🇲🇲NEW: Fortify Rights urges the Arakan Army to immediately end its use of forced labor against Rohingya, Hindu, and other minorities in Rakhine State.
Survivors described being forced to work under dangerous and inhumane conditions, including portering ammunition, digging trenches, and building military structures—under the threat of beatings, detention, and execution.
“The Arakan Army cannot claim to be liberating the people of Rakhine from the military junta while exploiting them through forced labor. It must cease these abusive practices immediately, stop subjecting ethnic minorities to forced labor, and release all civilians who are detained and forced to work.” said @yaplaysheng, Senior Human Rights Specialist at @FortifyRights.
Read the full news release: https://t.co/opAQLGTgcy
Day 11 of #JimmyLai trial in #HongKong: The prosecution's 1st of 5 "accomplice witnesses" testified. All 5 are co-defendants who've plead guilty & await sentencing. Former Apple Daily parent co CEO said Lai wanted to use AD to call HKers to protest & get help of Western countries
Full page ad in today’s New York Times from @thecfhk calling out finance executives for attending an investment conference in Hong Kong this week while 45 democratic opposition leaders are sentenced to prison and pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai’s political trial resumes.
Just yesterday we did a thread on the ongoing persecution of veteran #HongKong activist Koo Sze-yiu...& now he's been arrested again: 2nd arrest for #sedition, both times for simply planning to protest; 4th arrest in past 4 years.
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https://t.co/jBcdYTfnwa
After arresting a man in #HongKong on Monday for reposting a post telling people not to vote in upcoming #FakeElection, ICAC's now issued an arrest warrant for an exiled HK YouTuber in Germany. (The ban on saying #DontVote has "extraterritorial effect.")
https://t.co/YaNtj8zrWK
Absolutely spot-on by Nina Shea - whom I have the privilege of speaking alongside at a panel at @HudsonInstitute next Wednesday in Washington, DC to launch @hk_watch's new report on threats to freedom of religion or belief in #HongKong
Pope Xi https://t.co/8H9786awDq
1/ Today, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a bill to sanction 49 Hong Kong judges, prosecutors & gov't officials. They range from appeals judges to low-level prosecutors. If passed, it would make clear that ANYONE participating in persecution can be held accountable.
Former #HongKong pro-democracy District Councillor Derek Chu was arrested today for "unlicensed promotion of Mandatory Provident Fund schemes" after criticism by pro-CCP media & politicians. Today's also the beginning of the nomination period for the new fake DC "elections."
#HongKong#PoliticalPrisoner & #HK47 defendant Owen Chow was sent to solitary confinement for 12 days & given an extra day in prison for "possessing a Portuguese egg tart w/out permission." Prison authorities raided his cell & discovered the offending tart
https://t.co/WBNdPpVF9g
So 🇨🇳 invited journalists to Xinjiang in an effort to amplify its propaganda.
Comparative case study in how to report on these high-risk trips:
First 📷 @SimonZeise3790 of @berlinerzeitung IMO shreds his credibility.
Second 📷 @davidlipson of @ABC with a measured report.