JUST IN: UN expert Margaret Satterthwaite documents crackdown on human rights lawyers in letter to China's government.

Human rights lawyers are pivotal for change inside 🇨🇳. Yet, the govt's repression is met with little intl reaction.

A🧶 on this key letter:

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We demand that Apple take actions consistent with its stated commitment to human rights and that the company starts questioning its role in facilitating state censorship under the guise of legal compliance.
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'When you write about Hong Kong, don't buy into the government's narrative that everything is fine and 'business as usual.' Political prisoners like Jimmy Lai remind us that nothing is the same.' #FreeJimmyLai #IJF24 (photo: Bartolomeo Rossi)

Clear communication is critical in #Ukraine 's🇺🇦 resistance to #Russia 's brutal war of aggression. I'm pleased to bring experts & journalists from #France 🇫🇷 up to speed on key issues & the work of the Foreign Policy Committee. Read on & #StandWithUkraine 🔽!
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My latest: A new report by a team of Tibet-focused analysts details how hackers with links to the Chinese government are using cyber espionage tactics to target members of the Tibetan government-in-exile and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama. voanews.com/a/report-gover…

“🇨🇳…is aiming to capture and internalise all parts of the supply chain in green and advanced techs and is securing the access to the required resources…leading to significant overcapacity in multiple sectors and threatening to undercut our industries.” geopolitique.eu/en/2024/04/16/…

China building new outpost on U.S. Doorstep, leaked documents reveal newsweek.com/2024/05/03/chi…

'Es passiert jeden Tag': Chinas Geheimpolizei verfolgt Chinesen in der EU | Euronews de.euronews.com/2024/04/17/es-…

Europe is too reliant on China for a key component to make powder to fire shells, and metal for submarines and warships, and risks a supply crisis that could threaten the continent’s security, one of the EU’s most important defense contractors warned.
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Major news: the @ILO adopts new forced labor measurement guidelines that squarely target Uyghur forced labor. Deeply humbled to see that they adopt my work in their new research guidance on state-imposed forced labor. An analysis is below and in the linked article:…

In a powerful address to PACE Evgenia Kara-Murza - the wife of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza - evoked current conditions in Russia, and spoke of the courage of those who dare to oppose the regime of Vladimir Putin...
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#China 's top legislative body recently rebuked the use of collective punishment against family members when certain crimes are committed. At #HRC55 , I told China Mission Geneva this should apply to relatives of HRDs -many of whom serve very long terms- who often face harsh reprisals.

Nasa chief warns China is masking military presence in space with civilian programs theguardian.com/science/2024/a…

Bene il patto Italia-Usa sulle interferenze ma ora… Il memorandum sul contrasto alla manipolazione delle informazioni da parte di Stati esteri firmato a Capri è una buona notizia, che dimostra la strada fatta. Ma ce n’è ancora molta davanti. formiche.net/2024/04/italia…

首相、香港に「毅然と対応」菅野志桜里もと議員への共謀名指し

やはり総理の公的表明は大きい。
中国政府からの反論が来るだろうから、その際は毅然と抗議して頂きたい。
私も一切ひるむことなく、香港やウイグルなど中国の人権問題に取り組み続けます。

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CHINA’S THOUSANDS OF ‘FORCED RETURNS’: Beijing successfully compelled thousands living abroad to return to China as part of its transnational repression efforts, targeting Chinese citizens living abroad with tactics ranging from kidnapping to intimidation. politico.eu/newsletter/chi…

Safeguard Defenders: Çin denizaşırı ülkelerdeki vatandaşlarını kaçırıyor gdh.digital/safeguard-defe…

Blinken arriva al G7 di Capri con un pacchetto di nuove sanzioni contro l'Iran, ma le resistenze sono molte. Serve una risposta decisa e unitaria dell’occidente contro Teheran. I vecchi schemi superati dai fatti

di Giulia Pompili

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Feng Chongyi, professor at the University of Technology in Sydney, said claims of foreign espionage are there to help shore up Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's grip on power.

'They want to keep eyes on everyone, everywhere, and watch everyone.” rfa.org/english/news/c…

🚨 #BREAKING Prime Minister 岸田文雄 comments on #JimmyLai trial and the naming of former Diet member and IPAC 🇯🇵 Director 菅野志桜里 in Lai’s National Security Law case, in reply to Member 玉木雄一郎（国民民主党代表）:

“We will take firm action to ensure the freedom of speech of our…