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Avoiding oppressive countries

vendredi 17 mai 2019 à 02:00

How about avoiding oppressive countries for your vacation?

I have a list of countries that oppress people so eagerly that you should stay away even if you are not an activist in criticizing that country. However, the set of countries that persecute critics is larger than that.

China suffocating Tibet and culture

vendredi 17 mai 2019 à 02:00

China continues slowly suffocating Tibet and Tibetan culture.

This does not mention the annexation of large portions of Tibet.

Perhaps the cruelest single thing that China has done to Tibet was disappearing the newly-designated Panchen Lama along with his whole family. They might be dead; they might be sentenced in effect to life in a special prison.

Food aid trucks set on fire

vendredi 17 mai 2019 à 02:00

Trucks meant to carry food aid to Venezuela were set on fire by an anti-Maduro protester's Molotov cocktail. The US news media reported that they were intentionally burned by Maduro's forces.

Pardoning Snowden and Assange

vendredi 17 mai 2019 à 02:00

Tulsi Gabbard said would pardon Snowden and Assange if elected president.

That is one point in her favor, but it is not enough to win my support.

Bigotry in Indonesia

vendredi 17 mai 2019 à 02:00

A film about a homosexual dancer has been chosen by bigots in Indonesia as a target for demonization. The director is getting death threats.

Indonesia has a tradition of gender flexibility, but now it is becoming repressive, due to severe forms of Islam spread with funds from Salafi Arabia.