Hong Kong, Xinjiang & Rights

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (619+ words) I was not surprised when I heard the speech by Ed Miliband, the British foreign secretary, in which he announced that Britain would impose sanctions against settlers involved in acts of terrorism in the West Bank. The extensive construction initiative…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (587+ words) Russia's navy has returned to the Mediterranean for the first time in two months, ending what military sources described as the first interruption to its Mediterranean presence since 2013 — with ships reportedly detected switching off their tracking transponders before passing through…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago   (148+ words) A Hong Kong court sentenced two pro-democracy activists to seven years in prison, and a third to five years, for organising vigils to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre. Judges accused them of... Hong Kong jails Tiananmen vigil activists for seven…...

19+ hour, 4+ min ago   (243+ words) EU ambassadors on Friday once again failed to extend the sanctions against Russia; the next meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, one day before the sanctions expire, Rikard Jozwiak, editor of the European section of Radio Free Europe/Radio…...

22+ hour ago   (610+ words) Chinese state actors were using Claude to surveil dissident and religious communities, including practitioners of the faith group Falun Gong and NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister media outlet, tech company Anthropic said in a report. The Chinese state-aligned actors targeted…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (852+ words) US President Donald Trump's administration should immediately impose new sanctions on Russia over recent deadly strikes on Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The comments came after Mr Zelensky announced he planned to meet Mr Trump in late September, amid…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (379+ words) "Spread across Iraq, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey, today’s targets underscore the global reach of the Iranian regime’s illicit networks and the serious threat posed by the terrorist proxy organizations that operate on its behalf," the US Treasury…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (167+ words) TOKYO/HONG KONG -- Prison sentences were handed down Friday for three former leaders of a civil group that held annual candlelight vigils in Hong Kong for victims of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square... Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organizers given sentences of…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (333+ words) Against a backdrop marked by the militarization of public security, the weakening of the rule of law, and a growing link between extractive conflicts and the securitization of territories, the report, “Criminalization and Attacks Against Civil Society in the Context…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (118+ words) livingstonenterprise.net 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers set to be sentenced in Hong Kong national security case Other items that may interest you Fire in eastern Congo kills at least 24 students at 2 … British man charged with aiding Russian spies to … Switzerland publishes…...