AS REBELS STORMED across Syria late last year, eventually toppling the country’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, some were accompanied by fighters from a foreign militant organisation—one with ambitions that extend far beyond Damascus. These men had roots in the Chinese region of Xinjiang and were members of the Turkistan Islamic Party...
Japan has requested to purchase over a thousand AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air missiles from the American government, and their request has been approved. Here we present what exactly the Land of the Rising Sun will receive.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), part of the Pentagon, announced the approval for a potential sale...
This act, which was first enacted on 17 June 2020 and applauded by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), will now remain in force for at least a decade.
In accordance with the 2020 Act, the US has implemented Global Magnitsky human rights sanctions against 12 individuals responsible for atrocity...
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Quad cooperation, India, Australia, Japan, and the United States highlighted the grouping’s origins in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Emphasising the Quad’s evolution from a disaster relief collaboration to a strategic partnership, the four nations reaffirmed their shared vision for a free,...
The American-Uyghur community received a parting present from President Joe Biden: a renewal of Global Magnitsky human rights sanctions that ensures that the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, which was due to sunset next year, stays in place till at least mid-2030.
“It’s a gift of hope for Uyghurs,” Omer...
WASHINGTON: A senior White House official on Thursday (Dec 19) said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an "emerging threat" to the United States.
Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer's surprise revelation underscored how...
PENTAGON: A Pentagon report says the Chinese military experienced “a new wave” of corruption among its senior leaders last year that may have disrupted progress toward its military modernization goals, even as China ratcheted up aggression toward Taiwan and the Philippines.
The U.S. Department of Defense’s annual China Military Power...
Chinese exports of tomatoes, chili peppers, marigolds and other farm products grown in the far-western region of Xinjiang are tainted by forced labor as well as the coercive transfer of land from Uyghur peasants to Chinese businesses, new research shows.
The growing of these goods is also tainted by the...
A disturbing video has emerged showing a teacher slapping, pushing down and pulling the ear of a Tibetan student in front of other students gathered on what appears to be a sports field.
The video, which contains no sound, was contained in a report released by the Tibet Action Institute,...
A US$10-billion oil project in Uganda being developed by France’s TotalEnergies and CNOOC of China has been linked to human rights violations, with rights groups accusing the local authorities of repression and forced evictions, and citing sexual violence and environmental damage in connection with the project.
The project forms a...
