Contents – The long reach: How authoritarian countries are silencing critics abroad indexoncensorship.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indexoncensorship.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Despite UN and US sanctions making it illegal for foreign companies to use North Korean workers or import products tied to North Korean labour, China and big US companies like Walmart and McDonald’s pay little heed. Meanwhile, labourers face docked pay, prison-like conditions and the constant t.
Workers sent from the country to Chinese factories describe enduring beatings and sexual abuse, having their wages taken by the state, and being told that if they try to escape they will be “killed without a trace.” Ian Urbina reports.
Ahmed Jaffer Muhammad, a Bahraini critic of the government who fled to Serbia after government authorities tortured and ill-treated him, was extradited in January 2022 after Bahraini authorities issued a Red Notice through Interpol. Bahraini courts had sentenced him to life in prison following unfair, in absentia trials. In permitting the extradition, Serbia violated the principle of nonrefoulement, as Muhammed had previously been tortured and ill-treated while detained in Bahrain and risked
China s meddling in Taiwan election opens year of misinformation threats washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.