Trump Administration Penalizes Chinese Officials for Hong Kong Crackdown
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam and 10 other senior officials in Hong Kong and...
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Abductions, Censorship and Layoffs: Pakistani Critics Are Under Siege
When Prime Minister Imran Khan boasted last year that Pakistan had one of the “freest presses in the world,” journalists were quick to object, saying...
Omar Hassan al-Bashir Is Gone, but the Killing Goes On in Darfur
CAIRO — On camels, horses and motorbikes, dozens of Arab militiamen stormed into the remote village in Darfur, in western Sudan, firing wildly, witnesses said....
Report: N.B.A.’s Academies in China Abused Athletes
The N.B.A. has been accused of helping run basketball academies in China where children were regularly abused by coaches and staff members at government-run facilities,...
Pentagon Admits to Civilian Casualties in Somalia for a Third Time
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has admitted for the third time that its bombing campaign against terrorist groups in Somalia, which has been underway for more...
Education Dept.’s Civil Rights Chief Steps Down Amid Controversy
WASHINGTON — The Education Department’s civil rights chief has for 40 years labored to enforce civil rights protections in the nation’s schools and universities, but...
Refugee and Author Long Detained by Australia Gets Asylum in New Zealand
CAIRNS, Australia — Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian refugee and writer who documented abuses under Australia’s tough immigration policies during his yearslong detention on a remote...
China’s Communist Party Expels Ren Zhiqiang, Escalating War on Dissent
China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled an outspoken and prominent property tycoon who denounced the country’s authoritarian leader, Xi Jinping, paving the way for his...
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on 11 Chinese Companies Over Human Rights
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday barred 11 new Chinese companies from purchasing American technology and products without a special license, saying the firms...
Trump’s Occupation of American Cities Has Begun
The month after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Yale historian Timothy Snyder published the best-selling book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century.” It was...