Category Archives: News

• More secrets of China’s Xinjiang camps leaked to foreign media 25 November 2019 | John Ruwitch in Shanghai and Gabriel Crossley in Beijing no comments

  Classified Chinese government documents made public by an international group of journalists describe the repressive inner workings of detention camps in Xinjiang, in a second rare leak in days of secret files. ...

• Record turnout in Hong Kong elections amid calls for full democracy 24 November 2019 | Yan Zhao and Xinqi su no comments

  Hong Kong's voters turned out in record numbers Sunday for local council elections that the city's pro-democracy movement hopes will pile pressure on the Beijing-backed government to heed their demands after months of protest. ...

• Pope Francis calls for world without nuclear weapons 24 November 2019 | Catherine Marciano one comment

  Pope Francis Sunday described the use of nuclear bombs as "a crime", as he took his appeal for an end to atomic weapons to Hiroshima in an emotional meeting with survivors. ...

• Malaysia’s last Sumatran rhinoceros dies 24 November 2019 | A Ananthalakshmi one comment

  The last Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia died on Saturday, leaving the smallest species of rhino, which once roamed across Asia, surviving in small numbers mostly in Indonesia. ...

• Tibetan Cabinet given till 27 December to apologise in Case no 20 23 November 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal 22 comments

  Failing to apologise, the voting rights of the all the six members of the Cabinet, including the President Lobsang Sangay, will be withheld until an apology is offered, as per a new order on 22 November. ...

• Tibetan files case against CTA for denying retirement home 22 November 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal one comment

  A retired official of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has filed a case aginst the Department of Home and the Cabinet for denying him retirement home. ...

• Furious China vows to ‘fight back’ after Congress backs HK democracy 21 November 2019 | Jacques Clement and Sean Chang no comments

  China on Thursday accused the US of seeking to "destroy" Hong Kong and threatened retaliation after Congress passed new legislation supporting the pro-democracy movement that has thrown the city into nearly six months of turmoil. ...

• US Senate passes Hong Kong rights bill, angering China 20 November 2019 no comments

  The US Senate unanimously adopted legislation Tuesday supporting "human rights and democracy" in Hong Kong and threatening to revoke its special economic status, angering China which promptly summoned a US diplomat. ...

• Sweden drops probe into rape allegations against Julian Assange 19 November 2019 | Johannes Ledel no comments

  Swedish prosecutors said Tuesday they have dropped their investigation into jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a 2010 rape allegation, even though they found the plaintiff's claim "credible". ...

• China defends Xinjiang crackdown after massive document leak 18 November 2019 one comment

  China on Monday vowed it would "never be soft" in its crackdown in Xinjiang, after a massive leak of government documents shed new light on the mass detention of Muslims in the far-west region. ...