Podcasts about hong kong watch

In this podcast episode, we speak to Katherine Leung, Policy Advisor for Hong Kong Watch. The Hong Kong national security police recently issued a new wave of arrest warrants against six overseas Hong Kong rights defenders in the UK and Canada. We speak to Katherine about growing transnational repression against Hong Kongers in Canada and how that impacts the ability of community members to fully participate in Canadian democracy. Katherine also speaks about Canada's Foreign Interference Commission and where it may fall short. This episode is part of a special project supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage. Titled Digital Defenders Initiative, the aim of the project is to uncover transnational repression and foreign manipulation campaigns in Canada, and their impact on the diaspora. 

Join me as I chat with Benedict Rogers of Hong Kong Watch, based out of London. We discuss the recently passed national security laws in Hong Kong and their chilling effect this has had on many basic freedoms. Ben and I also talk about a recent court case and why all of this matters for democracies such as New Zealand.

Eight former residents and activists in Hong Kong have had bounties of $1 million (HK) placed on them by Hong Kong police. We speak with one of the activists with a price on their heads.    Benedict Rogers is the author of: The China Nexus: 30 Years in and around the Communist Party's Tyranny. Rogers was denied entry to Hong Kong in 2017 on the orders of Beijing. This was 20 years after he had moved to the city as a journalist and activist.  Guests: Anna Kwak is one of the eight former residents of Hong Kong and human rights activist with a $1 million (Hong Kong) bounty on her for her opposition to the manner of Beijing's of Hong Kong. Seeking asylum in the U.S. Benedict Rogers. Human rights activist specializing in Asian policy and geopolitics. Co-founder and CEO of Hong Kong Watch. Deputy Chair of th UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission. Regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal. Has testified in the UK parliament, the European parliament and the U.S. Congress.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News story: Former USask professor predicts new oil and gas policy will divide Canada. Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe agrees and posted the GN story to his Twitter account.  Also: Are Canada's premiers collectively and/or for their own reasons turning against Justin Trudeau and his government's policies?  Recently all four Atlantic Canada premiers sent a letter of concern/protest to the prime minister about the carbon tax imposition.    Guest: Scott Moe. Premier. Saskatchewan    Eight former residents and activists in Hong Kong have had bounties of $1 million (HK) placed on them by Hong Kong police. We speak with one of the activists with a price on their heads.    Benedict Rogers is the author of: The China Nexus: 30 Years in and around the Communist Party's Tyranny. Rogers was denied entry to Hong Kong in 2017 on the orders of Beijing. This was 20 years after he had moved to the city as a journalist and activist.  Guests: Anna Kwak is one of the eight former residents of Hong Kong and human rights activist with a $1 million (Hong Kong) bounty on her for her opposition to the manner of Beijing's of Hong Kong. Seeking asylum in the U.S. Benedict Rogers. Human rights activist specializing in Asian policy and geopolitics. Co-founder and CEO of Hong Kong Watch. Deputy Chair of th UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission. Regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal. Has testified in the UK parliament, the European parliament and the U.S. Congress.  Shane Wenzel is a Calgary homebuilder who posted to Twitter a few days ago that 10 confirmed homebuyers walked away from their home purchases when the BOC interest rate hit 5%. The homebuyers had secured financing when the BOC rate was 2-2.5% in early 2022.  Guest: Shane Wenzel. Calgary homebuilder. Places the blame squarely on the Trudeau government; "You can thank Trudeau and his government. Their out-of-control spending, policies and a tenth consecutive interest rate hike for adding to the housing crisis."    All Canadian provinces now permit pharmacists to prescribe medication for relatively minor health issues. Is this a positive step? What are the possible pitfalls? What is the response of Canada's family physicians? Guest: Dr. Chris Milburn. Family doctor, Sydney, Nova Scotia.      ---------------------------------------------  Host/Content Producer – Roy Green  Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig  Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor  If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast  https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Vatican's precarious diplomatic relations with Communist China is the core subject of discussion in this fascinating 55th episode of Merely Catholic, the podcast series for the Catholic Herald. Presenter Dr Gavin Ashenden is joined by Benedict Rogers, a human rights activist and author of The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny. Rogers, a former Anglican who was received into the Catholic Church in Myanmar a decade ago, is also the co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch and the Senior Analyst for East Asia at Christian Solidarity Worldwide. He has won two major international awards for his work in defending religious liberty. The book is available on Amazon or you can order it through Waterstones or any good bookshop, or order directly from the publishers.

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, “the United States imports more from China than from any other country." The total volume of imports in 2022 from China into the U.S. amounted to more than $536 billion, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. The Group of Seven leaders in May issued a statement about "de-risking and diversifying" from China, while also acknowledging that they would not be "decoupling or turning inwards." What does "de-risking" and "diversifying" look like? "Well, I think the imbalance of trade is extremely concerning, particularly when we're talking about a regime that is now credibly accused of a genocide against the Uyghur people. It has totally broken an international treaty in regard to Hong Kong and dismantled completely the promised freedoms and autonomy for Hong Kong," says Benedict Rogers, co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch.Hong Kong Watch is a "registered charity" based in the United Kingdom that "researches and monitors threats to Hong Kong's basic freedoms, the rule of law and autonomy as promised under the ‘one country, two systems' principle, which is enshrined in the Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration," according to its website. "And it's committing other very serious atrocity crimes against other groups within China, but also it's complicit with atrocities in other regimes, particularly North Korea and Burma," Rogers says. "And of course, it's increasingly threatening Taiwan. And plus, it's a regime that hid and lied to the world over the virus, which became the COVID-19 global pandemic."Rogers adds: So, to have such a high dependency on that one country for imports I think is a very dangerous situation to be in. And I hope that the United States and other countries as well will diversify, and that means producing more at home, but also investing in other countries that are less risky.Rogers joins today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the difference between "de-coupling" and "de-risking and diversifying"; how the U.S. can ethically trade with China; and his book, published late last year, "China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

June 4 marked the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, in which the Chinese Communist Party put down a pro-democracy protest movement that had bubbled up in Tiananmen Square and throughout mainland China. For many, it served as a stark reminder the brutality of the country that, under the autocratic leadership of Mao Zedong killed between 40 and 80 million of its own people, could still be just as brutal.Tiananmen happened just three years before Benedict Rogers moved to China to begin teaching English. For Rogers, this marked the beginning of a professional career focused on issues in and around China and Hong Kong that saw him work as a journalist in Hong Kong for the first five years after the handover to traveling to China's borders with Myanmar/Burma and North Korea to document the plight of refugees escaping from Beijing-backed satellite dictatorships and then campaigning for human rights in China, especially for Uyghurs, Christians and Falun Gong practitioners, human rights defenders, journalists and dissidents, and the people of Hong Kong.Rogers, who today runs the organization Hong Kong Watch, a watchdog organization which researches and monitors threats to Hong Kong's basic freedoms, the rule of law and autonomy as promised under the ‘one country, two systems' principle which is enshrined in the Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration, is the author of the new book, “The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny.”In the book, Rogers takes the readers on a journey through some of the leaders and participants in the Human rights activities that China has suppressed since its inception in 1949. He goes on to dispute and lays to rest all of the specious claims by the tyrants in Beijing that all Chinese citizens are equal and are afforded human and civil rights. Currently, the regime is engaged in re-education, cultural assimilation, and multiple genocides, leading to better citizens for China and the world if one believes Chinese officials.Today, Eric Kohn talks with Benedict Rogers about his book, China's history, its rise as a global power, its record on human rights, and what the future holds the Chinese Communist Party and the people under it's thumb. Subscribe to our podcastsThe China Nexus | AmazonAre Artists Really Free to Express Themselves? | Acton Linefreejimmylai.comHong Kong Watchchinanexusbook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Benedict Rogers is an author, human rights activist and the Co-Founder of Hong Kong Watch. As a journalist, he is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Huffington Post and has appeared on BBC, CNN, Sky, Al Jazeera and more. He is also the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party's human rights commission and the co-founder of the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea. He joins Nathan Eckersley to talk about James Cleverly's Mansion House speech about China, North Korea and his new book The China Nexus. Connect with Benedict Rogers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benedictrogers DISCLAIMER: Any facts, statistics and news stories mentioned in this episode are true and relevant as of the time it was recorded. All opinions stated on this podcast are representative only of the people they are credited to and are not a representation of any sponsors, advertisers or partners involved in The Nathan Eckersley Podcast, including W!ZARD Studios and Nathan Eckersley. Please do not try to send in a message or opinion whilst listening to this podcast as your message won't be read but you might still be charged. For our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions, please visit: www.wizardradio.com Spotted a mistake on this podcast? Let us know and we'll try to fix it. Message us using the Contact Form on: www.wizardradio.com/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join me as I sit down with one of my human rights heroes, Benedict Rogers. He is the founder of Hong Kong Watch and author of The China Nexus, among many other roles. We discuss what has happened in Hong Kong and the many themes in his new book. If you have an interest in human rights and what it looks like to speak up, take the time to listen and hear what Ben has to say and also buy his book (a great read!)

