Jan Figel, Former EU Commissioner and FoRB Special Envoy Human Rights Without Frontiers December 13, 2023 Original Article HRWF (10.12.2023) – Today, the agenda of human rights is hijacked by various groups representing ideologies, violent extremism or ethical relativism. We also tend to forget or neglect our human duties towards the other and towards society….
Edward Pentin December 18, 2023 National Catholic Register Original Article The self-made media mogul has already been detained for more than 1,000 days and faces the possibility of life in prison if he is found guilty. HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed authorities have been accused of staging a show trial “worthy of Stalin,” as…
Daniel Payne December 18, 2023 Original Article His imprisonment has drawn sharp rebukes and calls for clemency from supporters including Catholic bishops. The trial for Jimmy Lai, the Catholic Hong Kong activist and newspaper publisher, opened Monday, launching what is expected to be a protracted legal exhibition capping several years of imprisonment for the embattled…
George Weigel November 10, 2023 Original Article Shortly after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, I noted in this column and elsewhere that the entire episode—including the fouling of the public space by the aggressor’s genocidal threats and endless disinformation—suggested something of what the 1930s must have been like. A brazen dictator with a talent…
November 7, 2023 Doughty Street Chambers Original Article Senior Catholic leaders from around the world have signed a petition calling on the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) “to immediately and unconditionally release” pro-democracy advocate, Jimmy Lai.
