Category: Human Rights
When China Pushes Back Against the U.S. on Human Rights, It Plays Very Well in Many African Countries
At a press conference broadcast live on TV, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta did not appreciate being lectured by former U.S. President Barack Obama on gay rights. "We ...
China’s Global Critics Are Helping It Win
"China’s policymakers benefit from the democratic world’s economic and political openness. They use free nations’ discourse to identify their own foreign policy and technological shortcomings while building a firewall that keeps discussion of those shortcomings from ever occurring in China itself. " ...
Most African States Quietly Take China’s Side in Xinjiang Battle at the United Nations
A duel erupted at the United Nations on Tuesday between rival factions who oppose and support China's treatment of the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. On one side, the US, UK and most other Western countries renewed their criticism of China for committing well-documented human ...
Gyude Moore on Why Some African Countries Prefer to Deal with China and Russia Over the U.S.
"American involvement comes with American values: protection of minorities, freedom of speech, open societies, free trade. And so when the U.S. engages with a country, those are the terms on which it engages. Russia is not going to advocate for those. Neither will China."
Africa Becoming Important Source of Support for China’s Contentious International Battles
The Daily Nation's Senior Foreign Affairs Writer Aggrey Mutambo reports on how the Chinese government is now trying to rally support among Africa media for its controversial policies in Xinjiang where Beijing claims its fighting "terrorism and extremism" but human rights groups & western ...
The Role of Human Rights in the China-Africa Discourse
This week Dr. Stacey Links joins Eric & Cobus from Amsterdam to discuss her research in the role that human rights plays within the broader China-Africa relationship. Stacey, a South African native, recently completed her Ph.D. on the subject at the University of Utrecht ...
China's Booming Africa Trade in Torture Devices
Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation recently published a new report that alleges China is selling hundreds of millions of dollars in so-called 'torture tools' to African governments. Despite mounting evidence these devices are being used to ...
Ethiopia's Chinese-Powered Telecom Crackdown
The Ethiopian government is expanding its suppression of civil and political dissent with the upgrade of its telecommunications network according to a new report from Human Rights Watch. ...
Zambia and Botswana Push Back Against the Chinese
If you are curious as to what a bad week for China's diplomatic agenda in Africa looks like, then last week would be it. First, the Zambian government announced that it had finally had enough of the allegations of labor abuses and sub-standard working ...