china: muslim-majority states whitewash abuses

Chinese government-promoted letter was in response to joint statement by 22 countries at United Nations Human Rights Council last week expressing concern at massive rights violations Xinjiang and urging unfettered access by international monitors. ..

europe’s refugee crisis

Estimates suggest that 80 percent of the refugees currently begging entrance to Europe are from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan — countries decimated by decades of Western and war, and the violence of dictatorial regimes like Syria's Bashar al-Assad and the reactionary forces of Islamic State Iraq and Syria. ..

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TEHRAN - Human Rights Watch requested Argentine judicial authorities to use domestic clause to arrest and prosecute Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for war crimes Yemen and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi when he enters Argentina later this week to attend G20 summit.. ..

hussein focused arms race on rockets

While White House was fixated on Saddam Hussein's interest in procuring biological and chemical weapons, evidence uncovered by American investigators suggests that Iraqi president spent his final years power more determined to develop and deploy conventional ballistic missiles, hoping to keep pace with his..

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