Uyghurs and Tibetans demonstrate against China during a review of its rights record by the Human Rights Council, on the Place des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 6 November, 2018. Beijing-controlled organisations are increasingly being used to monitor and intimidate those planning to testify about alleged abuses, according to an investigation by the Washington Post. (Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi)

🇨🇳China deploys NGOs to squash criticism at UN organisations in Geneva. Nearly 60 Chinese-registered NGOs effectively function as extensions of the Chinese government or the Chinese Communist Party, in violation of UN rules, the findings of the investigation conducted in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists shows.

⚖️Israel's Gaza aid blockade contested in World Court hearings. A week of public hearings on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians opened yesterday, with the UN’s legal counsel stating that the country had a clear obligation as the occupier to facilitate aid while Israel’s foreign minister described the hearings as a circus.

🔎Threats, complaints, investigations and big money: Klaus Schwab and WEF affair turns into general chaos. Swiss-German media have revealed new elements in the growing saga unfolding at the organisation, triggered by the unexpected resignation of the WEF’s chairman and founder. Here are the key takeaways.

⚓UN group fires back over Trump's deep-sea mining plan. The International Seabed Authority warned of the legal as well as diplomatic and economic risks of Donald Trump’s controversial executive order last week aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters.