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May 25, 2021

Ethiopia’s Amhara ethnic group accuses Biden of ignoring atrocities

Eskedar Getaneh stepped out of his house on April 12 to screams from surrounding neighbors in the village of Arkumbi Kebele in the Oromo region of ethnically divided Ethiopia.

May 2, 2021

Curry & Abbas: China's war on Uyghur Muslims – here's why this persecution should matter to Christians

The brazen misuse of democratic platforms to quash dissidents inside and outside of Chinese borders demonstrates why China is one of the greatest threats to religious freedom – the freedom of conscience – in the world today .

March 26, 2021

Tina Ramirez: Critical race theory divides families – what this mom with a biracial child wants you to know

Last week, in Loudoun County, Virginia, a group of teachers and education officials were publicly exposed for conspiring to attack parents who challenged abhorrent lessons designed to teach their children to discriminate against groups based solely on their external traits.  

March 16, 2021

Syria is 'one of the greatest humanitarian catastrophes,' says human rights lawyer

A decade has passed since the Arab Spring’s uprising spread through the Middle East and hit Syria. Protests wracked Southern Syria and eventually advanced to the capital of Damascus -- the home of the country's leader, Bashar al-Assad.  

March 12, 2021

Kentucky Senate passes bill criminalizing protesters who ‘insult’ police

Kentucky’s state Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would make it a crime to “taunt” a police officer.

March 12, 2021

Sen. Rick Scott: Rethink China relationship – here's how to advance US and global interests, security

For too long, the United States has foolishly enabled Communist China’s oppressive communist dictatorship, which is now our greatest national and economic security threat.

February 28, 2021

Reps. Reschenthaler & Waltz: US should boycott China's Winter Olympics – don't reward genocide, rights abuses

The United States, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and nations throughout the world should hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for their horrific human rights violations by rebidding the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. 

February 25, 2021

Biden admin says no 'final decision' on boycotting Beijing Olympics as momentum grows in Congress

White House press secretary Jen Psaki left the door open to a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as pressure grows in Congress to punish China over its oppression of Uighur Muslims in the country's Xinjiang region. 

February 25, 2021

Amb. Nikki Haley: Biden should boycott China's Winter Olympics next year

If the United States had known what Nazi Germany would become, would we have participated in the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics? This is not a historical head-scratcher. The answer bears directly on next year’s Winter Olympics in Communist China.

February 12, 2021

Judith Miller: Saudi Arabia's release of activist Loujain al-Hathloul hails a rocky road ahead

The release of a prominent female activist this week is Saudi Arabia’s latest gesture to curry favor with the Biden administration.