Category: China Human Rights

Student Recounts Being Tortured at Psychiatric Hospital in China

He was just 24 when he returned to China. He had heard of the human rights violations there, and he believed that not getting involved in politics and religion would get him a free pass. But, his world turned upside down two years later. Zhu Shuang, a Chengdu City native, was imprisoned in a mental…


Labor Party Isolated, ‘Bullied’ Deceased Senator: Union Boss

A Victorian union boss has alleged that prior to the untimely passing of Kimberley Kitching, the senator—known internationally as a hawk on China issues—was facing isolation and bullying from her own party colleagues. Union boss Earl Setches said that Kitching was facing increased isolation by the party, given her more conservative leanings on many issues. “She…


UK Condemns China After Hong Kong Police Threaten to Jail UK Rights Activist

The UK has criticised the Beijing and Hong Kong authorities for issuing threats to a UK-based human rights group, calling such behaviour “unjustifiable.” Hong Kong Watch, an NGO which monitors the human rights situation in the former British colony, said in a statement on March 14 that it had “received a formal warning from the…


Hong Kong Police Threaten British Human Rights Activist, Ask to Remove Website

UK-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch (HKW) became the first foreign entity targeted under the new national security law China has imposed on Hong Kong. In a recent letter sent to Benedict Rogers, the co-founder and chief executive of the British NGO, Hong Kong police accused the group of “seriously interfering” in local affairs…


Chinese Student in Kyiv: I See the True Face of the Chinese Regime

“I used to be a patriotic, angry youth,” a Chinese student said from Kyiv. “I would fight immediately if anybody dared to say bad words about the Beijing authorities. Now, I will never believe in our regime. Never, never, never.” Mei Qinghe (pseudonym) told the Chinese-language Epoch Times in the phone interview on March 10 that she…


Chinese Student in Kyiv: I See the True Face of Chinese Regime

“I used to be a patriotic, angry youth,” a Chinese student said from Kyiv, Ukraine. “I would fight immediately if anybody dared to say bad words about the Beijing authorities. Now, I will never believe in our regime. Never, never, never.” Mei Qinghe (a pseudonym) told the Chinese-language Epoch Times on March 10 that she fully…


Children in China Contract Leukemia After Taking Chinese Vaccines

After receiving her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Li Jun’s 4-year-old developed a fever and coughs, which quickly subsided after intravenous therapy at the hospital. But after the second shot, the father could tell something was wrong. Swelling appeared around his daughter’s eyes and did not go away. For weeks, the girl complained about…


Children in China Diagnosed With Leukemia After Taking Chinese Vaccines

After receiving her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Li Jun’s 4-year-old developed a fever and coughs, which quickly subsided after intravenous therapy at the hospital. But after the second shot, the father could tell something was wrong. Swelling appeared around his daughter’s eyes and did not go away. For weeks, the girl complained about…


‘Very Proud’ of Work Advising Huawei on Meng Wanzhou Case, Charest Says at Tory Leadership Campaign Launch

Conservative Party leadership candidate Jean Charest says he is “very proud” of his work advising Chinese telecom giant Huawei on the Meng Wanzhou extradition case. “What we did in Huawei, I’m very proud with what we did in helping to sort out the situation of Ms. Meng Wanzhou,” the former Quebec premier told reporters at…


Activist Shareholder Accuses Disney of ‘Complicity in China Genocide’

An activist shareholder put forward a resolution at the Walt Disney Company’s annual shareholder meeting on March 9 that sought to require the company to make more disclosures about what it is doing to gauge the impact of its activities on the human rights situation in countries like China. The measure was introduced by the…