China: 'Vocational training' programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour

China: UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders

The experts sounded the alarm on the lack of information provided by Chinese authorities – deeming it a deliberate attempt to “make the world forget” about the individuals who are spending year after year in isolation.  Between 2010 and 2019, nine environmental human rights defenders were arrested and imprisoned after they protested against allegedly illegal mining activities and hunting of…

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The American request to meet the American journalist imprisoned in Russia was rejected

The American request to meet the American journalist imprisoned in Russia was rejected

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the American request to meet the American journalist imprisoned in Russia has been rejected. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry from Moscow, a request was made to meet American journalist Ivan Grishkovich on May 11. The US Embassy’s request has been rejected as retaliation. According to the Russian…

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