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Concern is mounting about the devastating effects of the conflict raging in Tigray since November.

David Scheffer: Thank you very much. Hello, everyone. Im David Scheffer, visiting senior fellow on international law at the Council on Foreign Relations. And Ive been a longtime student of Scottish devolution and aspirations for independence from the United Kingdom. We have the privilege today of being joined by Michael Russell, who is cabinet secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs of the Scottish Government, and he is a constituency member of the Scottish Parliament, repre...

Share Major-General (retired) Henry Anyidoho served as the Deputy Force commander and Chief of Staff for UNAMIR in Rwanda. He has also served in international peacekeeping operations in Lebanon, Liberia and Cambodia. Following his time in Rwanda, he was posted to the Ministry of Defense in Ghana. He served as the Chairman of the Ghana Telecom Board of Directors and is the author of the book, Guns over Kigali (1997). Michael Barnett served as the political officer at the US Mission to t...

Terry Glavin: Two new reports shed blinding light on Chinas crimes. Will the Liberals ignore them? The Trudeau government’s reluctance to stand up to Beijing can’t be explained away by the predicament of the two Michaels, genocide expert says Author of the article: Terry Glavin Publishing date: Mar 10, 2021  •  March 10, 2021  •  5 minute read  •  Uyghur women from East Turkestan demonstrate to ask for news of relatives and to express their concern about the ratification...

Updated 6:26 PM ET, Wed March 10, 2021 This photo taken on June 4, 2019 shows a facility north of Akto in Chinas northwestern Xinjiang region. This was excerpted from the March 10 edition of CNNs Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe. (CNN)A devastating independent report accusing China of across-the-board genocide in Xinjiang leaves the rest of the world with two questions: What to do, and will it make any ...

Posted : 2021-03-10 11:41 Updated : 2021-03-10 11:41 In this file photo taken on Oct. 1, 2020, supporters of Chinas Muslim Uighur minority wave flags of East Turkestan and hold placards as they gather at the Beyazid square during a demonstration to protest Chinas Uighur treatment in Istanbul. AFP Chinese authorities treatment of Uighurs in Chinas northwest meets every criteria of genocide under the United Nations Genocide Convention, said a group of experts in international law, war crimes an...

Activist and Fmr. Ambassador Discuss Uyghur Genocide Does the world now have a duty to intervene? That is the big question after a blistering new report concludes China bears responsibility for genocide against the Uyghur people. Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer joins the program alongside Uyghur activist Jewher Ilham, whose father is serving a life sentence in China. Read more

Glavin: Dont expect Canada to act on genocide findings against China Terry Glavin © Provided by Ottawa Citizen Protesters gather outside the Parliament buildings in Ottawa on Feb. 22 as the opposition presented a motion calling on Canada to recognize Chinas actions against ethnic Muslim Uighurs as genocide. Every year since 1973, the venerable American non-profit Freedom House organization has been tracking the trajectory of freedom and democracy around the world, and every ...

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he is in conversation with bruce bolt leaguer to the editorial-page editor of the chicago tribune. the little red guard describes how chinas ban on traditional practice affected his upbringing. he discusses that with the national content editor. the america of the philosophical author talks the chicago tribune cultural critic julia killer. a question of sitting in a cage in prison with a cease-fire violent interrupter. now we hear from gary krist and at the 11. joe alle . joe allen. >>...