To anyone who's been following human rights issues in #Tibet or the #Uyghur regions, or Chinese links to illegal #rareearth mining in #Laos & #Myanmar (including de-facto support for the ruthless #junta), the fact that #China derailed the inclusion of mining and critical minerals in the #COP30 #JustTransition Work Program is no surprise.

In the latest issue of @codastory newsletter, I explore this, and more.

https://www.codastory.com/climate-crisis/chinas-green-energy-miracle-and-a-conspiracy-of-silence/

#climate #climatechange #brazil #Belem #climatejustice

To anyone who's been following human rights issues in #Tibet or the #Uyghur regions, or Chinese links to illegal #rareearth mining in #Laos & #Myanmar (including de-facto support for the ruthless #junta), the fact that #China derailed the inclusion of mining and critical minerals in the #COP30 #JustTransition Work Program is no surprise.

In the latest issue of @codastory newsletter, I explore this, and more.

https://www.codastory.com/climate-crisis/chinas-green-energy-miracle-and-a-conspiracy-of-silence/

#climate #climatechange #brazil #Belem #climatejustice

No surprise - #China, alone, is calling for the removal of #minerals from the Just Transition Work Program at #COP30 #climate talks

Well, no surprise to me. The press release from civil society makes the absurd claim that China is "uniquely positioned to champion a just and equitable approach to transition minerals."

Do they really think a authoritarian country, whose #cleantech industry uses #forcedlabor and #landgrabs of #Tibetan and #Uyghur land/bodies will really "champion" justice?

Protest Against the Genocide of Uyghurs
October 12, 2025
Alberta Legislature
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#yeg #Uyghur #china #protest #muslim #yegphotographer #photojournalism

Protest Against the Genocide of Uyghurs
October 12, 2025
Alberta Legislature
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#yeg #Uyghur #china #protest #muslim #yegphotographer #photojournalism

Critically, American #surveillance #technologies allowed a brutal mass #detention campaign in the far west region of #Xinjiang — targeting, tracking & grading virtually the entire native #Uyghur population to forcibly assimilate & subdue them.

#US #tech companies did this by bringing “#PredictivePolicing” to #China — #technology that sucks in & analyzes data to prevent crime, protests, or terror attacks before they happen.

#HumanRights #government#DigitalPoliceState#InternationalLaw #law

One of Thailand’s top art galleries removed, at China's request, materials about Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities and Hong Kong from an exhibit on authoritarian governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/asia-pacific/politics/thai-art-gallery-authoritarian-china-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #china #censorshipart #exhibitions #uyghur #hongkong #tibet