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Before a visit by the UN human rights commissioner, a data leak reveals brutal conditions in Chinese camps. Uyghurs Abroad Warn About China's Propaganda. Shortly before the visit of UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet to Xinjiang, China, several media outlets published further evidence of the mass internment of Uyghurs in the region. According to this, photos, speeches and official instructions prove that the camps are not – as claimed by the Chinese government – ​​“professional training institutions”. The Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and the Spiegel were involved in the research. According to the reports, the dataset includes a previously unknown speech by the former party leader of the Xinjiang region in 2017, which said that any prisoner who tried to escape even a few steps was to be "shooted". Pictures showed security forces with assault rifles. A photo also shows a prisoner in a so-called tiger chair - a torture device in which the legs are overstretched. US ...

Afghan girls will soon be able to attend secondary schools again. Human Rights Watch warns against optimism. The Taliban will allow girls to take part in secondary school classes again next week. "All schools will be opened to all boys and girls," said Kabul Education Ministry spokesman Asis Ahmad Rajan. However, girls should only be taught separately from boys and only by female teachers. In rural areas with few teaching staff, older teachers could, exceptionally, also take over the teaching of the girls. After the Taliban took power last August, girls and women were denied access to education, as was the case during the first Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001. Mainly because of the discrimination against women and girls  and other population groups, the rulers in Kabul are not recognized by the international community.  Volodymyr Zelenskyi's Speech On the same day, the UN Security Council voted by 14 votes in favor, one abstention from Russia and no votes against to extend...

In the east of the country, the military is said to have killed and burned members of the Karenni minority. Two Save the Children employees have been missing since then. The remains of more than 30 people have been found in eastern Myanmar , according to reports from human rights groups. The people, including the elderly, women and children, are said to have been killed and then burned. According to the human rights group Karenni Human Rights, the victims are civilians who tried to flee their villages in Kayah state because of fighting. The Karenni are an ethnic group in the multi-ethnic state of Myanmar. The NGO said it found the bodies near the village of Mo So in the Hpruso municipality. A representative of the People's Defense Forces rebel group (PDF), which is fighting the military junta, also said that their fighters had found the vehicles with the bodies in the municipality of Hpruso in the eastern state of Kayah.   Taliban Dissolve Electoral Commission & Turk...

The Taliban have been back in power in Afghanistan since the summer. Many acts of violence are not documented. The UN paints a drastic picture of the situation. In Afghanistan, more than 100 former security forces have been killed since the Taliban came to power in August. This emerges from a new report by the United Nations (UN). In most cases, the acts were perpetrated by the radical Islamic group, said the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif. At least eight Afghan activists and two journalists as well as at least 50 suspected members of an offshoot of the IS militia rivaling the Taliban were also killed. The Taliban also recruited child soldiers and oppressed women. The security situation of judges, public prosecutors and lawyers, especially women in the judiciary, is alarming. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has become the first Israeli leader to visit the United Arab Emirates. Naftali Bennett is working to improve relations with Gulf countries, including the ...

Eleven people are said to have been killed by soldiers in northwest Myanmar. The United Nations called the reports credible - among the dead were children. In Myanmar , government troops are said to have raided a village in the north-west of the country and burned 11 people alive. United Nations spokesman Stéphane Dujarric expressed deep concern about the reports and condemned the violence. "Credible reports suggest that five children were among those killed," said the UN spokesman. Dujarric reminded the Myanmar military authorities of their obligations under international law to ensure the safety and protection of civilians and called for those responsible for "this heinous act" to be held accountable. Eyewitnesses reported the attack. Film footage showed the cremated bodies of eleven people lying in a circle amid the remains of a hut in the village of Done Taw in the Sagaing region. According to reports, the soldiers attacked the village on Tuesday, rounded up the...

In the midst of talks about a new version of the nuclear agreement, the US announced new punitive measures. The reason is "clear violations of human rights". The US has imposed new sanctions on around a dozen organizations and individual leaders in Iran. The Treasury Department in Washington said the sanctions responded to "clear violations of human rights". Among other things, you will meet Iranian special forces from the security services or counter-terrorism. The management of Iranian prisons is also affected by the sanctions, it said in Washington. In Vienna, negotiations are currently underway with Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement, which is intended to prevent Tehran from building nuclear weapons. The United States withdrew from the agreement in 2018 under President Donald Trump and had imposed a number of sanctions on the government in Tehran. Ukraine Crisis: Joe Biden Threatens Russia With Sanctions Thereafter, Iran also gradually withdrew from the a...

After three months, the state of emergency in Poland will expire in the border region with Belarus. But a new law allows journalists to continue to be denied access. After the end of the three-month state of emergency , Poland is restricting access to the border area with Belarus with a new law. The regulation passed by the Polish parliament and signed by President Andrzej Duda makes it possible, on the recommendation of the national border protection authority, to deny access to an area 15 kilometers wide for security reasons. Exceptions should only be made for residents or for people who work or study there. The border guard management also decides on access for journalists. The controversial state of emergency for the border region, which has been in force since September, automatically expires at midnight. Russia Tests Another Hypersonic Missile According to Polish law, the state of emergency can only be imposed for a maximum of three months. The government in Warsaw had proclaimed...

At the border between Poland and Belarus, the situation is only apparently easing. Many refugees are still stuck, it is difficult to take care of them - and it is getting colder. For weeks, the news situation on the Polish-Belarusian border was the same: Thousands of people were stuck in catastrophic humanitarian conditions between the two countries, lured by the false promise of the Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko to get safe conduct into the EU. In the past week something suddenly seemed to move: The EU decided on further sanctions against the regime in Minsk, at the same time Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Lukashenko on the phone. Suddenly he agreed to provide overnight accommodation and buses to bring people back inland from the forests in the border area. At that time, the Polish authorities suspected around 4,000 people in the border area. The Belarusian regime accommodated 2,000 people in a logistics center near the border, and according to official information, several...