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening with his rollicking adventures as an 18 year old teaching English in Qingdao in 1992, the human element of this monograph, the real people and their lives are foregrounded. Rogers takes the reader through a nexus of the CCP's tyranny; from China's crackdown on its own citizens; through the repression and violence perpetuated in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, to the way that the CCP props up and is complicit in crimes against humanity in Myanmar and North Korea. This book is essential to understanding both the domestic and global ramifications of the threat that the CCP poses to the free world. Rogers has been at the heart of advocacy for human rights in and around China during this period. His on-ground insights, countless meetings, interviews and direct encounters with those who live through the harrowing realities manifested by current CCP ideology, should operate as a wake-up to those who value democracy everywhere.  Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer specialising in Asia. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at CSW, an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign and several other charities, and Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening with his rollicking adventures as an 18 year old teaching English in Qingdao in 1992, the human element of this monograph, the real people and their lives are foregrounded. Rogers takes the reader through a nexus of the CCP's tyranny; from China's crackdown on its own citizens; through the repression and violence perpetuated in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, to the way that the CCP props up and is complicit in crimes against humanity in Myanmar and North Korea. This book is essential to understanding both the domestic and global ramifications of the threat that the CCP poses to the free world. Rogers has been at the heart of advocacy for human rights in and around China during this period. His on-ground insights, countless meetings, interviews and direct encounters with those who live through the harrowing realities manifested by current CCP ideology, should operate as a wake-up to those who value democracy everywhere.  Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer specialising in Asia. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at CSW, an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign and several other charities, and Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening with his rollicking adventures as an 18 year old teaching English in Qingdao in 1992, the human element of this monograph, the real people and their lives are foregrounded. Rogers takes the reader through a nexus of the CCP's tyranny; from China's crackdown on its own citizens; through the repression and violence perpetuated in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, to the way that the CCP props up and is complicit in crimes against humanity in Myanmar and North Korea. This book is essential to understanding both the domestic and global ramifications of the threat that the CCP poses to the free world. Rogers has been at the heart of advocacy for human rights in and around China during this period. His on-ground insights, countless meetings, interviews and direct encounters with those who live through the harrowing realities manifested by current CCP ideology, should operate as a wake-up to those who value democracy everywhere.  Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer specialising in Asia. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at CSW, an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign and several other charities, and Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening with his rollicking adventures as an 18 year old teaching English in Qingdao in 1992, the human element of this monograph, the real people and their lives are foregrounded. Rogers takes the reader through a nexus of the CCP's tyranny; from China's crackdown on its own citizens; through the repression and violence perpetuated in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, to the way that the CCP props up and is complicit in crimes against humanity in Myanmar and North Korea. This book is essential to understanding both the domestic and global ramifications of the threat that the CCP poses to the free world. Rogers has been at the heart of advocacy for human rights in and around China during this period. His on-ground insights, countless meetings, interviews and direct encounters with those who live through the harrowing realities manifested by current CCP ideology, should operate as a wake-up to those who value democracy everywhere.  Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer specialising in Asia. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at CSW, an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign and several other charities, and Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening with his rollicking adventures as an 18 year old teaching English in Qingdao in 1992, the human element of this monograph, the real people and their lives are foregrounded. Rogers takes the reader through a nexus of the CCP's tyranny; from China's crackdown on its own citizens; through the repression and violence perpetuated in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, to the way that the CCP props up and is complicit in crimes against humanity in Myanmar and North Korea. This book is essential to understanding both the domestic and global ramifications of the threat that the CCP poses to the free world. Rogers has been at the heart of advocacy for human rights in and around China during this period. His on-ground insights, countless meetings, interviews and direct encounters with those who live through the harrowing realities manifested by current CCP ideology, should operate as a wake-up to those who value democracy everywhere.  Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer specialising in Asia. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at CSW, an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign and several other charities, and Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening with his rollicking adventures as an 18 year old teaching English in Qingdao in 1992, the human element of this monograph, the real people and their lives are foregrounded. Rogers takes the reader through a nexus of the CCP's tyranny; from China's crackdown on its own citizens; through the repression and violence perpetuated in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, to the way that the CCP props up and is complicit in crimes against humanity in Myanmar and North Korea. This book is essential to understanding both the domestic and global ramifications of the threat that the CCP poses to the free world. Rogers has been at the heart of advocacy for human rights in and around China during this period. His on-ground insights, countless meetings, interviews and direct encounters with those who live through the harrowing realities manifested by current CCP ideology, should operate as a wake-up to those who value democracy everywhere.  Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer specialising in Asia. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at CSW, an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign and several other charities, and Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening with his rollicking adventures as an 18 year old teaching English in Qingdao in 1992, the human element of this monograph, the real people and their lives are foregrounded. Rogers takes the reader through a nexus of the CCP's tyranny; from China's crackdown on its own citizens; through the repression and violence perpetuated in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, to the way that the CCP props up and is complicit in crimes against humanity in Myanmar and North Korea. This book is essential to understanding both the domestic and global ramifications of the threat that the CCP poses to the free world. Rogers has been at the heart of advocacy for human rights in and around China during this period. His on-ground insights, countless meetings, interviews and direct encounters with those who live through the harrowing realities manifested by current CCP ideology, should operate as a wake-up to those who value democracy everywhere.  Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer specialising in Asia. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at CSW, an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign and several other charities, and Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening with his rollicking adventures as an 18 year old teaching English in Qingdao in 1992, the human element of this monograph, the real people and their lives are foregrounded. Rogers takes the reader through a nexus of the CCP's tyranny; from China's crackdown on its own citizens; through the repression and violence perpetuated in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, to the way that the CCP props up and is complicit in crimes against humanity in Myanmar and North Korea. This book is essential to understanding both the domestic and global ramifications of the threat that the CCP poses to the free world. Rogers has been at the heart of advocacy for human rights in and around China during this period. His on-ground insights, countless meetings, interviews and direct encounters with those who live through the harrowing realities manifested by current CCP ideology, should operate as a wake-up to those who value democracy everywhere.  Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer specialising in Asia. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at CSW, an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign and several other charities, and Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

When people talk about China's human rights abuses, it's often disconnected from its belligerence in the South China Sea or subversion of international organizations or theft of intellectual property. Yet when you look at the Chinese Communist Party's actions across all these areas, you start to see that China's human rights abuses aren't just an aspect of the CCP's rule, but its modus operandi. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about Hong Kong democracy, China's subversion of the United Nations, and what the free world can do to hold the CCP to account. Joining us in this episode is Benedict Rogers, the co-founder and CEO of Hong Kong Watch and the author of The China Nexus | Thirty years in and around the Chinese Communist Party's tyranny.

