UN rights expert urges US to go further with sanctions against Myanmar junta

Washington DC, US Reuters The UN human rights expert for Myanmar on Wednesday called on the United States to further tighten sanctions on the country’s military rulers to include their main revenue source, the state oil and gas enterprise. UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews, a former member of the US Congress, also said it was […]
US Congress probes Chinese Catholic bishop’s assumed death, religious freedom in China

Religion Unplugged Bishop James Su Zhimin, the Catholic Bishop of Baoding in Hubei Province, China, spent over 40 years in prison throughout the course of his life. He hasn’t been seen in 17 years, since he surfaced in a hospital in 2003. It has now been reported and is believed that Su is dead. The […]