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Scilla Alecci

@scillaa.bsky.social
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Reporter, #Asia #EU desk @ICIJorg Fmr @Bloombergnews Japan From Rome, via Tokyo, NYC and Washington D.C. salecci@icij.org

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ICIJ @icij.org · 14/09/2026
#ChinaCapital: ICIJ’s newest global investigation with 23 media partners exposes how the world’s biggest bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, maneuvers behind closed doors to help Beijing achieve its geopolitical goals. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Stefan Melichar @stefanmelichar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ein neues internationales Recherche-Projekt berichtet aus dem Inneren der größten Bank der Welt, der chinesischen ICBC - Milliarden der Macht: Pekings willige Banker #ChinaCapital - www.profil.at/investigativ... @profil.at @icij.org
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Milliarden der Macht: Pekings willige Banker
Wie die größte Bank der Welt den strategischen Staats-Interessen Chinas zuarbeitet – und dabei auch vor problematischen Geschäften nicht zurückschreckt. Geheime Daten offenbaren einen tiefen Blick ins...
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Anna Thalhammer @annathalhammer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Profil ist wieder Teil einer riesigen internationalen Recherche. Dieses Mal beschäftigt sie sich mit einem Leak aus der größten Bank der Welt. @stefanmelichar.bsky.social @profil.at
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#ChinaCapital provides an unprecedented look at how Beijing has used one of its most powerful financial arms to fulfill its global ambitions.
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China Capital: How the world’s largest bank advances Beijing's interests
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#ChinaCapital is an @icij.org -led investigation in collaboration with 23 media partners, from Mexico to New Zealand. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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About the China Capital investigation - ICIJ
A global investigation by ICIJ lays bare the hidden playbook of one of China’s most powerful banks.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Confidential ICBC files also show how the Chinese banking giant turned a blind eye to alleged fraud and embezzlement within its ranks for years. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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ICBC promoted corrupt exec, ignored misconduct as it expanded
The Chinese banking giant turned a blind eye to alleged fraud and embezzlement within its ranks for years, according to confidential files.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
While the Huawei trial is ongoing in NY, #ChinaCapital reveals how, days after the DOJ indictment, in 2019, ICBC helped the tech giant to secretly move $1.3 billion back to China. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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ICBC helped Huawei spirit $1B out of London days after US indictment
The urgent operation exposes how readily ICBC’s local branch bypassed internal checks to boost a Beijing favorite.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
More than a dozen countries have expressed concerns about ICBC’s compliance practices. Yet its overseas units have continued to bank companies linked to oligarchs & autocrats to serve the party-state's interests. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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ICBC serves firms linked to oligarchs, autocrats to push China’s agenda
Confidential records reveal how ICBC’s London units courted high-risk clients to secure resources and alliances for Xi Jinping’s regime.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@icij.org 's latest, #ChinaCapital exposes the inner workings of #ICBC, one of China’s most important banks & the world’s largest by asset size. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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China Capital: An ICIJ investigation into ICBC
How the world’s largest bank advances Beijing’s political priorities and global ambitions.
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Spencer Woodman @spencerwoodman.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Latest in @icij.org Coin Laundry: @scillaa.bsky.social on the inner workings of HTX, the crypto exchange associated with billionaire Justin Sun. How beneficial is the vaunted transparency of blockchains when paired with complex layers of obfuscation? www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Hunt for missing millions unmasks one crypto exchange hidden inside another - ICIJ
Kyrrex exploited technology and shell companies while serving suspected fraudsters and pro-Russian military activists, even as its owners claimed the exchange followed anti-money laundering rules.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
From Dubai to Toronto, my colleague @spencerwoodman.bsky.social dives in the world of crypto-to-cash storefronts fueling money laundering’s new frontier These shadowy operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world. #CoinLaundry www.icij.org/investigatio...
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From Dubai to Toronto, inside the crypto-to-cash storefronts fueling money laundering’s new frontier - ICIJ
These shadowy operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world. One man is on a mission to expose them.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
My story adds a touch of glamour to it ✨ as Hollywood actors like #KevinSpacey and celebrities like #MayeMusk ended up lending a veneer of credibility to an accused crypto fraudster and his PR entourage.... (None of the actors and celebs answered ICIJ's questions) www.icij.org/investigatio...
