By Mel Gurtov\PeaceVoice Photos: YouTube Screenshots In recent talks between US and Chinese leaders, they have found common ground in support for more people-to-people exchanges, particularly in education. Presidents Biden and Xi both mentioned the importance of these exchanges at their last summit meeting, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his April trip to…

By Akshaya Kumar\Human Rights Watch This week, United States President Joe Biden announced that his administration has “held up” at least one shipment of 3,500 bombs and artillery shells to Israel, saying the US wouldn’t transfer certain weapons to Israel if it proceeded with an assault on the city of Rafah’s densely populated areas. This partial pause…

By United Nations Photos: YouTube Screenshots A UN independent human rights expert warned on Friday that the recent increase in student protest attacks across campuses in the United States indicates an “erosion of intellectual freedom and democratic principles within educational settings.” “I am deeply troubled by the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, arrests, detentions, police…