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(U.S.) New Jersey: KKK spreading hate in Burlington County

(U.S.) New Jersey: KKK spreading hate in Burlington County

Trentonian reports:

“The Ku Klux Klan has shaken up this Burlington County township, disseminating a controversial Klan newsletter to various Tabernacle households, according to elected officials who condemned the KKK propaganda as ‘hate speech.'”

“Several people over the past few weeks have complained about receiving the four-page newsletter, dubbed ‘The Klansmen’s Voice,’ according to news reports. The newsletter reportedly cites crime statistics to make an argument that minorities are more violent than white people.”

Israel Beit Jan: Father shoots daughter in ‘honor killing’

(Israel) Beit Jan: Father shoots daughter in ‘honor killing’
— IPS warden arrested on suspicion of killing daughter over family honor

— ‘Honor’ Murder in Beit Jan
— “A resident of Beit Jan arrived at the Carmiel police station on
Saturday night with his badly wounded daughter, aged 23.”
— “The man told police he had shot the young woman in an ‘honor’ attack, because her behavior violated the tenets of Islam.”
— “Paramedics rushed to the scene, but were unable to save the young woman, who died of her wounds before reaching the nearest hospital.”

Communist China Said to Threaten Licenses of Human Rights Lawyers

(Communist China) China Said to Threaten Licenses of Human Rights Lawyers
— “In a marked departure from past practices, Beijing legal authorities have threatened to complicate or deny applications to renew the legal licenses of at least 18 of the city’s best-known civil-rights lawyers, two human-rights advocacy groups have charged.”
— “Many of the lawyers have taken on cases, involving such issues as Tibetan political activism and police brutality, that gained national and even international attention. The advocacy groups, Human Rights Watch and Chinese Human Rights Defenders, called the actions by the legal authorities part of an effort to intimidate the lawyers and their law firms into avoiding sensitive cases.”

— China: Leading Civil Rights Lawyers Face Threats to Licenses

— Lawyers Face Revocation of their Licenses for Defending Human Rights

Communist China: Huffington Post’s Eric C. Anderson praises “pragmatic approach” to ignoring human rights violations in China

(Communist China) Huffington Post’s Eric Anderson states: “Finally, a Pragmatic Approach to China”
— Anderson applauds “decision to avoid needlessly insulting Beijing by harping on human rights reflects a real maturation in our China policy”
— Anderson further claims that willingness to support democracy and “human rights is globally perceived as a poor veil for broader criticism of a competing political system — one whose values do not explicitly mirror our own”
— One commentor states: “You sold our economy to China, and now you want us to sell our soul. No thanks.”
— More about Eric C. Anderson’s background on a U.S. government web site