Despite a peace agreement, war crimes continue, including mass rape and forcible displacement of thousands of people, a rights commission reported.
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Rights Groups Seek U.N. Inquiry Into China’s Mass Detention of Muslims
The organizations, citing reports of widespread abuses in western China, presented the issue as a test of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s credibility.
U.N. Execution Expert to Lead Khashoggi Inquiry
A United Nations expert told Reuters she will travel to Turkey to head an international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
An Emboldened China No Longer Cares What Its Critics Think
International criticism once acted as a restraint on China’s crackdowns against dissent at home. Not anymore.
At U.N., China Defends Mass Detention of Uighur Muslims
The detainees are told they have an “ideological virus” and must be indoctrinated in devotion to the state. Western governments called for the practice to end.