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The Atlantic: The Resignation of Two UK Judges brings Final Blow to Hong Kong
April 11, 2022
As both the UK and the U.S. observe Hong Kong pivoting towards mainland China’s style of authoritarian rule, two prominent British judges who had been serving on Hong Kong’s highest court stepped down, taking with them one of the final links between the island and the West.
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U.N. Suspends Russia from Human Rights Body
April 08, 2022
With 93 votes in favor, The United Nations General Assembly suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of human rights violations in Ukraine, leading Moscow to announce it was quitting the body.
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VOA: Britain’s Hong Kong Report Says Freedoms Extinguished
April 06, 2022
Since Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997 the British government has released two reports a year about Hong Kong and its progress under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and it the latest report, the British Government has declared that Hong Kong’s freedoms have been extinguished since Beijing imposed its National Security Law.
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UN: Handbook of Climate Change Solutions
April 06, 2022
Following weeks of negotiations, UN climate experts are set to release what is expected to be the definitive guide to halting global warming in a report that lays out how societies and economies must transform to ensure a "liveable" future.
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U.S. Pushes to Suspend Russia from U.N. Human Rights Body
April 06, 2022
The United States will ask the U.N. General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations announced that the United States will ask the U.N. General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council following Ukraine’s accusation that Russian troops killed dozens of civilians in the town of Bucha.
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