US lawmakers warn North Korean refugees face forcible repatriation from China
Washington DC, US Reuters US lawmakers warned on Tuesday that China could be preparing to forcibly repatriate refugees who fled North Korea and urged the United Nations to use its influence with Beijing to prevent this. A barbed-wire fence separating North Korea from China is seen in this photo taken from the Chinese border city […]
China sanctions US figures – Cruz, Rubio, Smith and Brownback – for criticism
Beijing, ChinaAP China said Monday it will impose sanctions on three US lawmakers and one ambassador in response to similar actions taken by the US last week against Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses against Muslims in the Xinjiang region. US Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, Representative Chris Smith and Ambassador for Religious […]
ESSAY: CHRISTIANS AND YAZIDIS IN IRAQ STAND ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
In an article first published by Religion News Service, US Congressman CHRIS SMITH, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, calls for the US to take urgent steps to address the plight of endangered religious minority communities like Christians and the Yazidis in Iraq…