Since 2017, more than a million Uyghurs have been detained in the Xinjiang region, in centres qualified by the Chinese government as “vocational training centres”.…
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Dawn Wooten was employed by the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. She is now represented by Project South and Government Accountability Project. Last…
W.L., a mother seeking asylum and a native of Guatemala, is one of many asylum-seekers facing the consequences of the Trump administration’s policy changes and…
These mass arrests, similar to the August 10th arrest of Jimmy Lai and Agnes Chow, are often used as a scare tactic to deter further…
The Uyghurs are, unfortunately, best known today as victims of ethnic and cultural cleansing, however, it wasn’t always this way. Once leaders in the Central…
Written by Areebah Oyshe Jammu and Kashmir, the landlocked area between China, Pakistan, and India, are now in the midst of a territorial dispute. Throughout…
The recent increase in peaceful protests against police brutality clearly shows that the American people want change, and the Minneapolis City Council attempted to initiate…
Chinese coast guards arrested at least twelve activists, reportedly aged sixteen to thirty years old, as they fled Hong Kong on August 23rd via speedboat.…
To the Phoenix Police Department, I am a reporter with Raise the Voices, an advocacy journalism organization. We have been looking into the case of…
Written by Starlene Parris & Kasey Michaud Approximately 15% of all people living in state prisons experience a serious mental illness. What happens to these…