In this special episode, we sat down with Benedict Rogers, co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch and author of “The China Nexus.” He sheds light on the protests happening across China, the human rights abuses in the country, and how the Chinese regime's influence has spread into free countries too. Rogers said: “The protests are extremely significant. I think they're the most significant protests that we have seen in China since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. There have, of course, been other protests in the intervening years, but mostly, the protests until now have been focused on a specific issue and a lot of them had been focused on labor rights. This is the first time in many years that we have seen such widespread, large-scale protests across so many cities where … people are not shouting ‘end the zero-COVID policy' or ‘end the COVID lockdowns,' even though those were the things that sparked the protests, but they are chanting ‘Xi Jinping, step down,' ‘CCP, step down,' and ‘we want freedom and democracy.' And I think that's hugely significant because it tells us that, contrary to what the CCP would like us to believe, the people of China have not actually been indoctrinated by the CCP.” Rogers also noted that the Chinese regime's influence isn't only within the country's own borders, but rather, “the influence is really extensive and pervasive across many sectors. So we see it in the higher education sector in universities, the use of Confucius Institutes as propaganda outlets for the CCP, the intimidation of Hong Kong or Uyghur or Tibetan students in our university campuses, the weaponization of funding to influence universities. We see it in Wall Street, in Hollywood, in politics.” “It's pretty extensive. And I think all our countries in the free world need to wake up to it,” he added. Rogers reminds us of the price of being free, saying: “I feel that those of us who have freedom have a responsibility not to take it for granted, but actually to cherish it, to protect it, and to use our freedoms on behalf of those who are denied them.” ⭕️Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

In today's special episode, we sat down with Benedict Rogers, Co-founder, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Watch and Author, 'The China Nexus'. He sheds light on the protests happening across China, the human rights abuses in the country, and how the Chinese regime's influence has spread into free countries too.

Sponsor special: Up to $2,500 of FREE silver AND a FREE safe on qualifying orders - Call 855-862-3377 or text “AMERICAN” to 6-5-5-3-2“It looks to me as if these are the most significant protests since 1989, and they are, I think, a boiling over of not just frustration at the very draconian COVID lockdowns, but actually rebellion against the very severe repression, the surveillance state that has developed under Xi Jinping over the last decade,” says Benedict Rogers, chief executive of Hong Kong Watch and co-founder of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.He's the author of “China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny.”As protests flare up across China, what's really going on? Will the Chinese regime crack down harder? And how should the West respond?Follow EpochTV on social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVusRumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTVTruth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTVGettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtvFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVusGab: https://gab.com/EpochTVTelegram: https://t.me/EpochTV

Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below for details. For many in the West, defending Taiwan means standing up for democracy and freedom, and not bending to China's power. Others, however, fear that going to war against China would be a futile mission that would disrupt the world order. Amid all these discussions of Western liberal ideals and strategic military concerns, shouldn't we take into consideration the hopes that Taiwanese citizens have for the future of their nation? To explore these issues our host Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford, is joined by three guests: Benedict Rogers, human-rights activist, journalist, and co-founder of Hong Kong Watch; Lieutenant Colonel Daniel L Davies, Senior Fellow for Defense Priorities and a former lieutenant colonel in the US army; and Brian Hioe, Editor of New Bloom Magazine and blogger for The Diplomat. … We are incredibly grateful for your support. To become an Intelligence Squared Premium subscriber, follow the link: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/  Here's a reminder of the benefits you'll receive as a subscriber: Ad-free listening, because we know some of you would prefer to listen without interruption  One early episode per week Two bonus episodes per month A 25% discount on IQ2+, our exciting streaming service, where you can watch and take part in events live at home and enjoy watching past events on demand and without ads  A 15% discount and priority access to live, in-person events in London, so you won't miss out on tickets Our premium monthly newsletter  Intelligence Squared Merch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benedict Rogers is the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch. In this episode we discuss the human rights situation in Hong Kong, the National Security Law, Rogers' own banning from the territory, and the efforts by Hong Kong Watch to improve the lives of people living in Hong Kong.

Nathan Eckersley is diving deep into the biggest political news and current affairs impacting young people. This week he wants your opinions on if the UK still has a strong position in the world and he is joined by human rights campaigner and co-founder of Hong Kong Watch, Benedict Rogers to discuss the current state of Hong Kong, the Xinjiang Police Files and the Tiananmen Square anniversary. On The Nathan Eckersley Podcast, Nathan Eckersley discusses the biggest political news and current affairs and is joined by thought leaders from across the political spectrum for special interviews. The podcast is recorded live from Manchester, UK every Sunday afternoon - to get involved with the show live and have your opinions read out on the podcast, listen to the live broadcast on www.wizardradio.com/listen from 3pm-4pm (UK) every Sunday. DISCLAIMER: Any facts, statistics and news stories mentioned in this episode are true and relevant as of the time it was recorded. All opinions stated on this podcast are representative only of the people they are credited to and are not a representation of any sponsors, advertisers or partners involved in The Nathan Eckersley Podcast, including W!ZARD Studios and Nathan Eckersley. Please do not try to send in a message or opinion whilst listening to this podcast as your message won't be read but you might still be charged. For our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions, please visit: www.wizardradio.com Spotted a mistake on this podcast? Let us know and we'll try to fix it. Message us using the Contact Form on: www.wizardradio.com/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathan Eckersley is joined by human rights campaigner and co-founder of Hong Kong Watch, Benedict Rogers to discuss the current state of Hong Kong, the Xinjiang Police Files and the Tiananmen Square anniversary. Connect with Benedict Rogers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benedictrogers DISCLAIMER: Any facts, statistics and news stories mentioned in this episode are true and relevant as of the time it was recorded. All opinions stated on this podcast are representative only of the people they are credited to and are not a representation of any sponsors, advertisers or partners involved in The Nathan Eckersley Podcast, including W!ZARD Studios and Nathan Eckersley. Please do not try to send in a message or opinion whilst listening to this podcast as your message won't be read but you might still be charged. For our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions, please visit: www.wizardradio.com Spotted a mistake on this podcast? Let us know and we'll try to fix it. Message us using the Contact Form on: www.wizardradio.com/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Six months after the handover of Hong Kong from British rule, Index on Censorship published a special edition: Hong Kong Goes Back. In it various people predicted what the future might hold. Jonathan Mirsky, then East Asia editor of The Times, wrote on how freedom of expression began to crumble in Hong Kong in anticipation of the handover. He described how news channels reported on China in a “vapid or grovelling” manner, democratic politicians spoke of their colleagues no longer wanting to be associated with them and organisations were expected to plan celebrations for the handover. Mirsky predicted a dismal future where loyalty to Beijing would be an overriding expectation. Twenty-five years later his predictions have sadly been realised. The situation is grave, perhaps even worse than Mirksy's fears. Just how grave? Are there any freedoms left? And what can we, over in the UK, do to help? A panel of people who all once called Hong Kong home will share their thoughts and experiences. On the panel will be Benedict Rogers, the CEO of Hong Kong Watch, Hong Kong journalist Kris Cheng, Mark Clifford, President of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, Evan Fowler, a writer and researcher on Hong Kong and China, and activist and author Nathan Law. The discussion will be chaired by Index on Censorship's current magazine editor, Jemimah Steinfeld, who has lived in China. This event is organised in partnership with the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong.

