How China Games the Universal Periodic Review System

How China Games the Universal Periodic Review System

A United Nations review of China’s human rights record set to occur in January should shine a light on Beijing’s atrocity crimes. But there are three ways in which this Universal Periodic Review (UPR) may actually worsen rather than improve the human rights situation inside China. In 2006, the U.N. created the UPR, in which … Read more

Hong Kong’s Dismal December

Hong Kong to Cut Elected Council Seats in Blow to Democracy

With the trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai beginning this week, the issuing of another round of arrest warrants and bounties against five exiled Hong Kong activists last week, and the sham district council elections on December 10, Hong Kong is once again in the news – all of it bad. The national security trial … Read more