Amnesty International withdraws human rights award from Aung San Suu Kyi
November 13, 2018Amnesty International, 12 November 2018 Read original news here Amnesty International announced today that it has withdrawn its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Aung San Suu Kyi, in light of the Myanmar leader’s shameful betrayal of the … Continued
Beijing’s secret plot to infiltrate UN used Australian insider
November 12, 2018By Nick McKenzie, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Zach Dorfman & Fergus Hunter, 11 November 2018, Read original news here Earlier this year, a petite 62-year-old woman dubbed the ‘‘queen of the Australian-China social scene’’ walked out of a US federal prison. Charming and gregarious, … Continued
From student to drone swarms: how the Chinese Communist Party trains its cadres in Australia
November 12, 2018Alex Joski, The Sunday Morning Herald, Read original news here In 2009, a student called Wang Xiangke came to the Australian National University as a visiting PhD scholar. It was a year after the Olympic torch relay passed through Canberra, attracting thousands … Continued
China’s growing influence swallows global criticism on human rights
November 9, 2018By Dave Lawler, Axios, 9 November 2018 Read original news here China’s government is cracking down on dissent at an alarming pace and detaining up to 1 million Muslims in “re-education camps,” but at a UN Human Rights Council review this week, … Continued
DAMS, POWER GRIDS, GEOENGINEERING TIBETAN CLIMATE
November 9, 2018By rukor-admin, November 9, 2018 Read original news here MORE HYDRO DAMMING, POWER GRIDS & CLOUD SEEDING GEOENGINEERING IN TIBET Updating recent www.rukor.org reports: RUKOR ANALYSIS: New hydro dams on Tibetan rivers, new propaganda for geoengineering, by cloud seeding the source area of China’s … Continued
UN grills China over detainment of Uighurs, Tibet
November 8, 2018AFP, 8 November 2018 Read original news here China faced harsh criticism over its rights record during a review before the UN yesterday, with countries voicing alarm at the country’s mass detainment of ethnic Uighurs and its crackdown on civil … Continued
India, China to have direct hotlines between military bases at Line of Actual Control
November 8, 2018By Nandita Natrajkumar, November 7, 2018 Read original news here India and China will soon have a hotline linking their military and regional bases. The final decision will be made next Tuesday during the talks between the defence secretaries of both … Continued
China says UN criticism of human rights record is ‘politically driven’
November 7, 2018Lily Kuo, 6 November 2018 Read original news here China has defended its human rights record after the first UN assessment since 2013 criticised the mass detention of lawyers and the continuing use of internment camps. Beijing rejected claims made during the … Continued
China’s false denials at UN human rights council must be challenged, ICT says
November 7, 2018International Campaign for Tibet, 6 November 2018 Read original news here The Chinese government aggressively denied its human rights violations during today’s Universal Periodic Review of its record at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Despite China’s … Continued
US and China to hold a top-level security dialogue on Friday
November 6, 2018CNBC, Reuters, 6 November 2018 Read original news here The United States and China will hold a delayed top-level security dialogue on Friday, the latest sign of a thaw in relations, as China’s vice president said Beijing was willing to talk with Washington to … Continued