- The ominous shadow that stretches in 2022 over Hong Kong – Russia – Myanmanr – Afghanistan - Belarus - Cuba - etc.
Hong Kong held its first election since sweeping reforms to the city’s electoral system. Asked to select from a reduced number of pre-vetted and "patriotic" candidates, only 30.2% of voters participated, with pro-Beijing and pro-establishment figures winning 89 of 90 seats. “The boycott from Hong Kong people shows there’s no mandate to this legislature,” declared exiled activist Nathan Law.
Russia liquidated Memorial, the country’s oldest human rights organization and a record keeper for crimes committed under Soviet rule. The decision from a Kremlin-controlled Supreme Court was unsurprising, and “confirms that the people who are sitting in the Kremlin today consider themselves to be the direct successors to Stalin,” according to prominent dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza.
Myanmar saw a nationwide “silent strike” after the military junta massacred 11 villagers. Businesses shut between 10 am and 4 pm on the 10th of December to signal defiance and normally congested roads in the cities of Yangon and Mandalay were deserted. “Today’s silent strike shows how the Burmese people are against the terrorist military,” Ko Bo Kyi commented.
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Trang, were sentenced to up to a decade in jail, and five years on probation.
«Estos premios se otorgan (por parte del PE) a las personas y pueblos que luchan, desde las más paupérrimas condiciones, por lo más sagrado del hombre, los derechos humanos más fundamentales como la expresión, y en el caso de Cuba el derecho a no ser objeto permanente de crímenes de lesa humanidad.
humanos, acaban de hacer pública una carta dirigida al Gobierno de Cuba y fechada hace 3 semanas, el 20 de octubre de 2021, donde se han expresado contundentemente sobre la legislación en materia de libertad de expresión, asociación y reunión en Cuba y, en particular, el Decreto Ley 35 y sus normas conexas.