Radio Free China
News from China & asia with a focus on human rights and religious liberty.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
China Announces a New Case of SARS. China announced its fourth confirmed SARS case of the season Saturday, saying the patient had already left the hospital after "total recovery" - a disclosure that prompted a strongly worded statement from the World Health Organization urging an urgent investigation. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
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IRAQ: THE PERSECUTION OF MANDAEANS [ANS] Mandaeans follow the teachings and practice of John the Baptist. Since Ayatollah Al-Hakeem declared Iraq’s Mandaeans to be “unclean” and not “People of the Book”, the situation for Mandaeans in post war Iraq has become critical. It is not an exaggeration to say that their survival as a people is seriously at risk. [more]