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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After the USA, Great Britain is now considering diplomatically boycotting the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. This was reported by the Times on Saturday. According to the report, the British government is advising whether it will only send its ambassador to China to the games in February, but not British ministers. US President Joe Biden confirmed on Thursday that his government is also considering a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games in Beijing.
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