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>>mhb+(OP)
> As of Saturday, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said it had confirmed 5,459 deaths and is investigating 17,031 more.

The 30,000 number comes from the Ministry of Health. It seems the UN number also aligns with the new 30,000 number. This is much worse than the 3,000 that was reported earlier. But it also seems like the crackdown is over now, and we're still just counting deaths from Jan 8 and 9.

I compare this to the recent protests in Bangladesh, where Sheikh Hasina ordered the military to shoot the protesters and the military refused. The difference between these two countries is proof that people do have the ability to disobey orders from authoritarian leaders, and that decision can have a huge impact.

>>fireja+85
Isn't HRANA funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a well-known CIA front?

>>Gordon+8e
Is it really a gotcha that CIA is pushing money towards orgs that are in opposition to a US adversary? Is the French resistance during ww2 tainted because they received support from OSS?

>>tokai+hh
Kind of. The US isnt helping push back a horde of Nazi invaders this time.

They're trying into install a literal monarchy on behalf of a regime which is guilty of committing a Nazi style genocide.

Probably a little skepticism is warranted on their casualty figures.