All articles tagged with #cultural crackdown
China's Xinjiang region is intensifying its crackdown on Uyghur cultural expression by banning traditional songs, threatening detention for listening, sharing, or downloading them, as part of broader repressive policies against Uyghurs and other minorities.
Chechnya has banned songs by Taylor Swift, Drake, and Beyoncé in a cultural crackdown, while French President Macron is set to acknowledge France's failure to prevent the Rwanda genocide on its 30th anniversary. Additionally, Denmark fired its defense chief after a warship malfunctioned in a battle with Houthi militants, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu admitted to the killing of 7 aid workers in a Gaza airstrike despite coordination with the IDF.