I genuinely went to read this in good faith since it's The Intercept (I know it's not great, but it's not CNN) but decided to do a quick text search for Zenz just to make sure. And of course, the whole fucking thing is full of Zenz.

This is just ridiculous at this point. I really don't want to be a genocide-denier if there is actually one happening, but for fuck's sake this is just ridiculous, LET ME SEE ONE REPORT ON THIS WITHOUT ZENZ ALL OVER IT.

  • keki_ya [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Those are likely prisoners in that photo. It’s common practice in prisons all around the world to blindfold prisoners during transportation

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      4 years ago

      Those are likely prisoners in that photo

      That was my assumption too when it was first published, yeah.

      It’s common practice in prisons all around the world to blindfold prisoners during transportation

      Not really ? not in my country, not in the EU in general at least. Again, shaving the heads of prisoners, putting them like this on the ground, and blindfolding them is absolutely not OK (though we're talking about a country that also still has the death penalty, mind you, another human rights violation).

      Critical support for China of course, but I refuse to close my eyes to their numerous human rights violation.

      • keki_ya [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Oh I thought many countries did that. I know my country does. I agree with everything else you wrote, China has a lot of backward legal practices, like banning drugs also