- cross-posted to:
- china@sopuli.xyz
- cross-posted to:
- china@sopuli.xyz
On 24 August, James Lin, a human rights activist in the Netherlands, posted a notification of arrest issued on 7 July by the affiliated sub-bureau directly under the Hengyang Public Security Bureau. It states that Yang has been arrested on charges of “inciting subversion of the state power” and is currently detained at the Hengyang Youth Detention Center. It shows that the Laos government had allowed the arrest to take place, as outlined in Safeguard Defenders’ more detailed post on his arrest in the Laotian capital by both Chinese and Laotian police officers.
The CCP’s involuntary returns operations on foreign soil directly threaten the safety of Chinese activists living in exile and host countries’ national and judicial sovereignty. Victims of China’s involuntary returns will not be given a fair trial, human rights activists say.
It’s astroturfing, coupled with some extreme leftist groups (tankies) who actually believe because they’ve never been there.
I honestly think both of these categories are largely astroturfing. The way they attack queer people who are actually concerned about their rights precludes their even being half-assed allies. It doesn’t really matter how much they claim otherwise, their actions speak louder than their protests.