Religious oppression in Afghanistan, China, Nigeria, Nicaragua and Sri Lanka — amongst dozens of different nations — took middle stage Monday because the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom launched its 2023 Annual Report, which referred to as on the State Department to acknowledge these human rights violations publicly. ...

It was a mix of demonstration and riot and it created a sensory overload. Paris at present reverberated to noise, smells, voices and evocative sights.The purple and black flares that billowed by way of the guts of town; the police charging at teams of individuals, pushing them again; the wispy clouds of tear fuel that rolled down boulevards; shopfronts smashed for no purpose; the cacophonous booms of thunderclap fireworks thrown into wheelie bins simply earlier than they explode. There was violence on either side - there are few angels on sight on days like this - however the French police have learnt a lesson.At the top of March, they have been roundly condemned for his or her brutality in controlling an illustration, the place they appeared to assault individuals indiscrimi...