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Mar 15, 2021, 3:23 PM
The community must be vocal on Myanmar like it is for the Uyghurs
The altar of the Musmeah Yeshua synagogue in Rangoon/Yangon, Burma. (Wikipedia/Author - Esme Vos/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)) Via Jewish News
An astonishing image from Myanmar (formerly Burma) captured hearts around the world last week: that of a Catholic nun, clad in her white habit, kneeling in front of Myanmar security forces, her arms outstretched, pleading with them not to shoot protesters. Even more astonishingly, two...
Jan 22, 2021, 2:48 PM
Defeat of genocide amendment is not a cause for despair
Screenshot from Twitter of alleged Uyghur prisoners, blindfolded and cuffed being loaded on to trains. (Via Jewish News)
Last Tuesday was a good day for progress on tackling the genocide of the Uyghurs. In one of his very last acts as United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo determined that the atrocities perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party regime against the Uyghurs constitute...
Jan 15, 2021, 2:39 PM
Plight of the Uyghurs reflects pattern of oppression in China
Uyghur men held in camps in north-west China. Estimates suggest more then one million Muslims are being held in such conditions. (Jewish News)
No one is safe under Xi Jinping’s regime in China: that is the conclusion of a major new report released this week by the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission and endorsed by two former foreign secretaries, two former Conservative Party leaders, the Chair of the...
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Benedict Rogers is co-founder and deputy chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission