Putin ships record gas supplies to China to prop up war economy (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/7539047...
‘We did it to our own people’: How China forced Kazakhs to implement its ethnic crackdown (www.telegraph.co.uk)
The story of a Kazakhi woman who lived in China provides chilling new details of how the Chinese state detained upwards of a million people in “re-education” camps from 2017 to 2020....
Hiring in China: Monkey King wanted, perks include warm cave – and plenty of bananas (edition.cnn.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10824497
Inside Israel's torture camp for Gaza detainees (www.972mag.com)
Lawyers for Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai appealed to the United Nations expert on torture over the treatment of a witness they believe was tortured before giving incriminating evidence (1ft.io)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10781442...
Human rights group urges Western democracies to suspend bilateral extradition agreements with China over Beijing's "abusive warrants, bounties and groundless charges" (safeguarddefenders.com)
In December, the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) issued arrest warrants and 1 million HKD bounties on the heads of five Hong Kong democracy activists and human rights defenders....
How humans have changed the Earth’s surface in 2023 (www.bbc.com)
China and forced labor, UN report on Xinjiang abuses leaves no room for plausible deniability (businessdailymedia.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10731283
Lee Jae-myung: South Korea opposition leader stabbed in Busan (www.bbc.com)
Taiwan considers joining international criminal court to deter potential China invasion (www.theguardian.com)
Venice to ban large tourist groups and loudspeakers (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine war: Missile and drone attacks launched against Russia (www.bbc.com)
Israel-Palestine, number of children killed in the West Bank reaches 'unprecedented levels', UN says (www.unicef.org)
“As the world watches on in horror at the situation in the Gaza Strip, children in the West Bank are experiencing a nightmare of their own. Living with a near-constant feeling of fear and grief is, sadly, all too common for children affected. Many children report that fear has become a part of their daily life, with many...
Hong Kong activist convicted under security law flees to UK (www.afr.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10660247...
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force (www.theguardian.com)
Poland reports airspace incursion as Russia launches huge strike on Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Historic ruling in Ecuador returns ownership of ancestral land to the Siekopai people (english.elpais.com)
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After bumpy recovery, China’s economy faces serious headwinds in 2024 (www.aljazeera.com)
As Tunisia suffers economic woes, voters will head to polls for local elections on Sunday (www.pbs.org)
‘I’m very proud of him’: Sebastien Lai on Hong Kong, accountability and his father Jimmy’s trial (www.theguardian.com)
"There is that idea that we always thought China would liberalise economically, get freer and freer,” says Lai. “But I think Dad realised very early on, and he said in an interview, that wishful thinking doesn’t work. You’ve got to put the work in. And that’s what he did.”...
Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas: the Israeli prime minister followed a decades-old divide-and-rule strategy that fuels endless war (www.thenation.com)
The intelligence failures that allowed the October 7 attack to take place have received some press attention—but have yet to be the focus of sustained political ire....
Ex-Romanian Minister of Finance, Anca Dragu, proposed to be the new governor of Moldova’s National Bank (www.romaniajournal.ro)
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Israel-Palestine: injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down, amid rising 'catastrophic' hunger levels, UN says (news.un.org)
Xi warned Biden during summit that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with China (www.nbcnews.com)
In North Korea, torture awaits those deported from China (www.dw.com)
