On Thursday, Lithuania's parliament becomes the latest to call #China's persecution of the #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang genocide, voting to call for a U.N. investigation of internment camps and to ask the European Commission to review relations with Beijing. usnews.com/news/world/art…
The non-binding resolution, supported by three fifths of Lithuanian parliament members, also called on China to abolish a national security law in Hong Kong, and to let observers into Tibet and begin talks with its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
"We support democracy, as we will never forget the cruel lesson of living under occupation by a Communist regime for 50 years", said Dovile Sakaliene, a lawmaker who has been blacklisted by China and who sponsored the resolution.
"Lithuania, which suffered repressions under Soviet rule from 1940-1991, is now a member of the EU and NATO, and has often taken a prominent role in pushing for tougher Western diplomatic lines towards Russia and Communist countries such as China."
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"The list, which analysts believe was compiled in 2018 at the latest, contains entries for individuals from all walks of life in Uyghur society, including ordinary citizens, children as young as five and six years old, senior citizens in their 80s, and ...
... Uyghurs who have lived and traveled abroad, as well as Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) who have never been abroad before."
Wang Jing-yu openly questioned the authenticity of Chinese state media’s report that four PLA officers died during the Sino-Indian border conflict in February and he also criticized the Chinese Communist Party on Weibo.
Hours later, police in China texted him and demanded him to return to China within three days. Then his name was put on the list of wanted fugitives.
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center confirmed that Taiwan reported 312 new local coronavirus cases on Friday, making it the seventh day in a row that Taiwan has recorded more than 100 cases in a single day.
However, the epidemic alert in Taiwan remains at level three, and Taiwan’s Health Minister Chen Shih-Chung stressed that the country is definitely not raising its level of alert to level four, which would mean a total lockdown.
Meanwhile, more cluster #COVID19 cases have been reported across #Taiwan a week after Taiwan's daily confirmed cases enter three-digit. One of the cluster cases is a group of college students in Taichung who went to karaoke on May 14 without wearing masks. udn.com/news/story/731…
At least 9 people have become confirmed cases in that cluster case so far, including one of the patients' roommate's mother and another college student from a different school who was singing in the room next door.
Meanwhile, the rapid test results show that several firefighters at the Wanhua bureau in Taipei have been positive and they have been quarantined until PCR test results confirm whether they have truly been infected or not. Wanhua is one of the #COVID19 hotspots.
As #Taiwan's Health Minister pointed out that next week will be a very important moment to see whether the measures adopted by the government have worked or not, Taiwan President @iingwen once again urged citizens not to leave their homes this weekend. udn.com/news/story/665…
Taipei Mayor @KP_Taipei, who used to be a medical doctor for decades, said the rate of positive result at all the rapid testing stations in #Taipei, one of the main hotspots of new cases, have gone from 11% on May 14 to 5.1% on May 20. newtalk.tw/news/view/2021…
Ko said theoretically, the rate of positive result needs to drop to below 3% in order for #Taipei to declare that they have the community transmission under control.