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The Russian crypto guru’s Hollywood gambit - ICIJ
How the alleged mastermind of a multimillion-dollar crypto scam teamed up with a globe-trotting influencer and a disgraced Oscar winner as he pushed his latest dubious project.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
$28 Billion in illicit crypto flows 🫰 The first part of @icij.org 's #CoinLaundry series is live: ICIJ & 37 partners investigated how #crypto companies empowered a shadow economy that thrives on crime. By @spencerwoodman.bsky.social & team www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Crypto giants moved billions linked to money launderers, drug traffickers and North Korean hackers - ICIJ
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists traced tens of thousands of transactions and found major crypto trading platforms awash with dirty money.
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ICIJ @icij.org · 17/11/2025
ICIJ’s latest investigation The #CoinLaundry is now live! Tap the link to read how the crypto boom minted a shadow economy that thrives on crime — and left a trail of devastated victims.
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The Coin Laundry, a global cryptocurrency investigation
How the crypto boom minted a shadow economy that thrives on crime — and left a trail of devastated victims.
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ICIJ @icij.org · 14/11/2025
The #CoinLaundry is coming soon. ICIJ’s latest investigation is a global collaboration between 38 media partners in 35 countries! Stay tuned for more on Monday! Sign up to get it straight to your inbox: buff.ly/yZk76B5
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
A great summary of our panel on @icij.org 's #ChinaTargets at #Dataharvest 2025 - in a few pen strokes and colors by Pieter Fannes/ @journalismarena.eu
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Chinese government records reviewed by @icij.org as part of #ChinaTargets reveal a yearslong push to silence @rfa.org ‬ and target old classmates & friends of Shohret Hoshur, a Uyghur reporter who exposed human rights abused in #Xinjiang www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Beijing targeted friends of U.S.-based reporter amid campaign against Radio Free Asia, documents reveal - ICIJ
Xinjiang police records detail a yearslong Chinese government push to silence the news outlet, which the Trump administration has dismantled.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
See you soon!
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paper trail media @papertrailmedia.de · 22/05/2025
📌Saturday, May 24 ⏰ 11:15 am #ChinaTargets: How ICIJ investigated China's transnational repression and its abuse of Interpol and the U.N. Our colleague @mariachristoph.bsky.social talks with @scillaa.bsky.social (@icij.org) & Jelena Cosic (@icij.org)
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Some of us from @icij.org will be heading to #EIJ25 soon. We look forward to meeting new & old colleagues in Mechelen #DataHarvest
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about our #ChinaTargets investigation in collaboration with 42 media outlets. @icij.org
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Mike Forsythe 傅才德 @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Bay Fang, the predident of Radio Free Asia, bold, brave and righteous like her incredible reporters who risk everything to bear witness to the truth www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Silencing Radio Free Asia. Now China Doesn’t Have To.
The U.S. government’s dismantling of Radio Free Asia means giving Beijing’s propaganda free rein.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
“These overseas dissident groups might seem like peripheral-ish figures to us. ‘What harm can they cause?’ But the CCP doesn’t see it like that,” China security expert Edward Schwarck told @icij.org. “It’s ensuring that a lot of these activists overseas don’t have the capacity to threaten China.”
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@icij.org ’s partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond. #ChinaTargets www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Officials respond as China Targets highlights Beijing’s tactics to silence dissent across continents - ICIJ
ICIJ’s partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
"The case illustrates how China uses all possible access points in our country to achieve its goals." www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...
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China benaderde PS'er voor info over covoorzitter Ecolo
Na de spionageaffaire rond een Vlaams Belanger blijkt dat China nu ook Belgische politici van traditionele partijen benadert voor informatie. De Staatsveiligheid toonde zich verontrust over contacten ...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The politician— who did not respond to comment requests— has not been charged. www.lesoir.be/672290/artic...
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« China Targets » : un élu PS rabroué par la Sûreté de l’Etat pour ses liens avec la Chine
En Belgique, la Chine n’essaie pas seulement d’influencer les politiciens d’extrême droite : l’ancien échevin et bourgmestre faisant fonction de Huy Eric Dosogne (PS) a, à deux reprises, été mis en ga...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
@icij.org #ChinaTargets partners in Belgium found that intelligence services warned twice a local politician about his ties with China's intelligence & the potential risks of espionage or interference. @larsbove.bsky.social @kristofclerix.bsky.social @xacoun.bsky.social www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...
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Staatsveiligheid bezorgd over contacten tussen Chinese ambassade en PS-politicus
China probeert in België niet alleen politici van extreemrechtse signatuur te beïnvloeden.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The Chinese Embassy in New Zealand criticized our #ChinaTargets partners' reporting on China's misuse of Interpol. We have the receipts: www.icij.org/investigatio... @paulapenfold.bsky.social @whljustin.bsky.social
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Case involving Alibaba’s Jack Ma shows how China weaponizes Interpol
Chinese authorities exploited Interpol and strong-armed one of the world’s richest men to pursue a target.
