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Scilla Alecci
@scillaa.bsky.social
Reporter, #Asia #EU desk @ICIJorg
Fmr @Bloombergnews Japan
From Rome, via Tokyo, NYC and Washington D.C.
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Reposted by Scilla Alecci
📌Saturday, May 24
⏰ 11:15 am

#ChinaTargets: How ICIJ investigated China's transnational repression and its abuse of Interpol and the U.N.

Our colleague @mariachristoph.bsky.social talks with @scillaa.bsky.social (@icij.org) & Jelena Cosic (@icij.org)
May 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“These overseas dissident groups might seem like peripheral-ish figures to us. ‘What harm can they cause?’ But the CCP doesn’t see it like that,” China security expert Edward Schwarck told @icij.org. “It’s ensuring that a lot of these activists overseas don’t have the capacity to threaten China.”
May 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"The case illustrates how China uses all possible access points in our country to achieve its goals." www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...
China benaderde PS'er voor info over covoorzitter Ecolo
Na de spionageaffaire rond een Vlaams Belanger blijkt dat China nu ook Belgische politici van traditionele partijen benadert voor informatie. De Staatsveiligheid toonde zich verontrust over contacten ...
www.tijd.be
May 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Though it misuses @interpol.int 's system, China is not on the list of 6 countries currently subject to "corrective measures" by the police organization, Ostro, @icij.org reporting partner in #Slovenia found. www.ostro.si/si/zgodbe/ki...
Kitajcema namesto štajerske idile pripor na Hrvaškem — Oštro
Kitajska državljana sta skoraj leto dni preživela v hrvaškem priporu, potem ko je Kitajska za njima prek Interpola razpisala rdečo tiralico. Na koncu ju Kitajski niso izročili, brat enega od njiju pa ...
www.ostro.si
April 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Mr H.'s case was one of 50 Red Notices ICIJ & partners examined for #ChinaTargets. The targets included businesspeople & Uyghurs accused of fraud or terrorism. Chinese authorities also used unethical practices to put pressure on them. In NZ @nzstuff.nzcow.com found: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
How Chinese authorities have hunted corruption targets on New Zealand soil
A worldwide investigation exposes how Chinese authorities allegedly use Interpol “red notices” for political ends, including targets in New Zealand.
www.stuff.co.nz
April 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A #HongKong official told the businessman in a recorded call that Chinese authorities use two "tricks" to force Red Notice suspects to return: "The first one is to freeze all your money … the second one is to threaten your family."(第一个把你所有钱给你冻结了,第二个就是拿你家里人威胁你。)
April 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
In Ecuador "Así opera la maquinaria represiva de China para aplastar y hostigar a su disidencia en el mundo" www.codigovidrio.com/code/asi-ope...
Así opera la maquinaria represiva de China para aplastar y hostigar a su disidencia en el mundo - Código Vidrio
OBJETIVOS-DE-CHINA ⊗ Entrevistas con más de 100 víctimas en 23 países, junto con documentos gubernamentales internos, revelan las tácticas que utiliza sistemáticamente China para silenciar y perseguir...
www.codigovidrio.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In the U.S. @washingtonpost.com' s @gregpmiller.bsky.social reports with @icij.org that dozens of self-described NGOs have hidden ties to the Chinese government and have taken part in an expansive campaign to subvert the work of the U.N. Human Rights Council www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
China deploys NGOs to quash criticism at U.N. organizations in Geneva
Dozens of self-described nongovernmental organizations active at the United Nations have hidden ties to Beijing, an investigation shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In Sweden, @goteborgsposten.bsky.social's Tobias Andersson Åkerblom uncovered state threats against a Chinese anti-censorship activist www.gp.se/nyheter/gp-g...
Kinas hemliga polis når Dongling – också i Sverige
Läcka avslöjar metoderna: Utpressning • Smutskastning • Hot mot familjen
www.gp.se
April 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM