Category: China Human Rights

Chinese Regime Forces Monks and Tibetans to Witness the Demolition of Buddha Statue

The Chinese regime forced Tibetan monks and Tibetan people to watch the demolition process of a 99-foot tall Buddha statue at Thoesam Gatsel temple in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in December. The Buddha statue was built after the regime approved the project in 2015, and has special meaning for local Tibetan monks and…


How Communist China Manipulates the Narrative About China in the West—Leon Lee Talks New Film, “Unsilenced”

“We often talk about how truth will prevail … but lies are sometimes more powerful. … If you don’t make a conscious effort to seek out truth, to speak the truth, sometimes you can be surrounded by lies to the point that you can no longer tell [them] apart.” In this episode, we sit down…


Dying Patients Denied Care in Locked-Down Xi’an Sparks Public Outrage

On New Year’s Day in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an, a woman who was eight months pregnant miscarried while waiting in the freezing cold outside a hospital. She had been denied entry because her negative COVID-19 test result was invalid by a few hours. One hand supported her belly as she leaned on the…


Dying Patients Declined Care in Locked Down Xi’an Spark Anger and Despair

On New Year’s Day in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an, an eight-month pregnant woman miscarried while waiting in the freezing cold outside of a hospital door. She was denied entry because her negative COVID-19 test result was invalid by a few hours. She had one hand supporting her belly as she leaned her body…


Denial of Care for Dying Patients in Locked-Down Xi’an Sparks Anger, Despair

On New Year’s Day in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an, a woman who was eight months pregnant miscarried while waiting in the freezing cold outside a hospital. She had been denied entry because her negative COVID-19 test result was invalid by a few hours. One hand supported her belly as she leaned on the…


NY Resident’s Mother Takes Own Life After Detention in Chinese Brainwashing Center

NEW YORK—On Liu Danbi’s 31st birthday in December—the first that passed without a birthday wish from her mother—she did not cry. She said her tears had run out long ago. Liu had not seen her mother face-to-face since they parted at the airport in China seven years ago, before she boarded the flight for New…


Mother of NY Resident Takes Own Life After Detention in Chinese Brainwashing Center

NEW YORK—On Liu Danbi’s 31st birthday in December—the first that passed without a birthday wish from her mother—she did not cry. She said her tears had run out long ago. Liu had not seen her mother face-to-face since they parted at the airport in China seven years ago, before she boarded the flight for New…


Mother of NY Resident Takes Own Life After Torment in Chinese Brainwashing Center

NEW YORK—On Liu Danbi’s 31st birthday in December—the first that passed without a birthday wish from her mother—she did not cry. She said her tears had run out long ago. Liu had not seen her mother face-to-face since they parted at the airport in China seven years ago, before she boarded the flight for New…


NY Resident Loses Mother Following Torment in Chinese Brainwashing Center

NEW YORK—On Liu Danbi’s 31st birthday in December—the first that passed without a birthday wish from her mother—she did not cry. She said her tears had run out long ago. Liu had not seen her mother face-to-face since they parted at the airport in China seven years ago, before she boarded the flight for New…


Uyghurs in Turkey File Criminal Complaint Against Chinese Officials

ISTANBUL—Nineteen people from China’s Uyghur Muslim ethnic group filed a criminal complaint with a Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday against Chinese officials, accusing them of committing genocide, torture, rape, and crimes. Lawyer Gulden Sonmez said it was necessary because international bodies had not acted against the Chinese communist regime, who has been accused of facilitating forced…