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Documents leaked on Sunday outline the structure, daily life and ideological framework behind a vast chain of Chinese internment camps that detain at least one million people, the majority of whom are Uyghur’s and others from the country’s Muslim minorities. The classified government papers, which were obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), undermine Beijing’s claim that these camps have been built for voluntary re-education purposes to counter … Read more →

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced that a small number of British children that were orphaned during the Syria war are being repatriated. The BBC reports that the three children were handed over to a delegation from the Foreign Office, had left Syria and were “doing very well”. There are more than 60 British children still present in northern Syria, the majority of whom are under 12 years old and … Read more →

Protests in Iran, which began on Friday 15 November over opposition to a triple hike in petrol prices, are being met with a brutal backlash from authorities. Security forces have used extensive violence on protestors, with over 100 people confirmed killed and over 1000 arrested in more than 100 cities in Iran. The regime has cut internet connections since early Saturday morning in an attempt to quell the dissent and … Read more →

On Saturday 16 November, the New York Times revealed a collection of leaked Chinese government documents that expose details of its clampdown on Uyghurs and other Muslims in the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region. The 400 pages of documents disclosed how President Xi Jinping conceived of the “re-education” campaign against the Uyghurs, which has been internationally condemned, urging the party to use the “organs of dictatorship” and show “absolutely no mercy”. … Read more →

Human rights activists and civil society groups say that the muzzling of the press under President Muhammadu Buhari has raised the spectre of a return to the dark days of military rule in Nigeria and at least three journalists are currently detained in Nigeria. Since 1992, eleven journalists have been killed in Nigeria and a recent Amnesty report stated that between January and September 2019, at least 19 journalists and … Read more →

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make an election pledge to amend the Human Rights Act in an effort to stop military veterans being prosecuted over killings that took place during The Troubles. The pledge comes as six former soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles are facing prosecution. However, legal experts suggest that such a pledge would result in conflict with Article 2 of the European Convention on … Read more →