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...
As the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) commenced on February 24, Dolkun Isa, former President of the World Uyghur Congress, expressed serious concerns over China's growing influence within the Council. He warned that authoritarian governments, particularly China, are exploiting international organisations to suppress scrutiny of...
A newly discovered bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, can enter human cells using the same ACE2 receptor as SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19. While this raises concerns about potential human transmission, scientists stress that HKU5-CoV-2 currently poses a lower threat, according to a study.
The virus shares a crucial trait with SARS-CoV-2...
China’s military has set up a drill zone for “shooting training” about 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Taiwan’s southwest coast without prior notification, the island’s defence ministry said on Wednesday, condemning the move as a provocative and dangerous.
Democratically governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has...
In a powerful call for religious freedom, members of the Chinese diaspora in Austria, along with supporters, staged a protest Vienna against the continued religious oppression in China.
The demonstration, held from 3 pm (local time) to 5 pm (local time) at Stephansplatz, saw around 50 participants from The Church...
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) detected 8 sorties of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and 7 People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels operating around Taiwan as of 6 am (UTC+8) on Saturday.
The MND further noted that 3 of these sorties crossed the median line, entering Taiwan’s northern and...
