Category: China Human Rights

Director of ‘Unsilenced’ Reveals What Propelled His Movie

This movie tells of the experience of a Tsinghua University student who spent 8 years of his youth behind bars and the story of an American journalist, sick of the Chinese Communist Party’s lies, who penetrated the regime’s scrupulous surveillance system and brought the truth back to America. The winding story that tugs at the…


Beijing Migrant Worker’s Search for Son Sparks Outrage, Sympathy

The story of a migrant worker in Beijing who caught COVID-19 while searching for his missing son provoked shock and sympathy on social media on Jan. 20, and drew attention to the hardships faced by the floating populations in China’s big cities. On Wednesday, city officials said that an asymptomatic case of the novel coronavirus…


Sheridan’s Award-Winning 3D Animation Student Calls for Release of Mom Jailed in China

An award-winning young digital animation student whose family has suffered spiritual persecution for decades in China arrived in Canada in August 2020 to avoid harassment and secure her future. But nearly a year later, she learned her mother was, once again, placed in detention. This is her story. The talented 24-year-old student at world-renowned Sheridan…


‘A Global Regime of Political Terror’: Beijing Forcibly Brought Back 10,000 Citizens From Overseas Since 2014, Report Says

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has captured nearly 10,000 “fugitives” from abroad since 2014, in a campaign employing methods ranging from kidnapping to intimidating families, according to a new report. Under the guise of an anti-corruption campaign, the Chinese regime launched Operation Fox Hunt in 2014, followed by a broader Operation Sky Net in 2015,…


Chinese Rights Activist Officially Arrested 2 Days After Terminally Ill Wife Dies in United States

A well-known Chinese rights activist and lawyer has been formally arrested by the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, just two days after his terminally ill wife passed away in the United States. Yang Maodong—also known by the pen name Guo Feixiong—was officially arrested on Jan. 12 after being secretly detained and held for allegedly “inciting subversion…


US Lawmakers Call Tesla Expansion in Xinjiang ‘Misguided’

WASHINGTON—The chairmen of two congressional panels on oversight and trade on Thursday assailed Tesla’s expansion in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, where detention camps have drawn heavy criticism, and asked the electric car maker about its Chinese product sourcing. “Your misguided expansion into the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region sets a poor example and further empowers the…


Beijing Sentences Falun Gong Practitioner to 8 Years in Prison Ahead of Olympic Games

A Beijing court has sentenced a Falun Gong practitioner to eight years in prison two weeks before the 2022 Winter Olympics. The heavy-handed sentence again spotlights the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights violations as the country seeks to glorify its political image during the upcoming Games, said Wu Shaoping, a Chinese human rights lawyer in…


Laura Harth Explains China’s ‘Involuntary Return’ of Overseas Nationals and Dissidents

An explosive report details China’s secret operation around the world targeting overseas Chinese nationals. The goal is to force those who speak up against the regime back to China. Since 2014, the Chinese regime has systematically organized this overseas operation, legalizing the use of kidnapping overseas. Join me and Laura Harth, campaign director at Safeguard…


Canada’s Next China Ambassador Must Be a ‘Professional Diplomat,’ O’Toole Says

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says Canada’s next ambassador to China must be a “professional diplomat” who is capable of safeguarding Canadian interests and standing up to the Chinese communist regime. “I think we need a professional diplomat that can be in Beijing to assert our interests, to make sure that our voice is heard, and that…


Campaign to Protect US Athletes Against China’s ‘Genocide Games’ and Omicron in Beijing

The Chinese Communist Party has long been criticized for its record of crimes against humanity. And today, voices of concern over athletes attending the Beijing 2022 are getting louder. A new campaign aims to protect the safety of athletes in Beijing, at a time where a virus outbreak and multiple human rights abuses are happening…