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A medida que China, Eritrea, Irán y más extienden la represión más allá de sus propias fronteras, debemos hacer algo mejor

Posted on 10/01/202323/01/2023 by cswpress in China ES, Eritrea ES, español, Iran ES

En noviembre del año pasado, Ken McCallum, Director General del Servicio de Seguridad del Reino Unido conocido como MI5, afirmó que su agencia había identificado “al menos diez” amenazas potenciales de secuestrar o incluso matar a individuos británicos o con sede en el Reino Unido percibidos como enemigos del régimen iraní. Agregó que los servicios de inteligencia iraníes “están preparados para tomar medidas temerarias” contra los opositores en Occidente, incluso atrayendo a personas a Irán.

En un momento de intensos disturbios civiles en Irán tras la muerte bajo custodia policial de Mahsa Amini, de 22 años, quien fue arrestada por usar incorrectamente su hijab, los comentarios de McCallum destacaron un tema preocupante que se aplica a varios de los países en los que trabaja CSW: los regímenes represivos tienen cada vez menos miedo de llegar más allá de sus fronteras.

China

Quizás uno de los ejemplos más obvios es China, una superpotencia global que utiliza regularmente su influencia económica y geopolítica para dar forma a las decisiones en foros internacionales como el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, y rutinariamente impone sanciones contra parlamentarios occidentales y otros que condenan abiertamente las violaciones generalizadas que tienen lugar en el país.

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As China, Eritrea, Iran and more extend repression beyond their own borders, we must do better

Posted on 09/01/202309/01/2023 by cswpress in China, Eritrea, Iran

In November last year, Ken McCallum, the Director General of the UK’s Security Service known as MI5, claimed that his agency had identified “at least ten” potential threats to kidnap or even kill British or UK-based individuals perceived as enemies of the Iranian regime. He added that the Iranian intelligence services “are prepared to take reckless action” against opponents in the West, including by luring individuals to Iran.

Coming at a time of intense civil unrest in Iran following the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for incorrectly wearing her hijab, McCallum’s comments highlighted a concerning issue that applies to several of the countries CSW works on: repressive regimes are becoming increasingly unafraid to reach beyond their borders.

China

Perhaps one of the most obvious examples is China, a global superpower which regularly uses its economic and geopolitical influence to shape decisions in international fora such as the Human Rights Council, and routinely metes out sanctions against Western parliamentarians and others who openly condemn the widespread violations taking place in the country.

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Unregistered and unrecognised: the plight of Vietnam’s Duong Van Minh community

Posted on 12/12/2022 by cswpress in Asia, Vietnam

One year ago today, on 12 December 2021, hundreds of persons in medical protective suits and plainclothes, and police, some armed with shields and batons, disrupted the funeral of Duong Van Minh, the ethnic Hmong founder of an eponymous religious community in Northern Vietnam.

The authorities claimed they were there to force people to take COVID-19 tests, despite no infection having been reported in the area.

Police in Tuyen Quang province arrested and beat at least 36 people as they attempted to attend the funeral. Seven more were arrested a day later, on 13 December, when they went to protest the police action. On 15 December, police announced over loudspeakers that five more people had to surrender. These five were subsequently arrested and accused of assaulting officials.

In total, at least 48 people were arrested.

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La intolerancia hacia los cristianos en muchas comunidades tribales de la India no termina aun ni con en la muerte

Posted on 01/12/2022 by cswpress in Asia ES, español, India ES

A la familia de Janki Sori no se le dio mucho tiempo para llorar. Después de haberla enterrado en su propia tierra el 1 de noviembre, solo pasaron dos días antes de que su cuerpo fuera exhumado contra los deseos de su familia por miembros de un grupo tribal conocido como Sarv Adivasi Samaj, la razón, fue debido a su conversión al cristianismo.

Sori, que tenía 35 años cuando murió, vivía en la aldea de Antagarh, en el estado indio de Chhattisgarh, donde la mayoría de la comunidad son animistas que adoran la naturaleza y los espíritus, al tiempo que obtienen cierta influencia del hinduismo.

Los que exhumaron su cuerpo afirmaron que su aldea pertenece solo a aquellos que siguen su religión y, después de enterrar a la Sra. Sori en una aldea diferente el 4 de noviembre, el grupo afirmó que continuarían atacando a los conversos al cristianismo de la misma manera hasta que se “reconviertan” a la religión o a su ascendencia y cultura.

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Intolerance towards Christians in many tribal communities in India does not end even in death

Posted on 21/11/2022 by cswpress in Asia, India

Janki Sori’s family were not given much time to grieve. Having laid her to rest in their own land on 1 November, only two days passed before her body was exhumed against her family’s wishes by members of a tribal group known as the Sarv Adivasi Samaj – all because of her conversion to Christianity.

Ms Sori, who was 35 years old when she died, lived in the village of Antagarh in India’s Chhattisgarh state, where the majority of the community are animists who worship nature and spirits, while also drawing some influence from Hinduism.

Those who exhumed her body claimed that their village belongs only to those who follow their religion, and, after burying Ms Sori in a different village on 4 November, the group claimed that they would continue to target converts to Christianity in the same manner until they ‘re-convert’ to the religion or their ancestry and culture.

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