Category: guilt by association

Chinese Police Adopts North Korea’s ‘Three Generations of Punishment’

Commentary A recent report by human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders reveals that the Chinese police have adopted North Korea’s “three generations of punishment,” in which three generations of a political offender’s family can be imprisoned or executed despite not having committed a crime themselves. Similar to the concept of “guilt by association,” Chinese police use…


Seizing The Property Of Russian Oligarchs: Guilt By Association?

Commentary The Western world is united in its response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Western countries, including the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, have imposed a bevy of sanctions expected to hurt the Russian economy. One such sanction that lately received a great deal of media coverage is the seizure…