Talk:Fairfax University of America
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History[edit]
Dr. Bishnu Poudel, the former vice president of Virginia International University, was the head of the Board of Directors of the nearby University of Northern Virginia that was ordered to close down after failing four audits by State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.65.169.12 (talk) 18:56, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
No information on registration by ACICS...[edit]
The article should not have the category that it is accredited by the ACICS since that information is not in the article...Naraht (talk) 15:42, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
The sources for 2020-21 staff and student numbers were retrieved in 2019.[edit]
The sources for 2020-21 staff and student numbers were retrieved in 2019. Keith McClary (talk) 04:26, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
Legit?[edit]
The institution has quite the reputation as a visa & diploma mill such as here [1] and in reviews of it. Claims made by this "university" should be treated with caution.--PlanespotterA320 (talk) 12:43, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
- This is already covered in this article, citing Washington Post. BobFromBrockley (talk) 16:01, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Newlines[edit]
Just logging a section that was recently deleted, in case editors think it should be (partially) restored or used in a new article on the Institute:
Fairfax operates a research institute, founded in 2019, the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy (formerly the Center for Global Policy) is a foreign policy think tank operating out of Washington, D.C.[1][2][3][4] In March 2021, the Newlines Institute published a 55-page report titled The Uyghur Genocide: An Examination of China’s Breaches of the 1948 Genocide Convention, which that concluded that the Chinese government's ongoing persecution of the Uyghurs constitutes genocide under the United Nations genocide convention.[1][3][4][5][6] The report,[7] was one of the first independent legal analyses into the human rights abuses committed by the Chinese state against the Uyghurs.[1][5][6][8] Newlines Institute also hosts New Lines Magazine, edited by Hassan Hassan and focusing on the Middle East.[9] On 26 May, 2022 they published An Independent Legal Analysis of the Russian Federations Breaches of the Genocide Convention in Ukraine and the Duty to Prevent, covering Russia's genocide of Ukrainians during the 2022 invasion, concluding that Russia bears State responsibility for "direct and public incitement to commit genocide," and "a pattern of atrocities from which an inference of intent to destroy the Ukrainian national group in part."[10]
BobFromBrockley (talk) 04:17, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
References
- ^ a b c "Report: China's treatment of Uyghurs meets definition of genocide". Catholic News Agency. 10 March 2021.
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- ^ a b Wescott, Ben; Wright, Rebecca (10 March 2021). "First independent report into Xinjiang genocide allegations claims evidence of Beijing's 'intent to destroy' Uyghur people". CNN.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Chan, John (10 March 2021). "Independent Report Finds Beijing "Bears Responsibility for Ongoing Genocide" in Xinjiang". China Digital Times.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Daventry, Michael (10 March 2021). "Uyghur persecution meets all five UN criteria for genocide, think-tank claims". The Jewish News.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Coote, Darryl (9 March 2021). "Report: China's treatment of Uighurs breaches U.N. genocide convention". UPI.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bowden, John (9 March 2021). "Human rights experts: China breaching UN Genocide Convention with treatment of Uyghurs". The Hill.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Davidson, Helen (9 March 2021). "China breaching every article in genocide convention, says legal report on Uighurs". The Guardian.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "About & Staff". New Lines Magazine. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ "An Independent Legal Analysis of the Russian Federations Breaches of the Genocide Convention in Ukraine and the Duty to Prevent". New Lines Institute. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-27.