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gatestoneinstitute.org – China’s coronavirus has now killed more than 806,400 Americans, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Biden these days sees China merely as a “competitor,” not, more appropriately, as an adversary or enemy. There are Chinese business links with Biden’s family and with members of his administration and doubtless he wants to accommodate campaign donors wishing to …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Kurdish political prisoner, Heydar Ghorbani who was sentenced to death on charges of baghy (armed rebellion), has been executed in Sanandaj Central Prison while according to his lawyer, Heydar “never confessed to being armed or using a weapon and there is no evidence to suggest otherwise.” Heydar was executed without notice to his family and lawyer, and …

gatestoneinstitute.org – For Ray Dalio, moral relativism is great for business. Bridgewater’s business is investment funds. Having more of those in China means more money for Bridgewater. It is really that simple. But in China business deals are not done with fellow capitalists who are dedicated to economic liberty and the free flow of capital to its most rational uses. …

mei.edu – For thousands of years, Iran has stood out as a culture that prized diversity and a place where religious minorities have flourished as independent communities. The Islamic Republic now seeks to change that, however, by implanting its own leaders inside different faith groups to protect and advance its interests. This approach could doom these ancient minorities to a …

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today applauded President Joseph R. Biden for implementing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics given the Chinese government’s ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses. USCIRF has publicly expressed concerns over the Beijing Olympics in its 2020 and 2021 Annual Reports and recommended that the United …

Shabtabnews – In an open letter to Mr. Joseph Borrell IOPHR stated : “As you are aware and you have already been informed through numerous correspondences, the human rights situation in Iran is rapidly deteriorating. Especially, since, the arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial killings and the violation of the rights of Iranian citizens have become a daily routine of the Iranian authorities …

Iranwire – Jews have been living in Iran since Biblical times, after Cyrus the Great freed them from captivity in Babylon. But since the 1979 Islamic Revolution the Jewish population of Iran has dwindled to a fraction of its former size. Those Jews who have remained in Iran under the present rule by Shia clergy are attacked and harassed on …

Shabtabnews – IOPHR has issued a Statement regarding the continued illegal Detention of Ms. Narges Mohammadi . In the statement IOPHR stated that: “Ms. Narges Mohammadi was arrested during the commemoration of the second anniversary of the assassination of Mr. Ebrahim Ketabdar. Mr. Ketabdar, was one of the innocent victims of the November 2018 protests, who was shot dead by …

Iranwire – A haze of tear gas hangs over the dried-up Zayanderud riverbed. Motorcycle-riding riot police attack ordinary citizens as they stand, row upon row, chanting “Don’t be scared, don’t be scared, we are all together”. Shouts of “Scoundrels, scoundrels” follow. Images and videos posted on social media on November 26 showed yet another mass rally by Isfahan’s farmers and people in …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai this month has led many around the world to question the holding of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Games are scheduled to begin February 4. It is now time for the world to face the reality of the Communist Party of China and the horrific system it has constructed. …