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Arne Melsom @melsom.bsky.social · 1d

This might be a good strategy for strengthening US-TW relations, but not for keeping Taiwan safe. CCP breaks its commitments whenever it suits its chairman, e.g. UNCLOS, Sino-British Joint Declaration. The Nobel Committee likely factors this in when making their decision...

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Hong Kong Committee in Norway @hkc-no.bsky.social · 8d

Today, 53 rights groups deliver an urgent letter to UN Hi Comm Volker Turk and UN Human Rights bodies urging action on abuse in #HongKong prisons: solitary confinement, forced indoctrination, sexual assault & medical neglect against nearly 800 political prisoners.
Letter: thecfhk.org/52-rights-gr...

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Dr Sari Arho Havrén @sariarhohavren.bsky.social · 13d

China’s remarks on Ukraine at the UN Security Council yesterday insisted on calling Russia’s over three-year war of aggression and invasion of Ukraine still a crisis.

by Ambassador Geng Shuang at the UN Security Council High-level Briefing
2025-09-23 20:00 1/4

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 19d

Chinese officials on Friday turned diplomats and journalists away from a Shanghai court where rights groups said the trial of a prominent citizen journalist was taking place. In full: buff.ly/l1F59uI

Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan reportedly on trial again

Chinese officials on Friday turned diplomats and journalists away from a Shanghai court where rights groups said the trial of a prominent citizen journalist was taking place.

buff.ly

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 19d

Great news that there's a new rare earth magnets plant in Europe! Maybe not the most strategic move for it to be located just across the river from Russia...

"Europe’s EV Makers Line Up at Estonia Rare-Earth Magnet Site"

Europe’s EV Makers Line Up at Estonia’s Rare-Earth Magnet Plant

Executives from Europe’s electric-vehicle industry are trekking to the continent’s sparsely populated northeastern parts to queue for something they struggle to find anywhere outside of China: rare-earths magnets that are essential components in EVs.

www.bloomberg.com

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CSpange 🌱🐦🌻🌍 @cpspange.bsky.social · 21d

Har kronikka.
På vegne av alle partier ⬇️

Nå er det din tur til å påvirke politikken!

Stortingsvalget 2025 ligger bak oss – og jeg tror på vegne av politikere OG velgere: Vi er litt slitne alle sammen. Enten vi var på vinner- eller tapersiden.

www.tb.no

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Ingeborg Senneset @ingeborgsenneset.bsky.social · 21d

Holy fuck, dette er mange.

Med denne andelen kan fx meslingviruset (som krever ca 95% oppslutning for flokkimmunitet) få fritt leide til å ta knekken på alt fra uvaksinerte barn til voksne kreftpasienter.

Gratulerer, RFK jr. Du er godt i gang med å gjøre USA til en smittepøl

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Hong Kong Committee in Norway @hkc-no.bsky.social · 23d

Vi har skrevet om forrige ukes tilbakeslag for skeives rettigheter i Hongkong. Takk til Blikk!
www.blikk.no/homofobi-hon...

– Så viktig er det å undertrykke homofili for Xi Jinpings tilhengere

Hongkongkomiteen i Norge forklarer det store tilbakeslaget for skeives rettigheter i Hongkong.

www.blikk.no

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Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social · 25d

Pleased to see Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu honored with CPJ’s Press Freedom Award. It’s a reminder to the Chinese government that those it brands as criminals are, in fact, recognized as heroes by the rest of the world.

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Arne Melsom @melsom.bsky.social · 27d

Sjekk ut timen mellom 17 og 18 på P2 i morgen. Tror det er Studio 2-time med samfunnsstoff og musikk. Uten @sigridsollund.bsky.social, men NRK har et par andre ålreite programledere, da.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 28d

And this is why we thought the (2023) Gay Games being held in Hong Kong was ridiculous/hypocritical/inappropriate.

(Over on Twitter, the Gay Games organiser/account blocked me and so many others for expressing this!)

Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 28d

For: 14, Against: 71, Abstain: 1

Hong Kong's Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill fails

Via Phoebe Kong/Twitter: screenshot of the LegCo vote for the Same Sex Partnerships Bill: 14 for, 71 against, 1 abstain

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · Sep 5

Police in China detained a man for comments critical of President Xi Jinping’s military parade, highlighting the ruling Communist Party’s intolerance of dissent.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Detains Man for ‘Defamatory’ Remarks About Xi’s Parade

Police in China detained a man for comments critical of President Xi Jinping’s military parade, highlighting the ruling Communist Party’s intolerance of dissent.

www.bloomberg.com

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Langley @langley127.bsky.social · Sep 3

Recently, Anti-communist slogans such as "Dictator, step down" & "The CCP Should Perish" have appeared on the doors of numerous public restrooms in #Beijing in #China . Public restrooms are surveillance blind spots, so citizens can express their opinions anonymously.
photonmedia.net/anti-ccp-slo...

