Tag: human rights

Five Eyes Decry Hong Kong’s ‘Weaponization of Law’ After More Arrested

The five eyes countries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, and the United States have voiced further criticism of Hong Kong’s National Security Law after the arrest of more pro-democracy figures. Foreign Ministers from the Five Eyes countries have urged the Hong Kong authorities to respect “legally guaranteed rights” after 55 politicians and activists were…


Chinese Attorney Had License Revoked for Defending Falun Gong Practitioner

Chinese human rights lawyer Ren Quanniu revealed more details about local authorities’ decision to revoke his license. Via a Twitter post on Jan. 5, he explained that the justice department of Henan Province served him a notice, in which it claimed that he violated a courtroom regulation during the trial of Falun Gong practitioner Zhang…


The Enemy Is Fragility: Pompeo’s New Strategy

Commentary Planet Earth, for worse and occasionally better, is a world of neighborhood existence—many neighborhoods at peace, many (most?) neighborhoods uneasy and facing tenuous circumstances, too many neighborhoods experiencing outright anarchy and war. Blame the level of perception, of easy aggregation, for missing this truth. I’ll illustrate with an anecdote. Six years ago, an obstreperous…


China Insider: Zoom’s China Employee Charged for Censoring Dissidents

Zoom, Censor, China Dissident, US, United States, Chinese Communist Party, Tiananmen Square Massacre, 64, human rights, big tech, infiltration, Jin Xinjiang, chinese employee, spy, Zhou Fengsuo, FBI, prosecute, American company, restrictions on travel visas, Chinese law enforcement and intelligence official


China Insider: Zoom China Employee Charged for Censoring Dissidents

Zoom, Censor, China Dissident, US, United States, Chinese Communist Party, Tiananmen Square Massacre, 64, human rights, big tech, infiltration, Jin Xinjiang, chinese employee, spy, Zhou Fengsuo, FBI, prosecute, American company, restrictions on travel visas, Chinese law enforcement and intelligence official