Written by: Zach Lipecki The year is 1899, and the Chinese Boxer Rebellion has just begun with the killing of two priests in Juye County, China. What would follow over the course of the next two years was a dark, albeit short, time in Chinese history; thousands of Christians and foreign missionaries would be hunted…
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Cameroon’s Human Rights Violations and Their Consequences
Written by: Emery Jochnau United States President Donald Trump recently made a bold economic decision regarding the North African country of Cameroon. Trump announced that due to consistent human rights violations he would be cutting trade benefits for the country and removing them from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The AGOA is a…
The World Needs to Pay Attention to China
Written by: Joe McInerney While much of the international community has been focused on developments in the Middle East and the US has been tuned into the impeachment battle in Congress, China has quietly escalated and perpetrated a cultural genocide against an entire Muslim minority in their country, the Uighurs. As the extent to which…
Economic Justice in Africa – Why We Should Pay Attention to President Addo’s Speech on Poverty
Written by: Lydia Nyachieo On September 25th, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo addressed the general debate at the 74th UN General Assembly. Aside from talking about the importance of education, the transformative power of technology, and global inclusivity, one of his main points addressed poverty. Specifically, President Addo argued how “unfairness in the economic order undermines…
America’s Stagnancy in the Face of Persecution
Written by: Emery Jochnau The international community is becoming increasingly aware of what could potentially evolve into a cultural genocide in the Xinjiang region of China. Chinese authorities have been constructing detention camps to hold the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group primarily located in the Xinjiang region. China has been committing massive human rights violations…
The US Response to the Sultan of Brunei’s Human Rights Violations
Written by: Thomas Quinn Brunei is a small Southeast Asian country bordering the South China Sea with a population of 450 thousand people and a landmass smaller than the size of Delaware. Its per capita GDP ranks it as one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and the monarch of the country lives an…
Severe Surveillance and DNA Collecting: Inside China’s Human Rights Violations Against Its Muslim Citizens
Written by: Jasmine Owens Since April 2017, between 800,000 and two million Uighurs have been forced into internment camps in the Xinjiang region of western China, camps which Chinese authorities call “vocational education centers.” The Uighurs are a Muslim minority group who live mainly in the Xinjiang region of China but view themselves as more…
Denmark’s Newest Human Rights Concern: Lindholm
Written by: Eva Branson Today, the deserted Danish island, Lindholm, is home to research labs that investigate viruses ailing cattle and swine. Researchers elected to conduct their work on Lindholm due to its isolation, limiting politicians’ and citizens’ concerns about potential contagion. In 2021, however, the research labs will be removed, and a brand new…
Is Nicaragua Ripe for Revolution?
Written by: Ariana King Since April of 2018, President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua has led a violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators and members of the opposition. Ripples of this latest wave of dissent began when Ortega announced his plan to increase social security taxes and reduce pensions. Protesters gathered in the streets and were met…
China’s Crackdown on the Uighurs
Written by: Ariana King In August 2018, the UN received word of the potential detainment of up to one million Uighur and non-Uighur Muslims in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, China. After previous denials by Chinese authorities, as of October 2018, the government admits to the creation of “vocational skills and educational training centres” that…
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