Why is #HongKong invited at all, since it's no longer autonomous?

Isn't it like giving the PRC two seats at the table?

Happy #Halloween .
Always a reason for a cat.

I get why Muslim leaders find it so easy to condemn the treatment of Palestinians yet keep quiet about the Uyghurs (hint: it's also an ABBA song).

I find it harder to understand why the European left seemingly has the same problem.

(image found by Adrian Zenz)

State of the Uyghur cause summarized in one image.

'Fiji attaches great value on its bilateral relations with the People’s Republic of China and based on its policy of non-interference has withdrawn Fiji’s vote. '

'Russia has blamed Ukraine for the antisemitic riot in the mostly Muslim region of Dagestan on Sunday'

Good one.

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Still possible to sign up for my talk on 'Taiwan geopolitics and the upcoming election' on Wednesday, hosted by Swedish Chamber of Commerce at Red Room Rendezvous.

After my presentation there will be a discussion and also some mingling by the bar, cheers! swedchamtw.glueup.com/event/taiwan-g…

Kurdo Baksi: ”Döp Landvetter till Dawit Isaaks flygplats” #FreeDawit harrydaposten.se/6a6a59cb-3e35-…

Breaking: Wife of lawyer #LuSiwei said Lu is released after 91 days - on bale waiting for trial.

Lu was abducted in Laos after he traveled there, on his way to unite with him family in the US. Laos gov under pressure from #China gov deported him, handed him to Chinese police.

Iranian teenager dies after being taken by Iran's 'morality police' for not wearing hijab.

theguardian.com/world/2023/oct…

A report from Safeguard Defenders (保护卫士) shows how China is increasingly pressuring #Uyghurs living in #Türkiye to spy on the local Uyghur diaspora.

safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/new-re…

'the wrong kid died'

UN slams Laos, hard, over its treatment of #LuSiwei .

'I am appalled that... Laotian authorities disregarded their duty of care to Mr. Lu Siwei and so blatantly ignored their obligations under international human rights law'

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Serious question: has anyone senior in the Middle East decrying the West's 'anti-Muslim' behavior expressed any concern over the genocide with the Uyghurs in Xinjiang?

🇭🇺🇨🇳Troubled Budapest-Belgrade railway: “XJP pressured Orbán to accept that the railway project must use Chinese technology. Moreover, it also became the Hungarian prime minister’s responsibility to sort out any further issues with EU regulators.”VSquare newsletter

Harvard just announced the creation of an official 'task force' -- not to help Jewish students facing calls for genocide from their fellow students, but to help the students *calling for genocide.* Harvard is beyond sick.
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Oh poor man, stuck with only 840 million USD. Not even a billion. What will he do?

The Chinese judiciary, and its political masters, are sick to the bone, a terminal illness that has no cure. It has surely lost the 'mandate of heaven' to rule.

Lawyer #LiYuhan convicted, after years and years in detention, to 6.5 years. Due to ill-treatment, this 70-year-old lawyer is already very frail and sick. This could be a death sentence. Her crime; *following* the law.

Another minister ( #LiShangfu ) taken by the #CCDI , ( #Liuzhi ?) It's OK to use the words, I know they're dirty: 'enforced disappearance' (also, 'state-run kidnappings').

Say it again: Enforced Disappearance. Same for all the #HRDs placed into #RSDL .

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