As reported on this blog:
Zhu Minshen & Top Group's business partner iFlytek blacklisted by the US Gov for human rights violations:NSW LPAB and Law Council Australia continue to supervise Zhu & Top's activities
The human rights violations concerned China's Muslim Uyghur community.
In New Zealand pressure was exerted on Massey University for the agreements entered into with iFlytek. That seems to have caused Massey to withdraw from the agreements (see story below).
Meanwhile in NSW Zhu and his Top Group maintain their high status within NSW and Australia's legal establishment, which allows Zhu to determine who may or may not practise law in NSW and Australia.See:
AG NSW Speakman and senior judicial officers at the LPAB ignored the fact that Zhu Minshen undermined an Australian Federal Police directive
END
To: Massey University
Cut ties with iFLYTEK - support the Uyghurs
Massey University's agreement with the company is over - but not because of its involvement in surveilling Uyghur Muslims.
We received an email from Massey today saying that the relationship had ended because the "research interests of the Professor of Knowledge Science taking a different direction." In other words, it wasn't Massey that ended the relationship but the company.
Public universities clearly need a more rigorous code of ethics that precludes doing research used for the repression, targeting and surveillance of people. It is not credible for universities to claim ignorance about the applications of research work - our public universities must have research agendas that are clearly in the interests of advancing human knowledge and freedom, not serving authoritarian governments for profit.
The struggle for Uyghurs continues and we will be continuing our work in solidarity with that community. Newshub has just reported that:
"Chinese officials were instructed in 2017 to deport or detain two suspected New Zealanders flagged by a mass-surveillance programme as part of China's crackdown on Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province, according to leaked documents."
If you are interested in being further involved in our Uyghur solidarity campaign, please message us on facebook or twitter @AKPeaceAction or email us at aucklandpeaceaction@gmail.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment