Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission

EU warned against punishing Myanmar by axing trade preferences. @MarkFarmaner, of Burma Campaign UK, called the EU’s potential review of trade preferences for Myanmar “crazy”. https://t.co/S5j13CtfAL

— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 7. November 2018

Anyone still doubting that the Xinjiang method will be carefully tested and then applied elsewhere in China? https://t.co/bFyqg7lj1n

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 7. November 2018

This piece cites the MOFA spokesperson response to my research. Confronting Beijing with its own data for the purpose of verifying its claims is something we should do regularly, and raising the resulting discrepancies with high-profile government representatives is even better. https://t.co/MMXruQ4CiE

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 7. November 2018

Despite the UN has concluded genocide has taken place in Burma/Myanmar, the EU Ambassador @EUAmbSchmidt says „If we take a step back, we can see that many things, including human rights, have improved over the past years in Myanmar.“ pic.twitter.com/B7tRWdsnc0

— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 7. November 2018

EU, US & Canadian governments urge #Bangladesh to take steps to ensure continuation of Accord beyond 30 November 2018 https://t.co/4T2hasvmiA

— Bangladesh Accord (@banglaccord) 3. November 2018

When the @banglaccord started in 2013, 62% of inspected factory buildings were lacking adequate lateral support. Find out what’s changed since then: https://t.co/xC7KtsM8TH #ProtectProgress #RanaPlazaNeverAgain

— Labor Rights Forum (@ILRF) 5. November 2018

Why won’t H&M ‘turn around’ and provide a living wage for its workers? https://t.co/lIP4Zmbt4y via @equaltimes #LivingWageNow #TurnAroundHM @hm

— Labor Rights Forum (@ILRF) 1. November 2018

Our Campaigns Manager @Zoyaphan talks about her experience at @uniofeastanglia and her work with BCUK, fighting for human rights and democracy for Burma @UEAGrads @developmentuea https://t.co/ORGUZcXlRl

— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 7. November 2018

The same term „rescue education“ is also used in this recent Ministry of Education article on Xinjiang: https://t.co/e97ibBs8LY

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 7. November 2018

On Nov 6th, 14 states raised the mass arbitrary detention of #Uyghurs in internment camps in their recommendations to #China during its UN Universal Periodic Review of its #humanrights record.

China must immediately #ClosetheCamps. The world is watching.https://t.co/KgLmRFHqjM

— WorldUyghurCongress (@UyghurCongress) 7. November 2018

Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission
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The bank’s mission is twofold: “To end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity in a sustainable way.”
Yet in India, the IFC enabled a project that they knew would do just the opposite.https://t.co/UDkuHGeWzB #JamvIFC pic.twitter.com/hfK1Bmy6wg

— EarthRights Intl. (@EarthRightsIntl) 7. November 2018

Posting, with permission, a message sent earlier today from a Rohingya student – like many in the Bangladesh refugee camps, he is horrified by the prospect of being forcibly sent back Myanmar, a country he fled & where he has no basic rights. „Aren’t we human beings?“ pic.twitter.com/uBSnYsZJEc

— Poppy McPherson (@poppymcp) 7. November 2018

The thing is, „rescue education“ is also a term that is linked to the type of re-education offered in the formal prison system, or in the former re-education through labor system (e.g. https://t.co/ixUSzlmzgm)

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 7. November 2018

Spending on the domestic security budget items most closely related to security infrastructure and detention exceeded originally budgeted amounts by an unusually high margin. Full expenses incurred by re-education / detention campaigns were apparently not fully anticipated. pic.twitter.com/G8PWGJrgPJ

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 7. November 2018

New @freedomhouse report shows how #FreedomOnTheNet deteriorated in #Cambodia in 2017-2018 „due to a widespread crackdown on civil society and critical voices“. #netfreedom #FreedomofExpression #SocialMedia #PressFreedom https://t.co/Xnw2eKojiM pic.twitter.com/WkScXqhPar

— CCHR Cambodia (@cchrcambodia) 5. November 2018

China’s MOFA responds to my research w/ ignorance: „I don’t know where they got these figures. …. I’m not clear about the specific figures of Xinjiang’s inputs in the security area.“ —– hint: The figures are from the government itself. https://t.co/JVFahvpUkp pic.twitter.com/eGc1IGD7D0

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) 7. November 2018

Loving the branding on these North Korean building supplies. pic.twitter.com/gZ1zwoaLyv

— Peter Ward, 워드 피터，皮得 (@rpcward89) 7. November 2018