Dec 30 Hong Kong journalists charged with sedition following raid By Zen Soo, Associated Press Two former editors from a Hong Kong online pro-democracy news outlet have been charged with sedition and denied bail. Continue reading
Dec 30 Amid nuclear talks, Iran says it launched a rocket into space By Nasser Karimi, Isabel Debre, Associated Press Iranian state television says Tehran has launched a rocket with a satellite carrier bearing three devices into space, though it's unclear if any object entered orbit. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 5:34 Hong Kong's pro-democracy leaders urge the West to 'step up' amid raids on free press By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn One of the largest remaining independent media outlets in Hong Kong shut itself down Wednesday. The closure came after police raided its offices, arrested editors and board members, and accused them of “sedition.” As Nick Schifrin reports, the death of… Continue watching
Dec 29 Omicron fears mean nuclear treaty conference likely to be delayed again By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Days before its start date, an international conference on a landmark Cold War-era nuclear treaty is poised to be postponed because coronavirus cases are surging in the host city of New York. Continue reading
Dec 29 France puts pressure on the unvaccinated as it again breaks its COVID-19 case record By Associated Press France's government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs. Continue reading
Dec 29 China says SpaceX satellites nearly collided with its three-member crew space station By Associated Press China is urging the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX nearly struck the station. Continue reading
Dec 29 Russian court shuts down a second human rights group in two days By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press A court in Moscow has granted a request to shut down another prominent human rights organization amid a sweeping crackdown on Russia's rights groups, independent media and opposition supporters. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 10:18 How Russia is trying to control history in bid for geo-political strength By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Memorial Human Rights Center, the leading human rights organization that was closed in Russia, documented today’s Russian political prisoners, as well as past Soviet human rights atrocities. As Nick Schifrin reports, the banning of Memorial comes almost exactly 30 years… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 10:02 Armed group in Iraq demands U.S. forces withdraw by end of 2021, threatens violence By Simona Foltyn, Dan Sagalyn The Iraqi Supreme Court on Monday ratified the parliamentary election results, clearing the path for the forming of a government. Kataib Hezbollah, one of the groups that disputed the election results, wants all U.S. military forces out of Iraq by… Continue watching
Dec 28 Russian court orders shutdown of renowned rights group By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that one of the country's oldest and most prominent human rights organizations should be shut down. Continue reading