Opinion: Vietnam’s Transnational Religious Repression Mirrors China’s Playbook
By Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh – Human rights activist living in exile in the United States and 2017 International Women of Courage Awardee (IWOC). April 22, 2025 The shocking case of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a renowned Tibetan lama, who was arrested in Saigon in a joint operation between Vietnamese police and Chinese intelligence agents and […]
White House reinforces theory of COVID-19 originating from a lab in Wuhan, China
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 23: In a shift in the United States federal government’s public position on the origins of COVID-19 virus, the Trump administration has replaced the content of official pandemic information websites with materials supporting the lab leak theory. The website, which previously provided resources for testing, treatment information, and other pandemic guidance, now features […]
US federal judge orders funding restoration of Voice of America
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April, 23: U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth has ordered the immediate funding restoration of Voice of America (VOA) and related government-funded news services, ruling that recent drastic cuts likely violated both federal law and the Constitution. The preliminary order, issued Tuesday, April 22, comes after funding cuts to several government-supported news organisations […]