The Modern Chinese Gulags

Recently documents have been leaked to more than 15 news sources including the BBC and the Guardian from the Chinese government stating that there are internment camps in the Xinjiang region of China which is being used to house at least a million people. These internment camps are mainly occupied by Uighurs, which are a muslim community in the north of China, and other ethnic minorities.

There are two tiers of internment camps that are being used in complete secrecy. In the first tier of camps inmates are subjected to ideological transformation, compliance with discipline, and study and training. The document states that inmate can be held indefinitely, but must serve at least a year to complete the "Program." After completing the first tier, inmates are moved to another camp to finish another three to six months of "Labour Skills Training."

There are first hand accounts now being released by people who have went through the camps of torture, rape and abuse. As well as these leaked documents there are credible reports of forced labour in the Xinjiang region. From these documents it is also apparent that these camps are being held in complete secrecy, even with high up officials in the Chinese government.

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The Racial Divide that Bleeds Blue

We have all heard of the racial turmoil that surrounds police officers and their lives but very rarely do we hear of racial tensions within departments. In the St. Luis police departments it is apparent that there is something going on. Many officers state that there are racial tension between black and white officers. It doesn't just come down to white officers being racist towards black officers, it is also Black officers assuming and blaming several white officers of being racist with no context.

This racial divide in the St. Luis department come to an apex when a white officer shot a black officer. In 2017 officer Milton Green was returning home after his shift patrolling the city, when he arrived home he saw a car that had crashed in front of it with a man standing beside it with a gun in hand. Officer green then preceded to pull out his pistol and his badge and confronted that man, while doing so two police cars pulled up because they were chasing that man that officer Green had stopped. When these officers arrived Green lowered his weapon knowing that he was off shift and the the officers could handle it, a white officer named Christopher Tanner then yelled "Lower your weapon" as Green turned around to show his badge to Tanner he heard a gunshot and realized that officer Tanner had shot him in his write arm.

Because of this incident and the lawsuit filled by now retired Green against Tanner, it has raised alarm to the high ups in the department that something is going on in their city between the blue bloods.

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Demonstrations in Southern Iraq

There have been large protests and demonstrations being held in southern Iraq, mainly Baghdad, Nasiriyah and Basra. These protests are being held because people are demanding for corruption in the government to end, more jobs and better public services.
Since the beginning of October more that 300 protesters have been shot down and more that a thousand more have been injured because of the want for change in the country. At first these demonstrations were peaceful and only in Baghdad, but after the government responded with the use of deadly force the protests spread throughout the country and became more violent. Many of the protesters participating are younger than 40 and are demanding for change. 

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