Category: Human Rights
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US House passes bill to close Hong Kong Trade Offices amid deteriorating human rights situation under CCP’s rule
In recent years, Hong Kong, once a beacon of political and civil freedoms in Asia, has witnessed a dramatic decline in human rights under Chinese rule. The city’s transformation from a semi-autonomous region to an increasingly controlled enclave of China has drawn widespread concern and condemnation from international observers, human rights organizations, and governments around…
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Press freedom goes for a toss in China-ruled Hong Kong, conviction of ex-Stand News editors latest to the list
Press freedom in Hong Kong has nosedived in recent years, particularly following the implementation of the National Security Law in 2020, which has led to increased censorship, arrests of journalists, the shutdown of independent media outlets, and a more constrained environment for journalists and news organizations. Recently, a court in Hong Kong found two editors of…
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UN’s Human Rights Office finds CCP’s policies for Uyghur persecution remain in place
The United Nations (UN), in its public update last week, stated that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not changed policies it uses to justify its persecution of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic groups as well as religious minorities in the country. The United Nations said the Chinese Communist regime’s policies for Uyghur persecution remain unchanged,…
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The sale of prescription pharmaceuticals threatens Hong Kong’s safety.
The increasing popularity of online shopping has anything and everything at our fingertips Yet the ever-expanding cybermarket can also be a hotbed of illicit transactions and questionable deals. The revelation that a bottle of laxative from a public hospital was sold on HKTVmall has raised serious questions over drug dispensary and e-commerce oversight. The controversy…
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China adopts the United Nations’ suggestions to improve environmental conflicts in Latin America.
It’s been a little over a decade since China launched its Belt and Road Initiative, a global program to improve relations with Latin America and other developing regions through trillions of dollars in investment in infrastructure and energy projects. But China hasn’t always carried out those projects in a responsible way, sparking outcry about their…
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Canada attempts to break the rail lockout as a labor disagreement brings trains to a standstill.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government stepped in to try to end a work stoppage at Canada’s two largest railways that has brought rail traffic to a halt. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose binding arbitration on Canadian National Railway Co, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and the Teamsters union, he…
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Shein exposes child labor incidents as it increases supplier audits.
Fast fashion retailer Shein found two cases of child labour at its suppliers last year, it said in its 2023 sustainability report, as it stepped up audits of manufacturers in China to assuage criticisms of its low-cost business model ahead of a planned flotation. Shein said in the report yesterday it had suspended orders from…
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Harvard law researcher calls China’s Uyghur policy a “racialized atrocity crime.”
The Chinese government has imposed 4.4 million years of cumulative imprisonment on ethnic Uyghurs in its far-western Xinjiang region, a new report has found. The report, titled Uyghur Race as the Enemy and published by the Yale Macmillan Center’s Genocide Studies Program, finds high rates of incarceration are part of “racialised atrocity crimes” occurring in China against…
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The ‘Campaign for Uyghur’ demands for international responsibility for China’s human rights violations.
On the fifth annual International Day of Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, Campaign for Uyghur’s Founder and Executive Director, Rushan Abbas took part in a webinar entitled “Prisoners of Conscience: Violence and Detention and Violence in Detention. Rushan gave a harrowing account of the Uyghur Genocide against the Muslim Uyghur…
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US official meets Dalai Lama to address Chinese ‘human rights crimes within Tibet’
Dalai Lama on Wednesday (Aug 21) met a Biden administration official in New York City as the India-based Tibetan spiritual leader continues with his effort for Tibetan self-rule decades after China took territorial control over 1.2 million sq km of landmass neighbouring India. “On August 21, 2024, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and…