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RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · Aug 31

Police already deployed on this sunny late afternoon to remind everyone they nothing happened on this day 6 years ago.

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · Aug 31

UTAKKNEMLIGE SNYLTERNE SOM ER BLITT RIKE UNDER USAS BESKYTTELSE HAR VALGT Å KJØPE BILLIGE SKRAP-FREGRATTER FRA MISLYKKEDE MULTIKULTURELLE OG SOSIALISTISKE BRITER! FOR Å UNNGÅ STRAFFETOLL (500%!) MÅ STATSMINISTER STORE STRAKS TILDELE FREDSPRISEN TIL DONALD J. OG MELANIA TRUMP. MAGA!

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Arne Melsom @melsom.bsky.social · Aug 31

Journalister som arbeider for vestlige medier har blitt utsatt for stadig hyppigere visumnekt i Kina. I senere år har utviklingen i Hongkong gått i samme retning. Hongkongs autonome status smuldres opp i skyggen av de nye sikkerhetslovene i byen.
hongkongsettfranorge.org/2025/08/31/u...

Utenlandske journalister i Kina og Hongkong

Journalister som arbeider for vestlige medier har blitt utsatt for stadig hyppigere visumnekt i Kina. I senere år har utviklingen i Hongkong gått i samme retning. Dette er et av mange eksempler på …

hongkongsettfranorge.org

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Stephen McDonell @stephenmcdonell.bsky.social · Aug 24

WW2 ended with… “negotiation”???

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 24

JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

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Hong Kong Committee in Norway @hkc-no.bsky.social · Aug 21

An important initiative!
We strongly support this, and are among the signatory organizations.

RSF @handle.invalid · Aug 21

In a joint letter, RSF and a coalition of 72 NGOs urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act urgently to secure the release of British publisher Jimmy Lai, whose health has dangerously deteriorated after more than 1,680 days in detention in Hong Kong. It’s time to #FreeJimmyLai

Hong Kong: RSF and a coalition of 72 NGOs urge UK Prime Minister to secure Jimmy Lai’s release on medical parole

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of 72 human rights and press freedom organisations are urging British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai, whose he...

rsf.org

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Arne Melsom @melsom.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congrat's!
But why haven't you published this with open access? I thought that such a policy is now more or less required for publicly funded academic work in Norway.

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ahead of trips to Japan and Indonesia, German FM Wadephul says

"China's increasingly aggressive behavior in the Taiwan Strait, East & South China Seas also has implications for us in Europe: fundamental principles of our global coexistence are at stake here"

www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpol...

Zu Gast bei Schlüsselpartnern in Asien: Außenminister Wadephul reist nach Japan und Indonesien

Die erste Reise nach Asien führt Außenminister Johann Wadephul zu Schlüsselpartnern in der Region. Auf der Agenda stehen vor allem Fragen der Wirtschafts- und Sicherheitspolitik. Mehr zur Reise des Au...

www.auswaertiges-amt.de

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Hong Kong Committee in Norway @hkc-no.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Norske politikere kan gjøre mer enn å fremføre kritikk mot diktaturets omfattende menneskerettighetsbrudd bak lukkede dører. Snart er det Stortingsvalg. Så langt har problemstillingen vært fullstendig fraværende i valgkampen.

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Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social · Aug 12

The quality of the US government's annual global human rights report is rapidly sinking to the level of its Chinese counterpart.
www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here's a blast from the past - China has slapped 75.8% duties on Canadian canola imports

Has been linked to Ottawa following the US' 100% duty on Chinese-made EVs last year.

6 years since canola was dragged into the Meng Wanzhou-linked trade dispute...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...

China announces preliminary duty on Canadian canola after anti-dumping probe | CBC News

China on Tuesday announced a preliminary anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports — a fresh escalation in a yearlong trade dispute that began with Ottawa's imposition of tariffs on Chinese electri...

www.cbc.ca

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Hong Kong Committee in Norway @hkc-no.bsky.social · Aug 11

Vi har fått plass i @advokatbladet.bsky.social for å skrive om den hensynsløse forfølgelsen av menneskerettighetsadvokater i Kina, kontinuerlig i ti år, og hvordan Hongkongmyndighetene nå kopierer Beijing.
@amnestynorge.bsky.social @nhcno.bsky.social
www.advokatbladet.no/kina-mennesk...

Kina: Ti år siden 9.juli-aksjonen

I høst stilles to menneskerettsadvokater for retten i Hongkong. Hongkongs særstilling er forsvunnet, skriver Hongkongkomiteen i Norge.

www.advokatbladet.no

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · Aug 11

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said his country would inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” into any war over Taiwan due to its proximity and the presence of large numbers of Filipino workers there, despite China’s strong protest over such remarks.

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Philippines will be pulled into any war over Taiwan, despite China's protest

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his country will inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” in any war over Taiwan due to its proximity and the presence of large numbers of Filipino wo...

abcnews.go.com

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