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Re:USA Sanctions Chinese Officials, Including Politburo Memb... by luckylion on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:13AM (#23790301)
> few hundred political extremists

Like in Abu Ghraib, where they created a torture dungeon for thousands of Iraqis, from common criminals to suspect rebels, generally without trial?

This whole "no, it's just some really evil individuals that we tortured, we are the good guys here" narrative is disgusting.

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Re:USA Sanctions Chinese Officials, Including Politburo Memb... by cies on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:35AM (#23790450)
> without trial

this is the main point. both states like to do it without trial.

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Re:USA Sanctions Chinese Officials, Including Politburo Memb... by thoughtstheseus on Friday July 10, 2020 @08:02AM (#23790637)
That’s why state interests should be below individual interests. Otherwise what’s the point of a state?
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Re:USA Sanctions Chinese Officials, Including Politburo Memb... by jacquesm on Friday July 10, 2020 @09:00AM (#23791021)
Torture is illegal, with or without a trial. It is a war crime and/or a crime against humanity and should be prosecuted as such.
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Re:USA Sanctions Chinese Officials, Including Politburo Memb... by peroporque on Friday July 10, 2020 @11:47AM (#23792729)
In China, trials are irrelevant, because there is no independent judicial system.

What's more important is intention. One side tries to catch murderers and sometimes does not follow due process.

The other side tries to kill off the culture of an entire people by violently "reeducation" millions of human beings.

Honestly, I find it disgusting that people here seem to be mostly fine with those crimes, and even try to defend them.

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