China leaders vow Xinjiang action

July 9, 2009

China’s top leadership has vowed to administer “severe punishment” to those involved in the deadly rioting in its restive Xinjiang region.

URGENT UPDATE ALERT: China – Write to the foreign minister and Chinese ambassador in your country regarding escalating violence in Xinjiang

July 8, 2009

In light of the escalating violence in Xinjiang, IHRC urgently asks campaigners to send letters to the foreign ministers and Chinese ambassadors in their respective countries.

The real Uighur story

July 8, 2009

Reybiya gives her account of what some people call the most violent protest in china since the Tainanmen square.

Troops flood into China riot city

July 8, 2009

Thousands of security forces have been deployed in the city of Urumqi in China’s Xinjiang region to try to end deadly ethnic clashes.

The Gross Nature of Israel’s Violations

July 8, 2009

June 2009 in Gaza marked two years since the beginning of a blockade of basic goods and six months since the end of one of Israel’s most gruesome military onslaughts.

Fayyad urges UN to press Israel on fence

July 8, 2009

Palestinian authority calls on the international community to stop Israel from defying the international ruling on the separation barriers, ‘Judaisation’ of Jerusalem and the expansion of settlements.