A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal, a singer and at least two others have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger China's national security, in an action widely condemned as a further sign of Beijing's erosion of rights in the city.The arrests further expand a blanket crackdown on all forms of dissent in the city that appears increasingly vindictive in prosecuting actions performed prior to the enactment of the national security law. The crackdown is penetrating further into the city's long-respected economic, religious and educational institutions, along with non-governmental organizations, many of which have closed down their Hong Kong operations.A police statement said arrests were made Wednesday against two men and two women between the ages of 45 and 90 who were trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which provided legal aid to people who took part in 2019 pro-democracy protests that were quashed by security forces.Another person, identified only as a 37-year-old man, was cited for failing to properly register the fund, which closed down in 2021. Those arrested had been ordered to surrender their travel documents and would be released on bail.Further arrests in the case are pending, the police statement said, which did not identify those detained by name.“Police investigations show that the above-mentioned persons are all trustees of the ‘612 Humanitarian Support Fund,' suspected of make requests of foreign or overseas agencies, imposing sanctions on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (and) endangering national security," the statement said.Those involved were identified by rights groups as Cardinal Joseph Zen, singer-actress Denise Ho, lawyer Margaret Ng, scholar Hui Po-keung and former Legislative Council member Cyd Ho Sau-lan. It wasn't clear if Hui had been formally arrested. Zen was seen leaving a police station shortly before midnight Wednesday.Scores of pro-democracy activists have been arrested under a sweeping National Security Law imposed on the city by Beijing in 2020 following the demonstrations, including veteran lawmaker Martin Lee and publisher Jimmy Lai. The city's independent media have been gutted and its legislature reorganized to pack it with Beijing loyalists.Zen, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, is a fierce critic of China and has been blistering in his condemnation of the Vatican's 2018 agreement with Beijing over bishop nominations, which he has said was a sellout of underground Christians in China.The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said the Holy See “learned with concern the news of the arrest of Cardinal Zen and is following the evolution of the situation with extreme attention.”Ho also has been outspoken in her advocacy of civil and political rights. Her manager, Jelly Cheng, confirmed Ho's arrest but said she had no other information.Hui was arrested at Hong Kong's international airport as he sought to leave the city, the U.K.-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch said.“Today's arrests signal beyond a doubt that Beijing intends to intensify its crackdown on basic rights and freedoms in Hong Kong,” said the group's chief executive, Benedict Rogers.“We urge the international community to shine a light on this brutal crackdown and call for the immediate release of these activists,” Rogers said.The White House also called on China and Hong Kong authorities to cease targeting Hong Kong advocates and immediately release Zen and others who were “unjustly detained and charged,” deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday.Several leading Kong Kong activists have fled to Taiwan, Britain or elsewhere, while thousands of other Hong Kongers have chosen to leave the city, raising concerns about the economic future of the Asian financial center of 7.4 million people.The arrests follow the selection on Sunday of Hong Kong's new leader, John Lee, a hard-line former security chief who ran unopposed in a...

Benedict Rogers, the chief executive and co-founder of Hong Kong Watch, was barred from entering Hong Kong in 2017. Now he's been threatened with life in prison if he doesn't take down the organization's website. He joins us in this episode of discuss the deterioration of the rule of law in Hong Kong, how China is reacting to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, China's influence in the international policing organization Interpol, and much more.

In this episode of The Pin Factory, the ASI's Daniel Pryor and John Macdonald are joined by Johnny Patterson, Director of Hong Kong Watch They discuss the UK and China, the Lift the Ban campaign and Hong Kong BN(O)s Guests:   Daniel Pryor (Head of Research, Adam Smith Institute) John Macdonald (Director of Strategy, Adam Smith Institute) Johnny Patterson (Director of Hong Kong Watch)

CNBC's Shep Smith reports on Martin Luther King and his family celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by marching and holding a rally in support of voting rights legislation. CNBC's Valerie Castro also remembers Martin Luther King and reports on the efforts to preserve the Connecticut tobacco farm where he worked as a teenager. Brown School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish Jha discusses the latest Covid wave, where cases have peaked around the country and what the CDC can do to keep the public better informed. CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos reports on crypto billionaires moving to Puerto Rico and what's driving the move. Benedict Rogers, Hong Kong Watch, discusses the changes in Hong Kong since China tightened its grip on the territory. Veteran airline pilot Les Abend reports on the difficulties airlines execs say 5G service could cause for airplane navigation systems. Plus, NBC's Sam Brock reports on the Texas synagogue crisis and the mental health struggles the hostage-taker is said to have experienced.

On this episode, Nigel Farage discusses the Government's advise on lateral flow testing before attending New Year's Eve events with London based GP, Dr Mo Khaki. Benedict Rogers, the CEO of Hong Kong Watch, speaks to Nigel after a pro-democracy news outlet has been shut down in Hong Kong. Talking Pints is with Political Youtuber Mahyar Tousi. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's guests are Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson and Ben Rogers, co-founder of Hong Kong Watch, the lobbying group The topic is sport's relationship with China, the value of diplomatic and sporting boycotts, the role of sportswashing, the limits and opportunity of athlete activism, the IOC's handling of the Peng Shuai situation and ultimately we ask, what is the purpose of the IOC and the Olympic Movement in 2022? Every episode of Unofficial Partner can be found by using the big podcast providers, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or via your favourite podcast app. And if you don't already get the weekly Unofficial Partner newsletter, you can join thousands of busy sports biz execs who receive it direct to their inbox every Thursday, subscribe via the unofficialpartner substack.

