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After fleeing the brutal North Korean dictatorship, defectors are face with tough challenges adjusting to their new home. Activists say Seoul should be doing more to help.
News organisation Al Jazeera Media Network on Sunday condemned the online harassment and death threats made by Hindutva social media users to Indian journalist Raqib Hameed Naik for his articles on the alleged misuse of Covid-19 relief funds in the United States. The Al Jazeeraarticles, published in April, said that federal Covid-19 relief funding amounting to $833,000 (over Rs 6.10 crore) had been given to the Hindu American Foundation and four other US foundations which, the reports alleged, had “ties to Hindu supremacist and religious groups”. “Naik has already reported death threat...
Why North Korea is facing a major food shortage that could lead to the death of millions
Hindu American Foundation via Facebook The Hindu American Foundation advocacy group said, earlier this month, that it was suing four activists, academic Audrey Truschke, and a journalist for two articles published in Al Jazeera that it claims are defamatory. The lawsuit has sparked a debate over free speech in the US, with hundreds of activists and scholars criticising the defamation case and standing in solidarity with those named in it. The Al Jazeeraarticles, published in April, said that federal Covid-19 relief funding amounting to $833,000 had been given to the Hindu American Foun...
When Michelle Bachelet became the world’s top human rights official in 2018, she expressed deep concern about the human rights catastrophe in the Xinjiang region of China. Four years later, many describe what is happening there as a genocide, targeting millions with a wide range of destructive measures. Ever since 2018, the UN has been demanding that its human rights specialists be allowed to visit Xinjiang, without Chinese government restrictions. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently said negotiations are ongoing. But such a visit would inevitably be stage-managed by the Chines...