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Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com · 29/04/2025
New report from @citizenlab.ca found that Uyghur rights activists were targeted by spearphishing campaign, including advocates featured in @icij.org's #ChinaTargets investigation. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Cyberattack against Uyghur rights activists shows hallmarks of Chinese repression tactics, researchers say - ICIJ
Citizen Lab found the advocates, including some featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, were targeted with malicious software disguised as a Uyghur-language tool.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"Wenn China jemanden ins Land zurückholen möchte, werden offenbar alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt: vom Interpol-Auslieferungssystem bis zur persönlichen Kontaktaufnahme durch einen Milliardär. ..." #ChinaTargets
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profil @profil.at · 29/04/2025
Wenn China jemanden ins Land zurückholen möchte, werden offenbar alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt: vom Interpol-Auslieferungssystem bis zur persönlichen Kontaktaufnahme durch einen Milliardär. Teil 2 der #ChinaTargets. Von @stefanmelichar.bsky.social.
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Der Interpol-Trick: Wie China internationale Auslieferungsverfahren ausnutzt
Wenn China jemanden ins Land zurückholen möchte, werden offenbar alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt: vom Interpol-Auslieferungssystem bis zur persönlichen Kontaktaufnahme durch einen Milliardär. Teil zwei einer Investigativ-Kooperation über Chinas geheime Auslands-Strategien.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Though it misuses @interpol.int 's system, China is not on the list of 6 countries currently subject to "corrective measures" by the police organization, Ostro, @icij.org reporting partner in #Slovenia found. www.ostro.si/si/zgodbe/ki...
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Kitajcema namesto štajerske idile pripor na Hrvaškem — Oštro
Kitajska državljana sta skoraj leto dni preživela v hrvaškem priporu, potem ko je Kitajska za njima prek Interpola razpisala rdečo tiralico. Na koncu ju Kitajski niso izročili, brat enega od njiju pa ...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Mr H.'s case was one of 50 Red Notices ICIJ & partners examined for #ChinaTargets. The targets included businesspeople & Uyghurs accused of fraud or terrorism. Chinese authorities also used unethical practices to put pressure on them. In NZ @nzstuff.nzcow.com found: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
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How Chinese authorities have hunted corruption targets on New Zealand soil
A worldwide investigation exposes how Chinese authorities allegedly use Interpol “red notices” for political ends, including targets in New Zealand.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A #HongKong official told the businessman in a recorded call that Chinese authorities use two "tricks" to force Red Notice suspects to return: "The first one is to freeze all your money … the second one is to threaten your family."(第一个把你所有钱给你冻结了,第二个就是拿你家里人威胁你。)
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"Jack Ma was on the line..." Our #ChinaTargets story today details how Chinese authorities weaponized Interpol & strong-armed Alibaba's founder to force a businessman & friend to return to China... www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Chinese authorities exploited Interpol and strong-armed one of the world’s richest men to pursue a target - ICIJ
The case involving Alibaba’s Jack Ma shows how China weaponizes the international police agency for political ends.
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Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com · 28/04/2025
#ChinaTargets
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Ecuador "Así opera la maquinaria represiva de China para aplastar y hostigar a su disidencia en el mundo" www.codigovidrio.com/code/asi-ope...
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Así opera la maquinaria represiva de China para aplastar y hostigar a su disidencia en el mundo - Código Vidrio
OBJETIVOS-DE-CHINA ⊗ Entrevistas con más de 100 víctimas en 23 países, junto con documentos gubernamentales internos, revelan las tácticas que utiliza sistemáticamente China para silenciar y perseguir...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In the U.S. @washingtonpost.com' s @gregpmiller.bsky.social reports with @icij.org that dozens of self-described NGOs have hidden ties to the Chinese government and have taken part in an expansive campaign to subvert the work of the U.N. Human Rights Council www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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China deploys NGOs to quash criticism at U.N. organizations in Geneva
Dozens of self-described nongovernmental organizations active at the United Nations have hidden ties to Beijing, an investigation shows.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Sweden, @goteborgsposten.bsky.social's Tobias Andersson Åkerblom uncovered state threats against a Chinese anti-censorship activist www.gp.se/nyheter/gp-g...
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Kinas hemliga polis når Dongling – också i Sverige
Läcka avslöjar metoderna: Utpressning • Smutskastning • Hot mot familjen
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Denmark @politiken.dk's @kjeldtoft.bsky.social & John Hansen reported on 'Eric' a former agent for China's police who targeted dissidents in SEAsia politiken.dk/internationa...