Việc Bành Suý mất tích rồi lại xuất hiện trở lại đã làm tốn biết bao giấy mực của truyền thông quốc tế. Trong bối cảnh Trung Quốc chấn chỉnh lại xã hội, theo đường lối của riêng mình : kiểm duyệt từ thông tin đến tư tưởng. Bành Súy đã phải chịu chung số phận với tất cả những người phạm phải "điều cấm kỵ" ở Trung Quốc, và biến mất trong cỗ máy đàn áp kiểm duyệt, đằng sau đó là việc chính quyền hợp pháp hoá việc làm bay hơi những “kẻ gây rối.”  Cách nay 3 năm, ông, phó thủ tướng Trương Cao Lệ đã nghỉ hưu. Ông đã liên lạc với ông Liu của trung tâm Tennis Thiên Tân để yêu cầu tôi chơi tennis với ông ở tòa nhà Kangming tại Bắc Kinh. Sau khi chơi xong vào buổi sáng, ông và vợ ông đã đưa tôi về nhà ông. Sau đó, ông đưa tôi vào phòng, giống như lần ở Thiên Tân cách đây 10 năm, ông đã muốn có quan hệ tình dục với tôi. Buổi chiều hôm đó, tôi đã rất sợ hãi, tôi không thể ngờ rằng việc đó đã xảy ra. Việc mà vợ ông canh giữ ở phía sau cửa. Tôi không thể ngờ rằng bà ấy đã đồng ý việc này. Ông và tôi đã có quan hệ tình dục cách đây 7 năm, sau đó ông được thăng chức vào Ban Thường Vụ Bộ Chính Trị. Ông đã đến Bắc Kinh và không còn liên lạc với tôi nữa. Tôi đã cất giấu mọi thứ ở sâu trong lòng. Bởi vì ông không sẵn sàng để bảo đảm một mối quan hệ với tôi, vậy tại sao ông lại quay trở lại ? Tại sao ông lại mang tôi về nhà ông và ép tôi quan hệ tình dục với ông ? Tôi không có bằng chứng gì, và không có cách nào để lưu lại bằng chứng cả". Trên đây là trích đoạn bức tâm thư, được đăng tải trên mạng xã hội Vi Bác (Weibo) tố cáo cựu phó thủ tướng Trương Cao Lệ về tội hiếp dâm, nhưng đúng hơn là tố cáo ủy viên Ban Thường Vụ Bộ Chính Trị đảng Cộng Sản Trung Quốc trong nhiệm kỳ đầu tiên của Tập Cận Bình, giai đoạn 2013 - 2018. Bài viết đã bị xóa đi chỉ khoảng 30 phút sau đó. Báo Pháp Libération đã dựa vào các ảnh chụp màn hình để tìm lại bài đăng. Bành Suý đã xuất hiện trở lại sau hai tuần biệt vô âm tín, nhưng sự im lặng của cô về lời cáo buộc đã khiến công luận thế giới chú ý. Theo tổ chức Human Rights Watch, tất cả 7 ủy viên Thường Vụ Bộ Chính Trị đều là nam giới, là những người tuyệt đối không thể đụng tới. Trả lời RFI Tiếng Việt, bà Maya Wang, chuyên gia nghiên cứu về nhân quyền ở Trung Quốc giải thích thêm :  “Bành Suý đã cáo buộc một trong những người lãnh đạo đứng đầu chính phủ, và điều này chưa từng xảy ra, người ta thường không dám lên tiếng cáo buộc lãnh đạo cấp cao cho dù là bất cứ chuyện gì đi chăng nữa. Đây là một vụ bê bối khá lớn, bởi vì cô ấy vẫn giữ im lặng sau lời cáo buộc. Chỉ có cơ quan truyền thông của Nhà nước được phép đưa tin, hình ảnh về Bành Suý, và không ai khác được phép nói về vụ việc. » Đúng vậy, Bành Suý đã động đến người không nên động đến. Chưa bao giờ Trung Quốc có một vụ bê bối tình ái liên quan đến một quan chức cấp cao. Lời cáo buộc của Bành Suý đã làm băng hoại thanh danh của một trong 7 lãnh đạo cao cấp nhất Trung Quốc, được mệnh danh là “bảy vị thần bất tử” trong Đạo giáo. Cô đã đụng chạm đến thượng tầng quyền lực của đảng Cộng Sản Trung Quốc, được tuyên truyền như hiện thân của sự trong sạch và mẫu mực.  Trong khi vụ bê bối của nhân viên tập đoàn Alibaba tố cáo cấp trên lạm dụng tình dục, đã thu hút 900 triệu lượt xem trên mạng xã hội Trung Quốc, thì vụ của Bành Suý đã bị kiểm duyệt ngay lập tức. Tất cả các từ khoá liên quan đến Bành Suý và Trương Cao Lệ, hay từ “quần vợt” đều đã bị xoá khỏi bộ máy tìm kiếm trên Internet ở Trung Quốc. Đại đa số người Trung Quốc không biết đến vụ bê bối này.  Loại bỏ những « kẻ gây rối » : Truyền thống của cỗ máy đàn áp  Loại bỏ "những kẻ gây rối", nghệ sĩ, người nổi tiếng, chính trị gia, quan chức cấp cao hay bất kỳ ai chống đối lại chính phủ, là một truyền thống trong chính sách đàn áp của đảng Cộng Sản Trung Quốc (ĐCSTQ). Họ mất tích ở ngoài đời thực và cũng không còn dấu vết gì trên mạng Internet. Trả lời báo Pháp La Croix số ra ngày 26/11/2021, ông Benedicte Roger, người sáng lập tổ chức nhân quyền Hong Kong Watch, lên án việc “chế độ Cộng Sản hoạt động giống như một băng đảng côn đồ bắt cóc, khủng bố và uy hiếp.” Báo La croix, cho biết thêm, mặc dù lạm dụng tình dục không có gì xa lạ ở cấp cao nhất của đảng Cộng Sản Trung Quốc, như trường hợp Mao Trạch Đông đã lần lượt đưa các phụ nữ trẻ lên chuyến tàu riêng của ông, trong khi đối với các quan chức đảng viên đảng Cộng Sản, là những người được cho là có đức hạnh thì "hành vi tình dục không phù hợp" bị cấm. Phong trào #MeToo xuất phát từ phương Tây, ủng hộ phụ nữ lên tiếng tố cáo về lạm dụng tình dục, đã nhận được hưởng ứng ở Trung Quốc. Để tránh #MeToo trở thành một đại phong trào, gây nguy hiểm cho quan chức Nhà nước, chế độ đã phải nhanh chóng bịt miệng, bóp ngẹt người phụ nữ đầu tiên dám bày tỏ nỗi oan khuất của mình. Thế nhưng, Trung Quốc không ngờ rằng vụ một nữ vận động viên bị lạm dụng tình dục lại thu hút sự quan tâm của phong trào #MeeToo toàn cầu. Cái tên Bành Suý xuất hiện trên khắp các mặt báo quốc tế. Giới quần vợt quốc tế, Liên Hiệp Quốc, tổng thống Mỹ và một số nhà lãnh đạo châu Âu đều đòi tìm hiểu rõ thực hư vụ việc. Vụ bê bối tình ái của Bành Suý chỉ là vụ mới nhất trong danh sách dài những công dân Trung Hoa, người Tây Tạng, người Duy Ngô Nhĩ, bị biến thành “những bóng ma”, biến mất, không rõ sống hay chết. Hợp lệ hóa các hành động trấn áp, thanh trừng những người chống đối Phản ứng mạnh mẽ từ quốc tế không hề phóng đại vụ việc, nhất là khi chúng ta biết được mức độ của các vụ mất tích ở Trung Quốc và luật “ Quản thúc tại gia ở một nơi được chỉ định”, có tên viết tắt là RSDL. Bộ luật được thông qua vào năm 2013, ngay khi Tập Cận Bình lên làm chủ tịch nước. Luật cho phép cảnh sát giam giữ bất cứ ai trong sáu tháng, hoặc thậm chí vô thời hạn, họ không được liên lạc với luật sư, hay gia đình. Tổ chức nhân quyền Safeguard Defenders đã thu thập lời chứng của 175 nạn nhân và đưa ra một báo cáo toàn diện về vấn đề này, vào tháng 6/2021. Có khoảng 50 000 người đã “biến mất”, từ khi luật được ban hành. Các nạn nhân của RSDL cho biết bị tra tấn cả về thể xác và tinh thần, bao gồm thiếu ngủ, thiếu ăn, bị cùm và còng kết hợp kéo dài (đôi khi hàng tuần), bị đánh đập, lạm dụng tình dục…, thậm chí, gia đình và người thân của họ cũng bị đe dọa. Trong chương trình “C dans l'air”, phát ngày 23/11/2021, kênh France 5 đài truyền hình quốc gia Pháp đã dành một tiếng đồng hồ để nói về vụ Bành Suý và những người mất tích trong bộ máy kiểm duyệt của Trung Quốc. Ông Marc Julienne, chuyên gia nghiên cứu về châu Á nhà nghiên cứu tại Viện Nghiên cứu Quan hệ Quốc tế (IFRI), nhận định như sau : “Vụ Bành Suý chỉ là bề nổi của tảng băng chìm, bởi vì tất cả những người đối lập, blogger, nhà báo, nhà hoạt động, luật sư về quyền con người cũng nằm trong số những người tự dưng “biệt vô âm tín”. Cụ thể là trường hợp của hơn 1 triệu người Duy Ngô Nhĩ đã biến mất trong vài ngày ngắn ngủi. Ở trung quốc có hai hệ thống luật pháp song song. Một bên là luật pháp của Đảng, và một bên là tư pháp, có toà án, có viện công tố v.v. Nhưng những người mất tích, thông thường họ bị đưa vào guồng hệ thống pháp luật của Đảng. Và hệ thống này thì không tuân theo bất kỳ có quy tắc nào cả.”Nhà tù vô hình cho những bóng ma Xin nhắc lại một trong những trường hợp “mất tích”, mà dường như đã bị quên lãng đó là đó là Ban Thiền Lạt Ma thứ 11, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, được Đạt Lai Lạt Ma thứ 14 chỉ định. Chỉ ba ngày sau đó, ông đã bị chế độ Bắc Kih bắt cóc, không có thêm tin tức gì kể từ năm 1995. Dưới áp lực của Hoa Kỳ, năm 2020, nhà chức trách Trung Quốc chỉ nói đơn giản rằng “ông đang sống một cuộc sống bình thường ở Bắc Kinh và không muốn người nước ngoài can dự vào cuộc sống của ông.” Đáng ngạc nhiên là những tuyên bố này được lặp lại trong thông cáo báo chí của chủ tịch Ủy Ban Olympic Quốc tế sau khi có cuộc gọi trực tuyến với nữ vận động viên Bành Súy ngày 21/11 : “Cô ấy bình an vô sự tại nhà riêng ở Bắc Kinh, và muốn cuộc sống riêng tư được tôn trọng”, hay trường hợp của tỷ phú Jack Ma, người bị coi là một “mối đe doạ kinh tế với chế độ”, vào năm 2020, đã bị mất tích vài tháng, vì đã chỉ trích hệ thống ngân hàng của chính quyền Trung Quốc. Diễn viên nổi tiếng Triệu Vy vào năm 2021 hay Phạm Băng Băng vào năm 2018 đã bị buộc tội làm “vấy bẩn tư tưởng của giới trẻ” và tội trốn thuế. Họ cũng biệt tăm một thời gian và bị xoá sạch dấu ấn nghệ thuật trên mạng Internet. Theo bà Maya Wang của tổ chức Human Rights Watch, xã hội Trung Hoa chưa bao giờ phải chịu sự kiểm duyệt mạnh mẽ như dưới thời Tập Cận Bình. Bà lên án hay gắt việc làm một công dân biến mất trong tích tắc rồi đến khi họ xuất hiện trở lại thì như bị "tẩy não", và thể hiện "khuất phục trước chế độ". Đây không chỉ là sự kiểm duyệt thông thường mà là kiểm duyệt về tư tưởng, nhất là khi hành động vi phạm nhân quyền này lại được ghi thành văn bản luật rõ ràng, luật Quản thúc tại gia ở một nơi được chỉ định (RSDL). Bà Wang nói thêm : “Các điều luật này vi phạm quyền con người một cách nghiêm trọng, và việc hợp pháp văn bản này là để tạo điều kiện cho quyền can thiệp vào các vụ mất tích. Việc sử dụng các điều luật này, hợp pháp hoá sự lạm dụng quyền lực, là bản chất của đảng, hay còn gọi là pháp quyền, tôi nghĩ rằng luật này là một ví dụ điển hình cho chủ nghĩa pháp lý độc tài mà Trung Quốc sử dụng để duy trì sự thống trị quyền lực của mình” Dưới thời Tập Cận Bình, cuộc trấn áp nhân quyền đã tiến thêm một bước kể từ khi phong trào ủng hộ dân chủ bị đàn áp vào năm 1989. Những vụ mất tích trở nên phổ biến ở Trung Quốc, và thậm chí được hợp pháp hoá. Luật RSDL, không phải là văn bản luật duy nhất được đưa ra để đàn áp những người chống đối. Gần đây nhất, vào năm 2018, bộ luật « Giam cầm » hay còn gọi là « luật kép - Shuanggui », do Ủy ban Giám sát Quốc gia - cơ quan chống tham nhũng cao cấp nhất ở Trung Quốc, ban hành trong chiến dịch thanh trừng, chống tham nhũng của đảng Cộng Sản Trung Quốc. Các điều khoản căn bản của luật Giam cầm tương tự như luật RSDL, nhưng mở rộng hơn, nhắm vào các quan chức Nhà nước, đảng viên, lãnh đạo các trường học, bệnh viện, các tổ chức đoàn thể, doanh nghiệp. Họ bị đưa đi điều tra, và biến mất mà không cần qua bất kỳ thủ tục xét xử nào. Các nghi phạm bị giam giữ tại các cơ sở bí mật bên ngoài hệ thống tư pháp. Ủy ban giám sát quốc gia, gọi tắt là NSC, được xếp vào diện cơ quan phi hành chính, cũng được giao nhiệm vụ điều tra cảnh sát, công tố viên, toà án. Không cơ quan nào dám chống lại NSC. Theo báo cáo của tổ chức Safeguards Defenders, có ước tính có khoảng 29.000 cá nhân có thể đã phải chịu hình thức giam giữ này kể từ tháng 10 năm 2019 và 52.000 kể từ khi NSC thông qua luật « Giam cầm - Liuzhi ». 

