Athens, July 27 (IANS) Several Chinese communities in the United States that oppose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – along with pro-democracy activists and supporters of Taiwan, Tibetan and Uyghur rights – have accused Beijing of using agents to harass, spy on and intimidate them, a report has stated.A report in the Greek City Times cited US-based human rights group Freedom House documenting that China has been linked to the highest number of transnational repression cases worldwide, with 319…
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Athens, June 24 (IANS) Greek MP Spyros Tsironis strongly criticised the Greece-China agreement on underwater cultural heritage, raising concerns over what he described as its “vague and non-binding” provisions, according to media reports.Speaking during a parliamentary debate on the ratification of the cooperation pact between Greece’s Ministry of Culture and China’s National Administration of Cultural Heritage, the lawmaker from the Niki party argued that Greece should not present itself as…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Pakistan has continued to enjoy export benefits to the European markets under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), despite its continuous track record of human rights, labour, governance, and environmental violations, which have dented Islamabad’s global credibility, a report said.Pakistan’s persistent violations, including enforced disappearances, misuse of blasphemy laws, military court trials, minority persecution, labour exploitation, child labour,…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The “purging” of electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a monumental drive undertaken by the Election Commission of India (ECI), found strong resistance and opposition within the nation, but drew significant attention and admiration in the foreign discourse.A couple of foreign journals have hailed the exercise as a sweeping step in the right direction for overhauling the country’s electoral register.Greek City Times, an Australia-based Greek news port…