The International Olympic Committee has suspended former Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait for 15 years after his conviction for forgery was upheld on appeal this year at a Swiss criminal appeals court. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah’s sanction for “a betrayal of his IOC Member’s oath, as well as the seriousness of the damage … Read more
I’ve been an expat for most of my life. Originally from Japan, I’ve lived in a total of six countries. For the past 15 years, I’ve called Geneva, Switzerland, my home. When my then-husband and I decided to move here, to his hometown, our first child was just 10 months old. We wanted a change … Read more
This is the fourth time that China appeared before this mechanism the last one being in November 2018. Countries called out the existence of mass detention camps for Uyghurs a few months after they were revealed by a UN committee. (Image: Reuters/File) China Universal Periodic Review: China is under the testing lens of the United … Read more