Winter auction season has been an absolute blast. The Hong Kong Watch Auction XIII did not disappoint with some incredible modern and vintage pieces. Here are the five pieces we discuss in this episode:Rolex Daytona Ref 6241 “Paul Newman John Player Special” from 1968 in 18k yellow gold. Cartier Cintrée from the 1930's in 18k white gold.Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar in Platinum from 2003. Patek Philippe Ref 3448 “The Blue Royale” in Platinum from 1973.Audemars Piguet Ref 6001 Steel Quartz Watch from 1974.You can find us on our Website, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Want to be part of the Launch of our clothing line? Check out Life on the Wrist Merch!

https://westminster-institute.org/events/the-risks-of-investing-in-china/ Dennis Kwok was a founding member of the Civic Party in Hong Kong. Formed in 2006, Civic Party was one of the key political parties in Hong Kong that championed for the protection of the rule of law, greater democracy and human rights. In 2012, Kwok was elected as the member of the Legislative Council (LegCo) representing the Hong Kong legal profession. The legislature in Hong Kong is divided into geographical seats and functional seats. Each member of the legal profession has one vote and is entitled to elect their representative in LegCo. Johnny Patterson is the co-founder and Policy Director of Hong Kong Watch. Johnny was the founding Director of the organisation between 2017 and 2020, and is now responsible for overseeing our research and policy work. He has authored a number of Hong Kong Watch's in-depth reports, including our research on why Hong Kong matters to China as an international financial hub and our report on the abuse of the Public Order Ordinance. He is a regular commentator on Hong Kong in international media.

This event is sponsored by the Asia Initiative Lecture Series at The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: The problems arising from the presence of North Korean refugees in China warrant a human security approach, meriting protection from the UN and the international community. There are three scenarios dreaded by the refugees: first is being caught by North Korean border patrol while trying to escape; second is being subjected to human trafficking ring; and third is being repatriated after being caught by either the Chinese police or North Korea's own secret police operating in China. Despite the 1995 agreement between the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and China, which provides the UNHCR unimpeded access to all refugees within China, the UNHCR has been passive in exerting its mandate to protect the North Korean refugees. One possible solution is the construction of a refugee camp in China or Mongolia. If China allowed for this, it would catapult itself as a genuine “soft power” deserving of the much-coveted G2 status. Otherwise, China's leadership ambition, UNHCR's reputation, and most importantly, human rights of the refugees will remain in jeopardy so long as the discriminatory sŏngbun system in North Korea continues. About the speaker: Ambassador Jung-Hoon Lee is Dean and Professor of International Relations at the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University. He is formerly the ROK government's Ambassador for Human Rights as well as its inaugural Ambassador-at-Large for North Korean Human Rights. On campus, he served as Dean of the Underwood International College and the Office of International Affairs. He has also served as Director of the Institute of Modern Korean Studies, the Yonsei Human Liberty Center, the Center for American Studies (IEWS), and the Center for European Studies (IEWS). His other academic affiliations include a visiting professorship at the Dept. of Politics, Faculty of Law, Keio University, and a senior fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Ambassador Lee has advised South Korea's National Unification Advisory Council, Ministry of Unification, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Security Council, and the National Assembly. In the case of the Ministry of Unification, he chaired the Advisory Committee for Humanitarian Affairs. His current domestic commitments include his role as Chairman of SaveNK, an NGO that helps the defector community, Senior Advisor to the Future Korea Weekly, a current affairs magazine, and Chairman of the Board of Tongwon Educational Foundation. Internationally, he is a Board Member of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) based in Washington, D.C., an International Patron of the Hong Kong Watch, a UK-based organization that promotes Hong Kong's democracy, and an Advisory Council Member of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute, also based in London. He received his BA from Tufts University, MALD from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford (St. Antony's College). In 2017, he published Tongbukah Kyŏkrang ui Hanbokp'anesŏ [In the Midst of a Northeast Asian Current]. His most recent journal contributions include “Déjà Vu in South Korea? Lessons from the 1992 Philippines Withdrawal” in The Washington Quarterly (2020), “The UN's Human Security Challenge: The Plight of North Korean Refugees in China” in the Journal of International Politics (2020), and “North Korea's Nuclear and Human Rights Conundrum: Implications for South Korea's Unification Goal” in Pacific Focus (2020).

