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A heavy Sudanese troop presence helped restore calm Tuesday in the Darfur region, after three days of inter-ethnic violence claimed at least 155 lives and displaced tens of thousands.
A local dispute has morphed into broader fighting in West Darfur's capital, marking the worst outbreak of violence in the restive region since a peace agreement was signed in October.
Deplatforming Trump is no atonement for tech's sins abroad
Comment: Debate over deplatforming Trump misses the point: That from India to Myanmar, Silicon Valley has failed to police hate speech for years, writes Jillian C. York.
China possibly committed ‘genocide’ against Xinjiang Muslims, says report
A new report on China commissioned by the US found that the Asian country may have committed genocide against its Uighur Muslim ...
Who will protect Rohingyas sent to remote, flood-prone island?
Comment: The international community must act now to prevent further atrocities against Rohingya refugees, writes CJ Werleman.
Human rights whistle-blower claims UN will 'fire' her
Lawyer Emily Reilly is claiming that the United Nations intends to 'fire' her after she spoke out about Uighur dissident names allegedly being given to the Chinese government.
How Europe's inhumane border is keeping refugees in Africa
Comment: Europe's 'externalisation' policies have essentially pushed its borders deep into Africa, write Tara Ansari Esfahani and Mohammed Harun ...
UK to ban China imports 'linked to Uighur camps'
British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab's proposals will likely fall short of sanctioning Chinese officials linked to Uighur re-education camps ...
Rights group urges Facebook to suspend Myanmar military campaigns
Burma Campaign UK questioned Facebook’s decision to suspend Donald Trump’s account for inciting violence while continuing to allow the Burmese ...
Twitter removes 'dehumanising' Chinese embassy tweet on Uighur women
The tweet, posted on Thursday, drew widespread condemnation for claiming that Uighur women have had their minds "emancipated" and are no longer ...
US voices slams China boast of Uighur population control
A US official voiced disgust after China's embassy boasted about Uighur women "no longer" being "baby-making machines"
China boasts of 'liberating baby-machine Uighur women' in Xinjiang
Beijing has touted its 'liberation' of Uighur women amid reports of widespread forced birth control and sterilisation.
Harvard students say US must help free detained Uighur
Ekpar Asat was detained after taking part in a State Department-linked exchange programme in the US.
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Sudan: key dates in Darfur war
A timeline of the decades-long Darfur conflict as the UN and AU's long-running peacekeeping mission came to an end.
Bangladesh moves more Rohingya to controversial island
Just under 1,000 Rohingya refugees were in the latest batch heading for Bhashan Char, an isolated flood-prone island, described by Bangladesh's foreign minister as a "beautiful resort".
In town brutalised by IS, Iraq tests its power
The Iraqi government is attempting to restore control over Sinjar, the Yazidi homeland previously controlled by a web of paramilitary ...
UN agrees to end Darfur peacekeeping mission
The Council adopted a resolution that hands over responsibility for maintaining security to Sudan's transitional government.
Morocco signs 'normalisation' agreement with Israel
A normalisation agreement between Israel and Morocco was signed in the presence of the king as well as an Israeli delegation headed by Donald ...
US Congresswoman criticises Facebook’s failure to remove anti-Muslim hate
A US Congresswoman’s letter to Facebook strongly criticizing the platform’s failure to tackle anti-Muslim bigotry has been welcomed by CAIR and ...
Sesame Street creates Rohingya characters to help refugee children
The popular television show has launched two new Rohingya characters in a bid to help traumatized refugee children
US Muslims press Organization of Islamic Cooperation on China
As the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) remains silent on Beijing's mass incarceration of Uighurs, US Muslim groups have accused ...
Uighur lawyers collecting new evidence to back ICC case
Lawyers defending Uighur rights said they are collecting new evidence after the ICC rejected a request to probe China for alleged crimes against ...
570,000 Uighurs 'forced into China cotton picking camps': report
Researchers believe that the actual number of Uighurs suspected of being forced into the cotton picking industry could be hundreds of thousands ...
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