Caravanserai

2021-07-09

Russian authorities propose new 'loyalty agreement' for Central Asians

Russian authorities also are preventing migrants access to the much-touted Sputnik V vaccine, and instead are giving them an unauthorized 'light' version with unclear rates of efficacy.

Human Rights

2021-06-28

Chinese policies could prevent births of over 4 million Muslim babies in Xinjiang

Beijing is actively pursuing a policy of decreasing the number of children born to ethnic minorities, and increasing the number of Han Chinese as part of ongoing demographic manipulations.

Human Rights

2021-06-17

China accused of 'harvesting' organs from religious, ethnic minorities

The UN report on Beijing's campaign to harvest organs from prisoners comes amid heightened tensions over the flagrant human rights abuses against Muslims in Xinjiang.

Human Rights

2021-06-07

Tribunal investigates China's genocide of Muslims in Xinjiang

In the opening days, the panel heard witness testimony of torture and gang rapes, and descriptions of squalid conditions and brutality in Chinese 're-education' camps.

Human Rights

2021-06-02

New Syria war toll adds 42,000 killed under regime torture

Nearly half of the 100,000 newly confirmed fatalities are civilians, most of them killed under torture in Syrian regime prisons. Nearly 500,000 total have been killed in the war.

Human Rights

2021-05-31

Kazakhs vow to continue protests over China's 'genocide' of Muslims

Chinese diplomats have moved from silence to threats, but protesters intend to continue to fight to save their family members who 'disappeared' in China's Xinjiang region.

Human Rights

2021-05-19

China arrested over 1,000 imams amid crackdown on Islam in Xinjiang

Chinese authorities targeted imams for 'crimes' such as preaching, convening prayer groups or officiating weddings. Others were detained for refusing to turn in Qurans to be burned.

Human Rights

2021-05-18

Investigation details China's campaign to sterilise Muslim women in Xinjiang

Women are forced to be fitted with contraceptive devices or be sterilised, abort pregnancies, pay steep fines if they had too many children, and take drugs that stop their menstrual cycles.

Human Rights

2021-04-23

China's 'Sinicisation' policy aims to stamp out identity of Muslim minorities

Beijing is committing 'crimes against humanity' by attempting to erase Muslim culture and religion through 're-education' camps in Xinjiang, says Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights

2021-04-14

Beijing turns Muslim suffering in Xinjiang into musical melodrama

The musical film 'The Wings of Songs' is a tasteless attempt by China to try to reframe the regime's well documented abuses against Muslims in Xinjiang -- and no one is buying it.