China expands xinjiang network of detention camps report says

The report said some prominent lawyers have been detained or arrested for bringing cases that are viewed as challenges to the Communist Party, the Associated Press reports. Cases considered controversial often involve human rights, evictions and abuses of power, the story says. … [Read more...] about Lawyers in China Face Retaliation for Sensitive Cases, Report Says

“The 24 members, with a total population of no more than 600 million, are all developed Western countries, none of them being an Islamic or developing country. While of the 50 countries that support China are from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, with a total population of nearly 2 billion, 28 are members of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, and their population is more than twice that of the 24 members that criticized China,” Hua said. “So it’s obvious who is right and who is wrong on the matter of Xinjiang,” she added. … [Read more...] about China Claims 90% of Concentration Camp Victims Live ‘Happy Life’

In this context, the CHRI said : "While advocating greater detention of suspected 'foreigners', the Chief Justice brushed aside the Assam Chief Secretary with a stinging admonition for proposing a methodology for the release of a handful of foreign prisoners who had been in detention beyond their term of sentence for illegal entry. This was especially of concern for the case concerned the wilful violation of the human rights of hundreds of detainees who were languishing in what the court itself accepts are "inhuman conditions"". … [Read more...] about CHRI Condemns SC Remarks In Foreigners Detention Camp Case

Neither India nor Indonesia has a direct stake in the South China Sea dispute, but both are reportedly concerned about China’s territorial expansionism. Although Jakarta is not a claimant in the South China Sea disputes, China’s expansive claims to most of the region appear to overlap with part of Indonesia’s maritime exclusive economic zone around the Natuna Islands. … [Read more...] about Report: India, Indonesia Join Up for Naval Port as China Expands in Nearby Waters

A former CIA officer was indicted on charges of conspiring to commit espionage on Tuesday after he allegedly helped the Chinese government unravel a network of American informants. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, who worked for the CIA between 1994 and 2007, was arrested by the FBI at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York in January for allegedly illegally carrying classified information that contained “true names and phone numbers of assets and covert CIA employees, operational notes from asset meetings, operational meeting locations, and locations of covert facilities.” … [Read more...] about Ex-CIA Officer Indicted for Espionage for Helping China Dismantle Informant Network