Category: China Human Rights

Life Behind Bars of Detained Chinese-Australian Journalist Revealed

Media outlets have revealed the life of Cheng Lei behind bars. The Chinese-Australian journalist has been detained in Beijing for two years since 2020. The Daily Telegraph released its documentary, “Disappeared – The Cheng Lei Story,” on Aug. 24, which revealed the news anchor’s experience in custody. Cheng, 47, previously worked as an English-language anchor…


‘Eternal Spring’ Selected as Canada’s Submission for the Oscars

“Eternal Spring,” a film about a daring operation by a group of Chinese citizens who brought uncensored news to China, has been selected as Canada’s submission to the upcoming Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category. “It is with great enthusiasm that we announce that Eternal Spring (長春) was selected from among 16 films…


New Birth-Boosting Guidelines Reveal ‘Serious’ Population Issue in China: Experts

China’s top health body issued joint policy guidelines on its official website on Aug. 16 to encourage more births as part of the ruling communist party’s efforts to “promote long-term balanced development of the population.” The document, titled “Guidelines on Further Improving and Implementing Supportive Measures of Active Reproduction,” was jointly published by 17 different…


Search for Gao Zhisheng, ‘China’s Conscience,’ Five Years On

Gao Zhisheng, “China’s conscience,” was forcibly disappeared while under house arrest in 2017. It’s been five years and his wife, Geng He, continues her search for the brave Chinese human rights lawyer. Geng recently shared her thoughts about the search for Gao with the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times. She said she appreciated…


Wife of Disappeared Chinese Rights Lawyer Vows to Continue Searching For Him, 5 Years On

Gao Zhisheng, “China’s conscience,” was forcibly disappeared while under house arrest in 2017. It’s been five years and his wife, Geng He, continues her search for the brave Chinese human rights lawyer. Geng recently shared her thoughts about the search for Gao with the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times. She said she appreciated…


‘What My Family Has Been Through Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg’: A Young Woman’s Journey Through Fear

Hongyu Zhang will never forget the day in 2014 when she escaped China leaving her father behind, alone. Just 6 months prior, she lost her mother who died of torture in police custody.  Zhang, now a permanent resident of the United States, said that her biggest fear is losing connection with her father in China….


UN Expert Concludes ‘Forced Labor’ Has Taken Place in Xinjiang

BEIJING—It is “reasonable to conclude” that forced labor of members of minority groups has taken place in China’s western Xinjiang region, the UN’s top expert on slavery said in a report released this week. The findings were “based on an independent assessment of available information”, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery,…


CCP Develops ‘Torture Toolbox’ to Persecute Female Prisoner of Conscience, Husbands Calls for Immediate Release

MELBOURNE, Australia—The husband of a female Falun Gong practitioner has called on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to immediately release his wife following an horrendous account of sexual torture used against her and other Falun Gong adherents by CCP “trained personnel.” Speaking at a press conference outside the Chinese Consulate in Melbourne on Aug. 15,…


CCP Develops ‘Torture Toolbox’ to Persecute Female Prisoner of Conscience, Husband Calls for Immediate Release

MELBOURNE, Australia—The husband of a female Falun Gong practitioner has called on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to immediately release his wife following an horrendous account of sexual torture used against her by CCP “trained personnel.” Speaking at a press conference outside the Chinese Consulate in Melbourne on Aug. 15, the women’s husband Qi Xiong…


China Using Numerous Monitoring Cameras and Big Data to Suppress Religious Groups and Rights Defenders, Files Show

Rural areas of China’s eastern coastal Shandong Province have installed hundreds of thousands of surveillance cameras since 2013 as a part of its massive monitoring system, initiating a monitoring model which became known as the “Sharp Eyes Project.” The main targets of the system are Falun Gong adherents and rights defenders. Linyi City in Shandong…