Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank: Nearly Half of the Dead are Children ( theintercept.com )
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Clashes in Argentina Due to Right Wing Austerity Program ( abolitionmedia.noblogs.org )
"Training future authoritarians": How China promotes its authoritarian capitalism model by teaching government officials in the Global South on how to infringe people's freedom and undermine democracy ( www.atlanticcouncil.org )
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Israel added to UN ‘List of Shame’ for abuses against children in war, joining Palestinian Armed Groups, Russia, Sudanese Forces ( www.hrw.org )
For the first time, the United Nations secretary-general added the Israeli armed forces to the “list of shame” of warring parties committing grave violations against children in armed conflict. Although long overdue, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ action was fully justified....
Cruelty-based intervention: Russia is set to reintroduce antipsychotic drug as autism treatment ( theins.press )
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Taiwan slams China death penalty for 'diehard' Taiwan independence advocates as 'Beijing has no jurisdiction over Taiwan' ( focustaiwan.tw )
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Australian police accused of 'unnecessary force' against demonstrators who were protesting against China during Chinese premier's visit to parliament ( www.sbs.com.au )
- One protester has claimed the Australian Federal Police used "brutalising" force in Canberra, as China's premier met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and dignitaries at Parliament House....
China: New guidelines are an unacceptable escalation in attack on Taiwan’s freedom of expression, rights group says ( www.article19.org )
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Russian government accused of leaving citizens vulnerable to attacks like Sunday's gun rampages by turning the state's security apparatus on Kremlin critics instead of terrorist threats ( www.reuters.com )
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Russia Accused of ‘Deliberate Pattern’ of Starvation Tactics Against Ukrainian Civilians in Siege of Mariupol City in Submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) ( globalrightscompliance.com )
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Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years ( www.bbc.com )
A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for "subversion against the state"....
Xi Jinping claimed the US wants China to attack Taiwan, FT reports ( www.yenisafak.com )
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Kremlin's top security officials call on Russians to mobilise to inflict 'maximum harm' on West in response to sanctions ( www.reuters.com )
- Kremlin hawk talks of need for harsh campaign against West...
South China Sea: Chinese academics urged to ‘construct narratives’ to defend maritime claims by China ( www.scmp.com )
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E. coli outbreak: 86 people taken to hospital but cases are slowing down ( www.standard.co.uk )
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Taiwan says China’s coast guard has detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel with six crew onboard and demands its release ( apnews.com )
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Italy: lawyers file complaints of Uyghur forced labour over tomato paste exported from China's Xinjiang region ( www.tomatonews.com )
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Chinese officials appear to block freed journalist during the Chinese PM's visit in Australia ( www.bbc.com )
Chinese officials appear to have blocked a formerly imprisoned journalist from the view of cameras at an event between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra....
Forced relocation in Tibet: the downside of China’s poverty reduction strategy ( iari.site )
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Bank of China halts payments with sanctioned Russian lenders, Russian media reports ( www.themoscowtimes.com )
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Russia: State-owned energy giant Gazprom is expecting difficult decade due to loss of European markets, new report commissioned by its management finds ( www.civilnet.am )
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'This kind of growth can’t be sustained’: As inflation rises, payday loans are undermining the Russian economy and threatening a new crisis ( meduza.io )
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Taliban assault on women’s rights continues in Afghanistan, UN says ( news.un.org )
On Thursday, UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) spokesperson Liz Throssell revealed that in its latest act of disempowerment, de facto authorities have told women civil servants prohibited from working that despite qualifications or experience, their salaries will now be cut to the lowest level....
Indonesia to impose up to 200% tariffs to counter cheap textile imports from China after protests of Indonesian workers ( www.bloomberg.com )
Indonesia is preparing to impose tariffs and use other means to protect its textile industry from imports from China, the latest in a series of countries and blocs such as the US and the European Union, which are responding to the flood of goods out of the world’s largest manufacturing nation....