
Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Every morning when Khan Wali Kamran left for work, he was afraid his children might be killed in Kabul’s...
Genocide Watch
Feb 4, 2021


Violence May Delay U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan
The Biden administration is reviewing a deal between its predecessor and the Taliban for a May 1 deadline to pull all American troops out...
New York Times 1
Jan 31, 2021


Sri Lanka: UN Rights Chief Decries Mounting Abuses
Report Highlights Need for Strong Human Rights Council Resolution (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council , at its upcoming...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 30, 2021


Genocide against the Uyghurs: Legal Grounds for the United States’ Bipartisan Genocide Determination
By Beth van Schaack As we reported earlier, recently confirmed Secretary of State Tony Blinken during his confirmation hearings ...
Just Security
Jan 29, 2021

Holocaust Memorial Day: Jewish figures condemn Uighur persecution
Prominent British Jews warn China’s treatment of its minority Uighur population has chilling echoes of past genocides. At least one...
Al Jazeera
Jan 27, 2021

Indian Muslim comic in jail for weeks for jokes he did not tell
By Furquan Ameen Munawar Faruqui held for 25 days in a Madhya Pradesh jail despite police admitting he was charged for jokes he was...
Al Jazeera
Jan 26, 2021


Uttar Pradesh: Where Religious Conversion Costs You 10 Years in Prison
Uttar Pradesh Sees First Arrest Under New Anti-Religious Conversion Legislation The eighth Indian state to ratify and implement an...
!a Jubilee Campaign 1
Jan 24, 2021

Free and fair elections alone cannot solve CAR’s myriad problems
The Central African Republic needs to go through a thorough process of reconciliation. Published by Al Jazeera on January 17, 2021....
Al Jazeera
Jan 24, 2021

France: Country Report - January 2021
In October 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron proposed a law to "defend France’s secular values against “Islamist radicalism.”...
Genocide Watch
Jan 23, 2021


Twin Suicide Bombings In Baghdad Market Kill At Least 32, Wound Over 100
By Jaclyn Diaz and Alice Fordham Twin suicide bombings at a Baghdad market killed at least 32 people and injured 110 others on Thursday,...
NPR 1
Jan 22, 2021

Sri Lanka: Covid-19 Forced Cremation of Muslims Discriminatory
Baseless Public Health Claims Smokescreen for Persecuting Minority (New York) – Sri Lanka ’s requirement to cremate anyone who dies from...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 20, 2021


‘There Is No Safe Area’: In Kabul, Fear Has Taken Over
A new wave of violence and a growing uncertainty about the country’s future have left Afghans in the capital with a constant sense of...
New York Times 1
Jan 17, 2021