to and from Doha on Thursday.
  • Mohaddeseh Zolfi, an Iranian women's national football player, and Zahra Soltan Moshkehkar, a staff staff member, joined five other team members in seeking refuge in Australia.

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December 19, 2019

Uyghur Boy Dies in Ditch in...

A five-year-old Uyghur boy who was left in the care of grandparents because his parents are incarcerated for religious and political reasons was found frozen to death in a ditch in Hotan (Hetian, in Chinese) prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), residents told RFA’s Uyghur Service. RFA confirmed that both parents of Nesrulla Yusuptohti, …

December 7, 2019

Tibetan Anti-Corruption Campaigner Draws Prison Term...

Anya Sengdra, a resident of Kyangche township in Gade (in Chinese, Gande) county in the Golog (Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture was widely respected in his community for his campaigns, London-based Free Tibet said in a statement

December 6, 2019

Brother of Uyghur Linguist Confirmed Held...

Uyghurs in exile say that the charges against Ayup and his partners were politically motivated, after the U.S.-educated linguist’s essays and lectures on maintaining the Uyghur language in schools drew widespread support in China’s Uyghur community

December 5, 2019

Missing Uyghur Tech Company Owner Confirmed...

Mass incarcerations in the XUAR, as well as other policies seen to violate the rights of Uyghurs and other Muslims, have led to increasing calls by the international community to hold Beijing accountable for its actions in the region

December 4, 2019

Bangladesh Bars Rohingya Children from Education,...

More than 1 million displaced people have been living at sprawling refugee camps in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district, including about 740,000 stateless Rohingya who fled their homes in neighboring Rakhine state in late August 2017

December 3, 2019

Riot Police Win Back Control of...

Social media posts showed a line of overturned police cars, while eyewitnesses said younger people had hit back at incoming police lines with projectiles. Dozens of people were beaten and detained before police regained control of the area, according to local media reports and eyewitness accounts

South Sudan Flooding Due to Heavy...

Humanitarians are providing emergency relief, including food, access to clean water, shelter and medicine to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases

December 1, 2019

UN Victims Rights Advocate Visited Local...

On Tuesday (26 Nov) she visited Heal Africa Hospital, which partners partner with UNICEF taking care of victims of sexual violence. Heal Africa is especially taking care of minor victims. Also, Heal Africa takes care of orphan kids and other vulnerable children. These children have a school inside the hospital

November 29, 2019

Former Tibetan Monk Stages Fatal Self-Immolation...

Yonten’s protest follows the December 2018 self-immolation of DrukKho, also in Ngaba, and brings to 156 the number of self-immolations by Tibetans since the wave of fiery protests against Chinese rule of their homeland began in 2009

November 28, 2019

Armenians Debate Emigration, Indian Immigrants

Data from the National Statistics Service in fact show that the balance between people who left Armenia and those who entered did in fact decrease by 88.6 percent over the period Pashinyan identified

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