5 Major Suppressions the World Is Witnessing Today and One Is Still Lesser Known

Chinese riot police watch a Muslim ethnic Uighur woman protest in Urumqi in China's far west Xinjiang province. Getty Images | PETER PARKS

Since June 2019, all eyes world over have been focusing on Hong Kong after protests erupted to scrap an extradition bill. Over the last six months, the violence has only intensified. However, on Nov. 27, U.S. President Donald Trump signed two human rights bills into law in support of the protesters in Hong Kong.

On Nov. 21, media outlets had reported of protesters, who were holed up inside the city’s Polytechnic University in defiance of a police siege, leaving a warning message to the international community.