Double standards of Western preachers and nefarious intentions behind them Xinhua | Updated: 2021-03-16 10:49 The Chinese national flags and flags of the Hong Kong SAR flutter in Hong Kong. [Photo/Xinhua]
The National People s Congress (NPC) last week passed the Decision on Improving the Electoral System of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), in another step toward restoring peace and stability in Hong Kong, and boosting its development.
However, certain Western preachers have again voiced their opposition in the name of democracy.
According to reports from some Western media, certain US and European politicians have jumped up to say that such reform could generate negative consequences or reduce democratic representation.
The Australian government has rightly joined 30 other countries in condemning the deteriorating rights situation in Egypt.
The statement by the countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva condemned “restrictions on freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly, the constrained space for civil society and political opposition, and the application of terrorism legislation against peaceful critics,” and called for “accountability and immediate end of impunity.”
Australian diplomats well understand Egypt’s dire human rights record, given experience dealing with two cases of Australians arbitrarily detained in Egypt. In 2013, Egyptian authorities unjustly prosecuted Australian journalist Peter Greste, who endured over 14 months in detention. Last year, Australian-Egyptian dual national Waled Youssef spent more than nine months arbitrarily detained in Egypt, before being eventually released and allowed to return home to Sydney last November.
34th plenary session in Hanoi on March 16 under the chair of its Chairman
Hoang Thanh Tung.
In the morning, the
committee assessed a report on the Government’s performance during the 2016 –
2021 tenure. It also examined the Government’s proposals and projects on
establishment of some administrative units and administrative boundary adjustment
of several provinces and cities.
According to the
report, during the past term, the issue of applying for adjustments to the law
and ordinance building programme has yet to be addressed. Meanwhile, many
projects included in the programme were not prepared in time, hence being
postponed or withdrawn. The organisation of law enforcement and promulgation of
New Oakland Institute report: Sri Lanka is an ‘ethnocratic state’, should be referred to Int l Criminal Court (ICC)
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Endless War: The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamils in Sri Lanka The report is titled Endless War: The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Military occupation of the traditional Tamil land is extreme – with a ratio of one soldier for every six civilians in the Northern Province & one soldier for two civilians in the Mullaithivu District” Oakland InstituteNEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, March 16, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ From being a former colony of the British Empire to becoming a harsh colonial regime itself the story of modern day Sri Lanka is one rich in irony and lots of innocent blood.