May 8 (Reuters) - The United States will join a New Zealand-led global campaign to stamp out violent extremism online, the White House said, making a policy change two years after the administration of former president Donald Trump declined to participate.
The initiative was started by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron in 2019 after a gunman killed 51 people at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch while live-streaming his rampage on Facebook.
Biden administration spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States would join the Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online in a statement late Friday.
“We know they needed this window up until June 30 to get whatever necessary finance and structure in place. “I think we ve highlighted the fact .are they going to be able to get the necessary squad together in time in order for them to put in teams that are going to be highly competitive through the process? “But we are just following the advice from NZ Rugby, and wait to see where they land with all the different components and all the different obstacles that they ve given them to achieve before June 30.” Asked if Rugby Australia would automatically give the green light to the two new teams for 2022 if NZ Rugby deemed them ready, Marinos said: “We ve never said we re not going to support their participation.
Greens back motion to vote over Uighur genocide declaration in Xinjiang, China
4 May, 2021 02:36 AM
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Human rights organisations say around one million Uighurs are being held at detention camps in the Xinjiang province - which China denies. Video / Sky News / Getty
Human rights organisations say around one million Uighurs are being held at detention camps in the Xinjiang province - which China denies. Video / Sky News / Getty
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The Green party supports a Parliamentary motion to vote on if the abuse of the Uighur minority in China amounts to genocide.
Leaders of Labour and National voice caution, trade concerns over declaration of Uighur genocide in Xinjiang, China
3 May, 2021 10:57 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said genocide had a very specific international legal definition, but any decision would not undermine New Zealand s grave concerns . Photo / File
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said genocide had a very specific international legal definition, but any decision would not undermine New Zealand s grave concerns . Photo / File
The leaders of Labour and National are voicing caution over any genocide declaration around China s treatment of its Uighur population, with both parties also concerned over potential trade repercussions.
Labour has genocide term removed from debate over Uighur abuses
4 May, 2021 06:15 AM
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Act s Brooke van Velden, who put forth the original motion, says she is disappointed but happy to still debate human rights issues. Photo / File
Act s Brooke van Velden, who put forth the original motion, says she is disappointed but happy to still debate human rights issues. Photo / File
Labour is being accused of softening language around treatment of the Uighur minority in China after having the term genocide removed from a Parliamentary debate tomorrow.
Act had originally requested Parliament debate whether human rights abuses in the Chinese region of Xinjiang amounted to genocide, and in turn call on the Government to fulfil its obligations under international law.