Russia continues the abduction of Ukrainian children at the legislative level, denies legal guardians of forcibly deported and adopted Ukrainian children ( essanews.com )
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Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the U.S. ( www.npr.org )
Investigations by nonprofit news outlet ProPublica have found links between Chinese diplomats, Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, local Chinese criminal syndicates and some marijuana operations in the United States....
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....
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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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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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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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....
China: After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive ( apnews.com )
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'Mitigating factors’: Russian soldiers found guilty in domestic violence cases are getting off with just small fines ( meduza.io )
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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....
