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There was no progress of formal negotiations between the Dalai Lamas envoys and China and the religious freedom continues to deteriorate in Tibet, the 2020 annual report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has said.The ...

11 Hong Kongers Arrested for Allegedly Aiding Hong Kong 12 Escape Posted by John Chan | Jan 14, 2021 The arrests came a week after a massive sweep by national security police that saw 53 people arrested for “subversion”, including every pro-democracy primary candidate for the postponed 2020 Legislative Council election. Hong Kong Free Press Among those rounded up was District Councillor Daniel Wong Kwok-tung. Officers arrived at his house at 6:10 am in the morning, according to his Faceboo...

JAKARTA -- The number of casualties in Indonesia 6.2-magnitude quake that jolted West Sulawesi province on Friday rose to 42 with hundreds of people wounded, an

China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China said in a report on Thursday. The bipartisan commission said that new evidence had last year emerged that “crimes against humanity — and possibly genocide — are occurring” in Xinjiang. It also accused China of harassing Uighurs in the US. China has been widely condemned for setting up complexes in Xinjiang...

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Sabina Niksic And Dusan Stojanovic In this picture taken on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, men dressed as Santa Claus hang around, as people wearing face masks walk through downtown Skopje, North Macedonia. When thousands of people across the European Union simultaneously began rolling up their sleeves last month to get a coronavirus vaccination shot, one corner of the continent was left behind, feeling isolated and abandoned: the Balkans. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) January...

2021/01/06 16:18 In this picture taken on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, health workers wheel out a patient from an ambulance, at the entrance of the University Clinic comple... In this picture taken on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, health workers wheel out a patient from an ambulance, at the entrance of the University Clinic complex in Skopje, North Macedonia. When thousands of people across the European Union simultaneously began rolling up their sleeves last month to get a co...

Share on Twitter The United States has called for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say she was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members human rights activism in the US. The daughter of Gulshan Abbas told a briefing organised with the bipartisan US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) that the family had recently learned her mother received the sentence in March last year on terrorism-related charges, after disappeari...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say she was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members’ human rights activism in the United States. FILE PHOTO: A Chinese police officer takes his position by the road near what is officially called a vocational education centre in Yining in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Pe...

UPDATE 1-U.S. demands release of Uighur doctor while China urges halt to smears Reuters 12/31/2020 (Adds Chinese foreign ministry response; paragraphs 3,4) WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The United States called on Wednesday for the release of a Uighur Muslim medical doctor whose relatives say she was sentenced to 20 years in jail in China because of family members human rights activism in the United States. The daughter of Gulshan Abbas told a briefing organized with the bipartisan U.S. Cong...