Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported 20 sorties of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, seven People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels and one official ship until 6 am (local time) on Thursday. According to the MND, 11 out of 20 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern...
In a significant demonstration marking the 66th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day, the Tibetan Diaspora Organization (TGO) orchestrated a protest at the Chinese Embassy in Vienna. Approximately 200 members of the Austrian Tibetan community congregated to denounce the continuous oppression faced by Tibetans under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).   The...
The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) recently held a one-hour prayer service in the north Indian Himalayan city of Dharamshala to pay homage to those peaceful Tibetan protesters who participated in the 1989  demonstrations against the Chinese government. The CTA holds special prayers every year to...
Rushan Abbas, Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs, attended the UK Parliament’s Iftar at Westminster Hall, where she briefly spoke with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer about the ongoing repression of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region. According to World Uyghur Congress report, the event saw the participation of senior British...
Chinese authorities have unlawfully detained thousands of individuals for peacefully asserting or exercising their rights over the past six years and have sentenced 1,545 individuals classified as prisoners of conscience, a rights organization reported on Wednesday Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a non-governmental organization consisting of domestic and international rights...
The world is looking befuddled with the Trump administration in the United States and its policies. From being looked upon as a messiah of hope for serious attempts at stopping wars in Europe and the Middle East (Russia-Ukraine & Israel-Hamas), to declaring its transactional attitude towards trade, to making...
Thai human rights advocates on Tuesday voiced their disapproval regarding the government’s decision to deport 40 Uyghurs back to China, asserting that the United Nations should consider expelling Thailand from its Human Rights Council, as this move made the nation appear to be serving Chinese interests Thailand sent the Uyghurs...
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has announced that the Third East Turkistan/Uyghur Summit and the Uyghur Youth Summit will take place in Germany’s Munich from May 23-25. According to the WUC’s press release, the events will bring together Uyghur leaders, human rights advocates, community representatives, and activists from around the...
At the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivered a powerful statement, underscoring urgent human rights issues in China. Turk’s remarks emphasized that while China has engaged with the international human rights system, progress in addressing systemic violations has been insufficient,...
Taiwan has imposed sanctions on seven universities linked to the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology due to concerns over national security, according to Minister of Education Cheng Ying-yao, Taipei Times reported. He said that Taiwanese universities and research institutions have been prohibited from participating in any academic activities...