Category: China Human Rights

Man Who Attacked Falun Gong Information Booths Arrested for Alleged Hate Crime in Flushing

NEW YORK—A man has been arrested four days after he violently tore up information stands in Flushing that were meant to highlight the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long-running persecution of the faith group Falun Gong. The attacker, 32-year-old Zheng Buqiu, was arrested at around noon on Feb. 15 at the crossing between Main Street and…


New York Man Charged With Hate Crime for Attacking Falun Gong Information Booths

NEW YORK—A man has been arrested four days after he violently tore up information stands in Flushing that were meant to highlight the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long-running persecution of the faith group Falun Gong. The attacker, 32-year-old Zheng Buqiu, was arrested at around noon on Feb. 15 at the crossing between Main Street and…


Hong Kong Police Arrest Singer for Alleged Sedition: Media

HONG KONG—Hong Kong police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 41-year-old man for suspected sedition and money laundering, whom local media identified as singer Tommy Yuen. The Hong Kong police’s national security department confirmed that a 41-year-old had been arrested for public comments and online posts that authorities deemed carried “seditious intent.” “He hoped…


‘We Have to Stop Letting Our Adversaries Push Us Around’: Rep. McClain On ‘Stop CCP Act’

Unsatisfied with what they see as the Biden administration’s tepid response to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) human rights abuses and violations of trade commitments, a group of GOP lawmakers is pushing tough new legislative measures that would penalize top CCP officials and their relatives. The members of Congress sponsoring the “Stop CCP Act” are Lisa…


Canadian Democracy Weakened Amid Pandemic: Report

The state of democracy in Canada has tumbled compared to the past, pushing it out of the top-10 most-stable democracies in the world, according to a new report that places the blame in large part on the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on personal freedoms and related public sentiment. On Feb. 10, London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)…


IOC Human Rights Audit Lacks Transparency and Credibility, Activists Say

In its Jan. 19 statement, the IOC said it conducted an audit on its suppliers of branded products with “due diligence”—a United Nations framework describing corporations’ responsibilities in upholding human rights—and “did not find any forced, bonded, indentured or child labor.” However, the IOC’s audit lacks both transparency in results and an “analysis of suppliers’…


1,828 Days of Torture in Heilongjiang Women’s Prison: Survivor’s Account

Under a miscarriage of justice, a Falun Gong adherent was sent to the Heilongjiang Women’s Prison in China’s northernmost province for five years—1,828 days—where she experienced abhorrent torture. “[Those] 1,828 days and nights, every minute, every second, every scene is deeply etched in my mind and will never be erased,” Chen Jing said after she was released…


1,828 Days of Torture in a Chinese Women’s Prison: Survivor’s Account

Under a miscarriage of justice, a Falun Gong adherent was sent to the Heilongjiang Women’s Prison in China’s northernmost province for five years—1,828 days—where she experienced abhorrent torture. “[Those] 1,828 days and nights, every minute, every second, every scene is deeply etched in my mind and will never be erased,” Chen Jing said after she was released…


UN Neglecting China’s Human Rights Abuses Due to Beijing’s Influence: Whistleblower

The United Nations (UN) is neglecting the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) human rights abuses, due to Beijing’s diplomatic and financial influence over the global body, according to whistleblower Emma Reilly. “There is an actual policy that the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the secretary general and various other senior officials, do not meet … with…


Media ‘Predictably Silent’ on Communist Flags Carried at Pro-Lockdown Protests: Jason Kenney

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the “media has been predictably silent” on the display of communist signs at pro-lockdown counter-protests in Ottawa, drawing a contrast to the wide condemnation of Nazi symbols that appeared in isolated incidents during the trucker protests, which Kenney said he had called on convoy organizers to disassociate themselves with. “Two…