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 28, 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
Pakistan: Worsening Crackdown on Dissent
Minorities, Women Face Increased Risks January 13, 2021 5:44PM EST Members of civil society groups take part in a rally to condemn a...
Human Rights Watch
Jan 15, 2021
US group appeals for Pakistani woman jailed on blasphemy
The U.S. religious watchdog is appealing for the rights of a Pakistani woman, a members of the country's minority Ahmadis, who has been...
Associated Press 1
Jan 8, 2021
Mob attacks and sets fire to Hindu temple in Pakistan
Videos circulating on social media showed men using hammers to damage the temple after an address from Muslim leaders.
Al Jazeera
Jan 2, 2021