Nathan Eckersley is joined by human rights campaigner and the co-founder of Hong Kong Watch Benedict Rogers to discuss the UN General Assembly, AUKUS and China. Benedict Rogers is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Huffington Post and has appeared on BBC, CNN, Sky, Al Jazeera and more. He is the co-founder and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party's human rights commission and the co-founder of the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea. His is also the founder of Hong Kong Watch, which was established to monitor the conditions of human rights, freedoms and rule of law in Hong Kong. Find out more here: https://www.hongkongwatch.org/ DISCLAIMER: Any facts, statistics and news stories mentioned in this episode are true and relevant as of the time it was recorded. All opinions stated on this podcast are representative only of the people they are credited to and are not a representation of any sponsors, advertisers or partners involved in The Nathan Eckersley Podcast, including W!ZARD Studios and Nathan Eckersley. Please do not try to send in a message or opinion whilst listening to this podcast as your message won't be read but you might still be charged. For our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions, please visit: www.wizardradio.co.uk Spotted a mistake on this podcast? Let us know and we'll try to fix it. Message us using the Contact Form on: www.wizardradio.co.uk/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host Ariel Adams welcomes back our fellow ABTW team member David Bredan, to talk about the return of trade shows and the shows of the past. They start the show talking about some of their favorite and least favorite things about the previous shows they have visited over the years, and what they are looking forward to coming back. They compare stories of specific shows and how their own respective experiences were different from the others' at each show. They share some fun anecdotes and memories, and they talk about what the watch exhibition landscape looks like in the coming months such as the Hong Kong Watch and Clock and Geneva Watch Days. To stay updated with David and to check out his work on aBlogtoWatch:- Instagram @ABTW_DAVID - https://www.instagram.com/abtw_david/- Website - https://www.ablogtowatch.com/author/david-bredan/To check out the ABTW Shop where you can see our products inspired by our love of Horology:- Shop ABTW - https://store.ablogtowatch.com/To keep updated with everything Superlative and aBlogtoWatch, check us out on:- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ablogtowatch/- Twitter - https://twitter.com/ABLOGTOWATCH- Website - https://www.ablogtowatch.com/If you enjoy the show please Subscribe, Rate, and Review!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Every working Canadian has a portion of their income deducted and put towards their pension. This money is then invested by the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Today we discuss serious concerns that have been raised about how CPPIB investments in China may be contributing to human rights abuses, as well as steps that we could take to prevent further abuses in the future. For this first part of this discussion I am joined by Sam Goodman, Senior Policy Advisor for Hong Kong Watch. Hong Kong Watch recently put out a report about CPPIB and other Canadian pension funds which are investing in China. You can find their report here. In the second half I am joined by NDP MP Alistair MacGregor. Alistair has put forward a bill on this issue, Bill C-231. In this episode we explore the serious concerns involved and also the practical challenges of legislating in this area.

Featured interview: Implications of China's decision to ban BBC within the country and its impact on the future of other foreign media outlets -중국 당국의 중국내 BBC 방송 금지 결정에 따른 여파 Guest: Joey Siu, Associate, Hong Kong Watch

In China, we are seeing forced televised confessions, a mass surveillance state, the killing of Falun Gong practitioners for their organs, and what many are calling a genocide of the Uyghur people. 83 global brands, including major U.S. companies, are tied to Uyghur forced labor in China. Over in Hong Kong, 53 pro-democracy activists, lawmakers, and lawyers were arrested on Jan. 6 under the draconian national security law. Despite all this, the EU recently announced a major trade deal with China. Today, we sit down with human rights activist and writer Benedict Rogers, founder of Hong Kong Watch and deputy chair of the UK Conservative Party’s Human Rights Commission, to discuss the commission’s new report: “The Darkness Deepens.” This is American Thought Leaders, and I’m Jan Jekielek. Read the new report: https://conservativepartyhumanrightsc...

Hong Kong is under siege from the Chinese Communist Party, as Hong Kong police under the guidance of Chief Executive Carrie Lam rule with an iron fist, arresting protesters like Joshua Wong. But Hong Kongers are still fighting back, with an underground protest movement, while free newspapers like Apple Daily, run by Jimmy Lai, struggle against authoritarianism. Meanwhile, the Pope remains silent on Hong Kong as the Vatican pens a deal with China to appoint Catholic bishops inside China. Joining us once again on the China Unscripted Podcast is Benedict Rogers, Co-founder and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch.

Just what galvanized 2 million people, over a quarter of Hong Kong's population, to protest in the streets? And why are so many of them still out there? If Hong Kong loses rule of law, what would be the broader implications? What are some of the most egregious abuses occurring in China today, to people who refuse to be subservient to the ruling regime? And how does all this impact Americans and freedom-loving people around the world? This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Jan Jekielek. Today we sit down with Benedict Rogers, a prominent British human rights activist who specializes in Asia. He is the founder of Hong Kong Watch and the co-founder and deputy chairman of the United Kingdom Conservative Party's human rights commission. Because of his activism for the Chinese people he has been harassed, and his family and neighbors have been sent bizarre anonymous letters. We discuss the watershed protests in response to the Hong Kong extradition bill, the Chinese communist regime's ongoing persecution of faith groups and human rights defenders, including forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners, Christians, Uyghurs, Tibetans and other prisoners of conscience, and the importance, in Rogers' eyes, of recognizing that doing business with China equates to engaging with a "criminal state."

Date of Publication: 28/06/2019 Description: Today, the state of human rights in China appears to be at its worse since the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. According to Human Rights Watch, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to increase its hold over government bureaucracy and has subsumed state bodies in charge of religious, ethnic, and overseas Chinese affairs. Chinese authorities have also significantly increased repression and systematic abuse against religious groups, especially the Turkic Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region, and have continued the arbitrary detention, torture, and enforced disappearance of dissenters and human rights defenders. Human rights abuses on China’s mainland are very concerning, especially when considering this state’s place in global politics and economic relations. China’s growing power in the international system makes it an exporter of human rights abuse and has allowed China to extend its reach to silence many of its critics across the globe. However, dissenters and human rights defenders in China’s free, autonomous territories such as Hong Kong are obviously the communities that are most at risk of falling victim to human rights abuse by mainland China. Earlier this month, we saw mass protests take place in Hong Kong in opposition to a now-suspended bill that would have allowed mainland China to extradite individuals from Hong Kong to stand trial. This bill would have removed any protection that the people of Hong Kong had from mainland China’s arbitrary and inhumane criminal justice system. On 16 June, nearly 2 million protesters took to the streets in Hong Kong to express their concerns and resistance to being subject to mainland China’s criminal justice system and successfully pressured leadership to suspend the bill. In this edition of the War Studies Podcast, we asked Benedict Rogers, founder and chair of the human rights organization Hong Kong Watch, to tell us about the state of human rights in China and the recent protests in Hong Kong around the now suspended extradition bill. Interviewee bio: Benedict Rogers specialises in human rights in Asia. He is also co-founder and Chair of Hong Kong Watch. He is the author of six books, and a regular contributor to international media including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Guardian, the Diplomat, The Catholic Herald, and The Huffington Post. and has appeared regularly on the BBC, CNN, Sky News and Al-Jazeera. He is the author of The Darkest Moment: The Crackdown on Human Rights in China 2013-2016. Benedict is a frequent speaker in universities, schools and conferences around the world. He has testified at hearings in the British Parliament, the US Congress, the European Parliament and the Japanese Parliament. He has a BA in History and Politics from Royal Holloway, University of London, and an MA in China Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Hong Kong Watch website: https://www.hongkongwatch.org/ War Studies Live Stream - China 30 Years After the Tiananmen Massacre (Ben Rogers): https://www.facebook.com/WarStudies/videos/783991868662508/

