Новости за 20.11.2021

In the coming days, President Joe Biden is “expected to announce” that the administration will be imposing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, as “a way to respond to the Chinese government’s human rights abuses.” What this means in practice is that come February, the president and other government officials will not attend or send a delegation to the games, though U.S. athletes will likely still travel and compete in Beijing. The administration has ample cause to act against these abuses... Читать дальше...

This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, where Aaron Miguel Cantú is a Puffin reporting fellow.

Earlier this month, Project Veritas, best known for their made-for-right-wing-media “stings,” became an unlikely focus of press-freedom debates. The Justice Department reportedly raided the homes of founder James O’Keefe and two of his associates as part of an investigation into the alleged theft of a diary owned by Ashley Biden, President Joe Biden’s daughter. That move drew strong critiques of the Justice Department and the Biden administration from press-freedom watchdogs.