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Global Times
“The [MOFCOM] spokesperson emphasized that China is firmly opposed to ‘forced labor’ in any form and there is no forced labor in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.”
Source: Global Times, November 26, 2024Read more...United Nations, independent researchers and media have all documented credible allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang. -
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Korir Sing’Oei
Principal Secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs
"Kenya is a safe haven for many people and has been for many years and will be for years to come."
Read more...State-sanctioned abductions, refugees included; extrajudicial killings; torture and enforced disappearances are on the rise in Kenya, according to independent reports by international observers, the United Nations, local rights groups and investigative journalists. -
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Vladimir Putin
Russian president
"[T]here are no means of countering such weapons [hypersonic ballistic missile Oreshnik] today. … It is impossible."
Read more...Hypersonic weapons like Russia’s Oreshnik missile present a formidable challenge to existing missile defense systems. However, defenses capable of intercepting them do exist. -
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Esmail Baghaei
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
"The resolution was a clear sign of reducing the noble concept of human rights to a tool for exerting political pressure on independent nations."
Read more...Iran continues to force confessions, execute individuals who committed crimes as minors and subject detainees to torture in violation of its obligations under international law. -
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Oumar Mc Kone
President, Bloc for the Recovery and Development of Mali
"[The Malian army] has achieved in two years what foreign organizations, including MINUSMA, have not been able to achieve in 12-13 years."
Read more...International observers independently report a sharp increase in violent attacks on civilians, including by the junta’s forces, with the conflict spilling over to new territories. -
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Lin Jian
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
“Every escalation between China and the Philippines — without exception — has been caused by Philippine provocations and violation of China’s sovereignty. Calm will return once the Philippines stops those activities.”
Read more...China has dismissed an international ruling outlining the Philippines’ rights in the South China Sea, and repeatedly engages in aggressive actions to maintain its dominance in the region. -
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Vladimir Putin
Russian president
“In the history of our relations with the African continent, there has never been any shadow – never; we have never exploited African peoples, nor been engaged in anything inhumane on the African continent.”
Read more...Various human rights groups accuse Russia of committing crimes that amount to crimes against humanity in Africa. Several reports also have exposed Russia’s illegal export of gold worth more than $2.5 billion from Africa to sponsor its war in Ukraine. -
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Tehran Times
English-language daily newspaper published in Iran
“Rather than respecting her dignity and focusing on the mental health challenges she was facing, these groups saw an opportunity to fuel their anti-government agenda.”
Read more...Witness reports and Iran’s systematic use of punitive psychiatry to undermine dissent contradict government claims that the woman had a mental health crisis and was not protesting enforcement of the country’s mandatory dress code. -
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Vladimir Putin
Russian president
“[W]e have always recognized the borders of Ukraine within the framework of our agreements after the collapse of the Soviet Union. … But later, as is known, the Ukrainian leadership amended the Basic Law and announced its desire to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and we did not agree to this.”
Read more...Ukraine abandoned its constitutional neutrality to pursue EU and NATO membership only in 2019, years after Russia annexed Crimea and backed pro-Russia separatists in Donbas. NATO considered Ukraine’s membership after Moscow invaded Georgia, starting a war in Europe. -
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Economic Freedom Fighters
South African opposition political party
"They [the U.S.] are now direct beneficiaries of the instability in the Congo, looting the natural resources of that country to benefit U.S. companies and their allies."
Read more...Trading in stolen minerals from war-ridden nations is a criminal offense in the United States. Congo and the United Nations accuse Rwanda and Uganda of feeding the war and stealing minerals.
