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Mosque Demolition Protest Ends with Compromise

15th August 2018

Thousands of Hui Muslims gathered at the Weizhou Grand Mosque in Ningxia last week in an attempt to stall government plans to demolish the newly built structure. The forced demolition threat came after authorities issued a notice on August 3rd...

Asylum and the Duty to Protect the Yazidis from Genocide

15th August 2018

Print This Page Asylum and the Duty to Protect the Yazidis from Genocide by Sareta Ashraph, Makrina Finlay and Melinda Taylor August 15 marks the fourth anniversary of ISIS’s destruction of the Yazidis of Kocho village, the last intact Yazidi...

HK Independence Advocate Lashes Out at China in FCC Speech

15th August 2018

Andy Chan Ho-tin—a Hong Kong independence advocate and convener of the pro-independence Hong Kong National Party (HKNP), a political party that regional security officials are attempting to ban—delivered a biting speech in front of the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC). In...

VOA Reporters Detained While Interviewing Sun Wenguang

14th August 2018

Two journalists working for the U.S. government-funded Voice of America were detained for about six hours on Monday after attempting to interview Professor Sun Wenguang, who is being kept under tight surveillance at his home after an interview with VOA...