Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced changes to New Zealand s relationship with Myanmar last month after the military took control of the country. We do not recognise the legitimacy of the military-led government and we call on the military to immediately release all detained political leaders and restore civilian rule, Mahuta said at the time. As a result of these concerns, New Zealand is suspending all high-level political and military contact with Myanmar.
An Al Jazeera video of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announcing that New Zealand would suspend ties with Myanmar has racked up more than 9000 likes on Facebook.
Violent protests have broken out across Myanmar, with reports of at least 40 people killed for speaking out against the military, who human rights groups say have opened fire on crowds.
A seminar on employment and labor rights in China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was held online on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The seminar was sponsored by the China Society for Human Rights Studies, and the Permanent Mission of the People s Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland.
Organized by the Institute for Communication and Borderland Governance and the School of Journalism and Communication of the Guangzhou-based Jinan University, the event drew experts and scholars from relevant human rights research institutions in China.
Why hasn t Biden reversed one of Trump s most controversial sanctions orders?
Adam Taylor, The Washington Post
March 4, 2021
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It didn t take long for President Joe Biden to reverse many of former president Donald Trump s most controversial foreign policy decisions. Newly appointed U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield listed a number of those rollbacks as evidence that America is back at the table. The United States is recommitting to defending democracy and human rights across the board, she told reporters this week.
These high-profile U-turns include rejoining the Paris agreement on climate change and ending the Muslim ban. But one of the most contentious Trump sanctions decisions remains firmly in place: the use of measures usually reserved for dictators and terrorists against the staff of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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It should not take a visit from the United Nations Human Rights Council for Coke, Pepsi, and Proctor and Gamble to recognize their impact on communities of color.
Human rights experts from The United Nations Human Rights Council released a statement raising “serious concerns” about further industrialization of Cancer Alley in Louisiana, saying that the “development of petrochemical complexes is a form of environmental racism.” The statement comes after years of campaigning by Louisiana residents and the submission of a letter led by Loyola law students to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance late last year.
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There is something quite engaging about the use of metaphors by Chinese diplomats.
“Dark clouds cannot block sunshine; lies cannot cover truth,” said Cong Peiwu, China’s ambassador to Canada in a press briefing on Wednesday, in reference to what he called the “lies of the century” allegations of genocide in Xinjiang province.
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Hua Chunying, China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, recently said Canada was “like a thief posing as a judge” in its attempts to launch a declaration against arbitrary detention aimed at China. “The rock (Canada) is lifting will end up hitting its own foot,” she said.