Rights Advocates Raise Concerns Over Impact of China’s Ethnic Unity Law on Uyghurs
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One month after China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress came into effect, rights advocates have raised concerns that the legislation is being used to intensify assimilation policies targeting Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.
According to an...
The United States has rejected China’s move to establish what it called a national nature reserve at Scarborough Reef, saying the measure could restrict Filipino fishermen’s access to their traditional fishing grounds, as reflected in the 2016 Arbitral Award. In a press release, the US State Department said this...
Pakistan has reportedly blocked access to Al Jazeera after the influential Qatari broadcaster released a series of reports on Islamabad's brutal crackdown on anti-government protests and election-related protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif-led government has not announced any formal ban on the broadcaster so far,...
Tibetan and human rights activists yesterday protested China’s new ethnic unity law outside the Bank of China’s Taipei branch, calling on people around the world to resist China’s authoritarian rule and speak up for oppressed ethnic minorities.
Yesterday marked one month since Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen self-immolated in protest, and...
Cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has killed nearly 500 civilians in Afghanistan and wounded over 1,000 others between October and the end of June, the United Nations said on Tuesday (July 28, 2026).
In a report on the human rights situation, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said it...
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) have strongly condemned the deportation of a 21-year-old Uyghur man, Arafat Adil, from Germany to China, describing the move as a violation of international human rights obligations and warning that it exposed him to the risk of...
The Tibet-China conflict is one of the longest unresolved civilizational-state conflicts in Asia. Since China’s occupation of Tibet in 1950, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has systematically destroyed Tibet’s culture and history and brutally suppressed the Tibetan identity and basic human rights.
On 1 July 2026, China implemented its...
India on Wednesday (local time) slammed Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), asserting that "state-sponsored cross-border terrorism" has eroded the basis for bilateral cooperation on the treaty, reiterating that the treaty cannot be viewed in isolation from Pakistan's continued support for...
Pakistani government has increased fuel prices, raising the cost of petrol by PKR 4.93 per litre and high-speed diesel (HSD) by PKR 7.15 per litre. The revised rates came into effect on July 22.
Following the hike, the retail price of petrol has reached PKR 320.73 per litre, while high-speed...
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has urged the US Congress to pass legislation strengthening Washington’s engagement with Tibet’s elected leadership and called on the Trump administration to condemn China’s new ethnic unity law.
The appeal came as the United States observed Captive Nations Week from July 19 to 25....
