PART I
Asia
China
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The first case is the Chinese one. Under Xi-Jing Pin’s presidency since 2013, China is usually accused of many abuses on their citizens. As an example, it is reported that the Chinese authorities are using a digital facial recognizing surveillance system across every part of China. It is highly precise and quick. In addition, the government is using a “social credit” system. Indeed, it gives each citizen a “score” that can increase or lower based on their actions. When an inhabitant’s score gets too low, they can get arrested, be put in jail or in forced labour camps. This shows other examples of Chinese abuses of Human Rights: freedom of expression and non fair trials.
On a more concerning scale, reports of human dignity and rights violations on minorities, located in autonomous regions like Tibet or Xinjiang, fall within accusations of crimes against humanity. However, the government remains unclear and silent about the accusation. Up to 1 million people accused of “illegal religious activities” have been detained in internment camps and faced unfair trials. The ethnics-based harassment targets mainly the Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Muslim population.
The use of censorship and violent answers against Human Rights activists show the anchored authoritarian policy applied by the government.
Moreover, a huge part of the Chinese population lives in an area with too much pollution. 30% are living in cities ranked above the national standard. China remains as one the most polluted and polluting country in the world. This doesn’t allow citizens to have their right of an healthy environment.
Myanmar
In Myanmar, following a coup d’etat in 2021, citizens are the victims of confrontations between armed groups and the military.
Also, more than half a million people fled from their homes, from their villages destroyed by plane bombings, from their worship places taken down and wiped out. In addition, natural disasters have hit the country multiple times since 2021. Humanitarian aid struggles to reach the people in need, due to blocks organized by the military, like in May 2023 in regions hit by a cyclone.
Those armed groups target civilians, without any proper response from the government.
All people who show their opposition regarding the government are unfairly sentenced to forced labour, prison, or death penalty, judged during unfair trials.
Reports of accusation of violation of press freedom by the current government have been made. These journalistes are now being arrested, harassed, and detained.
Moreover, the UN Human Rights office estimated that around 120,000 people are being held in compounds in militia ruled regions, near the borders of Thailand and China. Most of those people are forced to work into criminal run networks of gambling and frauds. Some of them are foreigners, lured into the country with promises of jobs and then forced to work in those same networks. The UN Human Rights office has ruled those activities as Human trafficking.
Afghanistan
Since the comeback of Taliban ruling in August 2021, Human Rights integrity in Afghanistan gets more concerning every day, being on the verge of disappearing totally. The Taliban laws mainly target the rights of expression, belief and assembly. It is forbidden to practice any other religion or to protest against the power in place. The most concerning aspect of these laws is the one reducing women’s rights to less than animals’. In fact, within 3 years, women lost their right to go to school, to work freely, to do certain activities, to go out, or to even to speak in public.
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Moreover, in Afghanistan, it is estimated than 29 million people, more than half of the population, need assistance due to malnutrition, diseases and a lack of healthcare. Also, the use of torture and ethnically target violence are common and represent even more violations of Human Rights in Afghanistan.
Europe
Ukraine
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has put a part of the Ukrainian population under rough live conditions. In the eastern regions, where all fights take place, 3.7 million people were displaced because of the war. Thousands of homes and buildings were destroyed by airstrikes and thousands of people died. Men, women and children were left injured or killed, and thousands of kids are now orphans.
Prisoners of war were made on both sides, without much information on how they are treated. However, the very likely use of torture and other ill-treatments worries the international community.
Domestic violence has risen since 2022, going from around 250,000 cases between January and May 2022 to around 350,000 during the same period in 2023.
In Russian occupied territories, reports of unfair trials and arbitrary detentions for LGBT people’s rights, human rights and pro-Ukrainian activists has been made. 20,000 cases of people disappearing for “special circumstances” because of the war have been registered.
In addition, many children cannot go to school anymore, because they were destroyed, or their families were displaced. For those who still have access to a school, they’re forced to learn the Russian curriculum.
PART II to come….
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