DHS Blocks Inflow of More Chinese Slave-Labor Goods
The Trump administration announced September 14 that it will block imports from five more Chinese companies and centers that use political prisoners from China’s Uyghur province.
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Chinese Media Cites Lincoln Assassination to Call for U.S. Gun Ban
Chinese media tends to be very astute at picking up and exacerbating hot-button American political issues, doing everything it can to highlight controversies even when China’s authoritarian brutality makes the criticism absurd.
Experts: Nicaragua Regime Responsible for ‘Gross Human Rights Violations’
Daniel Ortega’s communist regime in Nicaragua is responsible for “gross human rights violations” and continues to act with impunity amid a widespread popular uprising, a report the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Organization of American States (OAS) revealed Tuesday.
China: Muslim Torture Camps Are Necessary ‘Education Centers’
A Chinese official dismissed reports of Beijing establishing “political re-education camps” for Uighur Muslims in western Xinjiang province on Thursday, telling reporters that the camps are “vocational centers” necessary to integrate less wealthy citizens into the Chinese economy.
Russia Sentences Cubans to Prison for Trying to Reach U.S. Through Alaska
A court in far eastern Chukotka, Russia, sentenced two Cuban nationals to a provisional sentence of one year in prison on Wednesday for traveling to Russia with the intent of crossing the Bering Strait into Alaska, hoping to establish themselves in the United States.
OEA Secretary General Seeks ICC Charges Against Venezuela for Crimes Against Humanity
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, has appointed a special investigator to determine whether the Venezuelan government has committed crimes against humanity.
Venezuela: Ex-National Guard Chief Faces Charges of ‘Serious’ Human Rights Violations
Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz, a former loyalist to the late dictator Hugo Chávez, has charged the former head of the country’s national guard with “serious and systematic” human rights violations, her office announced on Thursday.
Duterte: International Criminal Court Is ‘Bulls**t,’ European Lawyers Have ‘Brains Like a Pea’
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte had a colorful response to suggestions that he might be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court for extrajudicial killings: “You scare me that you will jail me? International Criminal Court? Bulls**t!”
Obama Diplomacy Success Story: Cuba Won’t Move ‘One Millimeter’ on Human Rights
The head of Cuba’s delegation to negotiate “normalization” with the United States has vowed that Cuba will not “move one millimeter” on issues such as its rampant human rights violations in talks with American officials. This follows Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to the island for the opening of the American embassy in Havana.
North Korea Responds to Damning Human Rights Report with Threats Against US
North Korea has reacted fiercely to a scathing new report of human rights abuses, threatening to take “tougher countermeasures” against the United States after Washington stated the communist country is guilty of some of the most grievous human rights violations on the planet.
NOW HIRING: Saudi Arabia Seeking Executioners as Beheading Rates Soar
On Monday, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Civil Service listed on its website eight new job openings for the position of executioner. The job responsibilities will likely include beheadings and amputations–two of the most prominent punishments for violations, including drug smuggling, arms dealing, murder, and rape.
Sudan’s Incumbent Runs Away with 94% of Vote in ‘Joke’ Election
(AFP) Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir was elected to another five years in office, results showed April 27, despite international war crimes charges and a vote marred by low turnout and an opposition boycott.
Saudi Arabia Suspends Visas For Swedish Nationals Amid Human Rights Disagreement
Saudi Arabia has stopped issuing business visas to Swedish citizens, according to Stockholm’s foreign ministry.