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Eric sammenligner sin tidligere arbejdsplads med Nazi-Tysklands hemmelige politi, Gestapo
Kinesere, der kritiserer kommunistpartiet, er jaget vildt i hele verden. Nu fortæller en af regimets tidligere menneskejægere, spionen ’Eric’, sin historie i Politiken. I 15 år hjalp han med at spione...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Ireland, Colm Keena and I talked to a Uyghur activist who was followed and intimidated on her trip to Bosnia last year www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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China’s intimidation of an Irish citizen in Dublin: ‘I wanted to escape. It’s scary’
One Irish citizen living in Dublin receives regular calls from the police in China and believes she is being monitored
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In the U.K. @tomburgis.bsky.social & Maeve McClenaghan revealed how an online campaign urged far right to attack China’s opponents in UK www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Revealed: online campaign urged far right to attack China’s opponents in UK
Social media incitement following last summer’s riots appears to be new tactic against Hong Kong exiles
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
And Le Monde's @sleplatre.bsky.social reported how "China [is] ready to do anything to silence opponents" www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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En France, la Chine prête à tout pour faire taire des opposants
« China Targets » (1/3). « Le Monde », en collaboration avec le consortium de journalistes ICIJ, a enquêté durant plusieurs mois sur la répression chinoise orchestrée depuis Pékin sur les opposants au...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In France, Radio France's @geraldinehallot.bsky.social @maximetellier.bsky.social talk to Chinese dissidents, Tibetans and Uyghurs to document China's reach. www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
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#Chinatargets : Quand la Chine harcèle et intimide ses opposants sur le sol français
Qu’ils soient dissidents chinois, Tibétains ou Ouïghours, ils ont en commun d’être dans le viseur des autorités chinoises. Pékin n’hésite pas à les traquer et les intimider alors qu’ils vivent en Fran...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Germany @mariachristoph.bsky.social @sophiastahl.bsky.social found that authorities are aware of China-sponsored death threats, cyberattacks and coercion against dissidents but do little to protect the victims. @spiegel.de @papertrailmedia.de www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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(S+) China: So geht Peking systematisch gegen Dissidenten in Deutschland vor
Der chinesische Staat drangsaliert in Deutschland lebende Uiguren, Tibeter und Demokratieaktivisten. Deutsche Behörden wissen von Morddrohungen, Cyberattacken und Nötigung, die Opfer beklagen zu wenig...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Switzerland www.tdg.ch/geneve-la-ch...
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Comment la Chine utilise Genève et l’ONU pour surveiller et intimider ses opposants
Pékin étend son appareil de répression jusqu’en Suisse. Cibles prioritaires: les défenseurs des droits de l’homme. Révélations de l’enquête internationale «China Targets».
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Austria @stefanmelichar.bsky.social worked with ICIJ to uncover China's use of NGOs to stifle dissent inside the U.N. www.profil.at/investigativ...
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Falsches Spiel: Wie China Kritiker unterdrückt – sogar bei der UNO
Tabuthema Menschenrechte: Peking hat bei den Vereinten Nationen zig Schein-NGOs in Stellung gebracht. Sie loben die Regierung, attackieren Kritiker – und sollen Regimegegner ausgespäht und eingeschüch...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Hungary @direkt36.bsky.social found that the leader of a Hungarian organization was serving as a proxy, intimidating Tibetans www.direkt36.hu/en/kina-kulf...
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We Investigated China’s Foreign Intimidation Operations and Discovered the Leader of a Hungarian Organization - Direkt36
An international team of investigative journalists has looked into how China silences its critics living abroad. Direkt36 traced the head of an organization based in Hungary, who has also been in cont...
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Turkey @pelinunker.bsky.social helped us talk to Uyghurs under threat www.dwturkce1.com/tr/%C3%A7in-...
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Çin dünyadaki muhaliflerini nasıl bastırıyor? – DW – 28.04.2025
DW Türkçe'nin de dahil olduğu uluslararası araştırmacı gazetecilik oluşumu ICIJ, Çin'in muhaliflere yönelik baskı mekanizmasının ne kadar ayrıntılı ve sistematik çalıştığını ortaya koydu.
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Scilla Alecci @scillaa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Korea, Newstapa's Jiyoon Kim talked to Chinese nationals who applied for refugee status due to the ongoing threats from the Chinese government www.newstapa.org/article/hRbdT
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중국, 정부 주도로 '비밀경찰' 통해 반체제인사 탄압 의혹
중국, 정부 주도로 '비밀경찰' 통해 반체제인사 탄압 의혹
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