comes to being political, do you think you sometimes got that wrong? and i m particularly thinking about how you spoke out against china, and paraphrasing you slightly, described china as the greatest threat to global democracy. i mean, that put you on a collision course with beijing, didn t it? well, i mean, what i said is that, you know, china is the greatest threat to the global human rights system. i completely believe that. in fact, you know, when i went to hong kong to hold a press conference releasing a report where that was the thesis, they blocked me at the airport injanuary 2020 and sent me back to new york. maybe that s, maybe that s partly because you did some pretty amazing things. i mean, you tweeted a cartoon. ijust checked the timeline. and january 1st, 2020, i thinkjust before you got blocked at hong kong airport, you tweeted out a cartoon which portrayed the grim reaper dressed in the chinese flag where the stars had been rearranged into a swastika and where he was ab
of a million people, who disappeared into chinese government arbitrary detention over the last several years. you know, finding family members, reuniting people, and in crimes against humanity. these should be the overriding pressures, but it is also really about the resilience of the health of the un s human rights system globally. if a powerful government can get away with crimes against humanity, rarely that emboldens them. we are talking about a government that commits a serious human rights violations notjust serious human rights violations not just domestically serious human rights violations notjust domestically inside china, but beyond its borders too, and so the stakes here are really not low. really not low. yeah, sophie, ou really not low. yeah, sophie, you know. really not low. yeah, sophie, you know, there really not low. yeah, sophie, you know, there is really not low. yeah, sophie, you know, there is some - you know, there is some rhetoric or commentary i suppose
big issues. stake here? talk us to some of the bi issues. ~ stake here? talk us to some of the big issues- big issues. well, certainly at stake whereabouts big issues. well, certainly at stake whereabouts and big issues. well, certainly at stake whereabouts and well-being - big issues. well, certainly at stake whereabouts and well-being of. whereabouts and well being of upwards of a million people who disappeared into chinese government arbitrary detention over the last several years. arbitrary detention over the last severalyears. finding arbitrary detention over the last several years. finding family members reuniting people all ending crimes against humanity, these should be the overriding pressure is. it s also really about the resilience and the health of the un s human rights system globally. if a powerful government can get away with crimes against humanity, really, that emboldens them. we were talking about a government that commits serious human rights violations notjust
of truth not only for my country thatis of truth not only for my country that is striving for survival but for the international human rights system and its fundamental institutions and for those who were entrusted to promote human rights, as members of this council and this extraordinary moment we must stand together, to ensure accountability, or the war criminals spilling the blood of ukrainian children, barbarians, should not and have no seatin barbarians, should not and have no seat in the alliance of civilisations room. seat in the alliance of civilisations room. general sir richard dannatt, who was head of the british army from 2006 and 2009, has been speaking to the bbc today and gave this assessment of the threat of the conflict in ukraine becoming nuclear.
germany s renowned battles money foundation and he says beijing s reaction to pressure is counterpressure not only hong kong will feel it but also the west. and it s a pleasure to welcome glacier pong she is a hong kong dative the digital rights and political activist she s currently studying in the humbler germany her position the opposition might have won the election but not yet the fight for human rights system is broken the fight can t stop here and it can t stop now. so let me start out by asking the 2 of you huntsman and also glacier what you are hearing from friends and family at home what s their reaction to the election result they were very surprised because it was a landslide victory and they didn t expect that they expect the democrats will win a little more power but not that much so they were very happy and he also expressed a lot of you know that they express their views on online for example some of my