Kaz and Mike are back from Hong Kong and ready to share their adventures. The guys give up some of the final details about their most recent giveaway and, sadly, Kaz gets stung by a bee. Plus, a special Hong Kong watch buying experience is shared as the guys try to slowly recover from some serious jet lag. Finally, Kaz and Mike talk about their experiences at the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair and how the show changed their outlook on "micro-brand" watches. Show Notes Seiko SBDC033: https://www.seiko-watch.co.jp/collections/en/prospex/SBDC033 Seiko SRPC39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fky7FVNC8JU Seiko SARY075: https://www.seiko-watch.co.jp/collections/en/presage/SARY075 Watch Outz: https://www.watchoutz.com/ Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair: https://event.hktdc.com/fair/hkwatchfair-en/HKTDC-Hong-Kong-Watch-and-Clock-Fair/ Ronda Caliber R150: https://www.ronda.ch/en/movements/mechanicals/ronda-mecano-100/caliber/r150/ Deep Blue: https://www.deepbluewatches.com/ AVI-8: https://www.avi-8nation.com/ Spinnaker: https://www.spinnaker-watches.com/ LeJour Mark 1: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnp7t71HFY8/?taken-by=twobrokewatchsnobs EMG Nemo: https://emgwatches.com/collections/nemo-diver/products/copy-of-nemo-diver-green Memorigin: http://www.memorigin.com/?lang=eng

The time has come! The guys are pretty much all packed and ready to go and by the time you hear this, they'll be on their way to the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair. Kaz has a cool new Maurice Lacroix in for review and unsurprisingly, it has sparked quite a bit of debate. Be sure to listen in for his initial impressions and keep an eye out for the full review. Plus, the TBWS 6,000 Instagram follower giveaway is live! If you haven't checked it out already, be sure to swing by the @twobrokewatchsnobs Instagram page to find out how you can enter to win a killer dive watch.

Mike and Kaz reach the conclusion that Two Broke Watch Snobs is a support group for the horologically insane... and we're totally cool with that! The guys weigh in on Baume - a new brand from Richmont that offers timepieces sourced from renewable and sustainable materials. There are some pros and cons. But the position of this new brand's niche as sourcing sustainable materials is potentially applicable to our episode last week (the one that focused on watch marketing and target segments). Are these offerings from Baume horologically significant and substantial? Or is it just a marketing gimmick? Should Mike become a Doxa collector/expert? Or a Doxpert, if you will? Plus, details on how to enter the Two Broke Watch Snobs 5k Follower Giveaway! TBWS in Hong Kong? It's a possibility. Mike and Kaz are contemplating trekking out to the Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair this September. What do you guys think? Anyone have any tips for HK flight and travel? Anyone actually local to HK? Think this is a good idea besides us? Weigh in and share your thoughts on whether you want TBWS to get into world travel! We'll be live streaming, recording, and posting like fiends while we're there... IF we actually make it, that is. Then the guys dive into the main topic of exploring how watch collecting can act as a gateway for other collecting niches (and vice versa). What type of person gravitates towards a collection mentality? Is the connection between watches and other popular collecting items (like pens, knives, notebooks, ect.) organic and logical - or is it forced and inauthentic? Kaz also pilfers forgotten Passover moscato and drinks on air while the guys lament on how the rest of the world doesn't believe in central cooling. Plus, Doxpert.com?, #dickwrist, "Gain a Watch - Lose a Wife" The Mike and Kaz Story, JEN-NAY, grass-fed free-range blowjobs, and Horological neckbeards... M'lady. Show Notes: Doxa eBay Listing from the Show: https://www.ebay.com/itm/DOXA-SU Ball Watches: http://www.ballwatch.com/global/en/home.html PAM005: https://www.google.com/search?q=panerai+luminor+005&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS727US728&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcsvrA75XbAhUJ1lMKHee-BNkQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=759 Jenny Watches: http://www.jennywatches.com/ Tom Hank's Rolex(s): http://www.rolexmagazine.com/2010/06/rolex-coolness-tom-hanks.html Collinsville Watch Co.: https://www.collinsvillewatch.com/sale Two Broke Watch Snobs Collinsville Nautilus Review: http://twobrokewatchsnobs.com/collinsville-watch-co-nautilus-review-the-chicken-sandwich-watch/ ealeathergoods: https://www.instagram.com/ealeathergoods/ Nodus Watches: https://www.noduswatches.com/ Baume: https://www.ablogtowatch.com/baume-latest-watch-brand-richemont/ Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair: http://m.hktdc.com/fair/hkwatchfair-en/HKTDC-Hong-Kong-Watch-and-Clock-Fair.html

The world’s biggest watch and clock fair opened its doors at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre to a record number of exhibitors from 24 countries and regions. The world’s most desired time-pieces were on display as well as the latest smart watches featuring game-changing technology. Industry forums investigated the future of time as the prestigious Swiss brands reported Hong Kong and China showed continued growth in sales.

Woo! Super special episode this week, watchfam Michael Happé the owner, operator, and designer behind Gavox Watches joins us! Michael sheds light on the impetus behind his brand and what it's been like transitioning to working on Gavox full time. He also talks about the future of Gavox and how he sees his designs evolving. Plus, Michael shares his thoughts on the greater watch industry in general - like we've always said on the show, folks... the industry has to change and brands like Gavox are the ones that are really at the forefront of what to expect in the future. PLEASE NOTE: we recorded this week's episode three different timezones. So at times its possible there are small audio delays between presenters. Honestly, nothing too big and probably not noticeable - but we just wanted to give you a heads up. Show Notes: Raketa Big Zero: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSQt-JNBjTH/?taken-by=twobrokewatchsnobs Gavox Avidiver: http://twobrokewatchsnobs.com/gavox-avidiver-watch-review/ Gavox Aurora: http://gavox.com/watches/aurora/ Soprod: http://soprod.com/ Gavox Squadron: https://gavox.com/watches/squadron/ Gavox Legacy: https://gavox.com/watches/legacy/ Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair: http://m.hktdc.com/fair/hkwatchfair-en/HKTDC-Hong-Kong-Watch-and-Clock-Fair.html? time2give: http://time2give.be/index.php Curtiss P40: https://gavox.com/watches/curtissp40/ Forbes on Baselword: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2017/04/01/baselworld-2018-fair-to-be-reduced-by-two-days/#4fc107cc942a Michael from Gavox and the 711 MiG Squadron: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXC3MVQFB-R/?taken-by=gavoxwatches

The Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair is “the place to be if you want to be a part of this industry,” according to Moshe Biton, General Manager of ERAORA Co Ltd (Thailand). In this podcast interview, he explains why his company decided to launch their brand at the Hong Kong fair.

While attending the Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair, David Yeung, CEO of Chuang’s Innovation Industries, shares his company’s latest findings for flexible batteries and the creation of functional watchstraps for smart watches in this podcast interview.

The world’s biggest watch and clock fair, shows just how trendy it’s become to keep track of time. The 2015 Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair, ran from the 8th to the 12th of September, showcasing over 780 exhibitors from 23 countries and regions. Salon de TE was once again a showstopper at this year’s event, shining the spotlight on some 160 internationally renowned brands.

A rare behind-the-scenes look at the “deluxe train journey” concept crafted for the 3-7 September 2014 Salon de TE - a marketing component of the HKTDC Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair. The construction for the themed exhibits and booths lasted three days, covered some 8,700 square metres of hall and concourse space inside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This time-lapse video of the project was captured with five cameras.