Category: China Human Rights

Lawmakers Around the World Mark 23-Year ‘Solemn Anniversary’ of CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong

Lawmakers around the world issued a statement on July 20 to commemorate those who have suffered at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the 23rd anniversary of the persecution of Falun Gong. “Today marks the solemn anniversary of the beginning of the Chinese government’s brutal campaign of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. 23…


23 Years of CCP Persecution: How Falun Gong Practitioners Became the ‘Most Oppressed Group in Chinese Society’

Tortured, beaten, imprisoned, killed, and ostracized. Falun Gong practitioners have routinely suffered these abuses at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the past 23 years. Their accounts of persecution include being sentenced to forced labor camps, shocked with electric batons, deprived of sleep, raped, denied employment or expelled from school, among many…


23 Years of CCP Persecution: How Falun Gong Became the ‘Most Oppressed Group in Chinese Society’

Tortured, beaten, imprisoned, killed, and ostracized. Falun Gong practitioners have routinely suffered these abuses at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the past 23 years. Their accounts of persecution include being sentenced to forced labor camps, shocked with electric batons, deprived of sleep, raped, denied employment or expelled from school, among many…


‘To Cicadas’ Poet Allegedly Insults Xi Jinping: China’s Heightened Political Sensitivity

A poem about cicadas turns out to be politically sensitive, and the author was forced to apologize. According to internet users, the poem implicitly insults Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader. However, nothing in the poem openly suggests so, so what gives? I’ll break down how a poem about cicadas and the summer heat turns out…


40 Parliamentarians Urge Canadian Government to ‘Condemn the CCP’s Continued Attack’ on Falun Gong

Forty Canadian parliamentarians from various parties are urging the federal government to call on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to end its persecution of Falun Gong adherents in China. They also want Global Affairs to include a specific mention of Falun Gong among other persecuted groups in its China policy framework. “We, the undersigned parliamentarians, urge…


The Justice Anniversary that Tolls for All

Commentary Every year on July 20, there is a reminder that there is an ongoing persecution in the world. On that day in 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) set about trying to eliminate Falun Gong in China and all who practised it. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient Chinese spiritual…


Weep for the Souls of the Falun Gong and Other Persecuted Minority Groups in China

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been emboldened by the world’s lack of serious response to their crimes against humanity. Let’s face it: the CCP has been guilty of crimes against humanity virtually since its inception—especially since assuming control of China at the point of the gun in 1949. Estimates vary, but as many…


Real Estate ‘Time Bomb’ and Mortgage Boycott by Homeowners in China; Enes Freedom on Human Rights

China is facing a growing mortgage strike. Unfinished homes and growing resentment toward banks and developers may be a ticking time bomb. For the Chinese regime, a third of the economy is on the line, with upward of $2 trillion in home loans. Meanwhile, the protest over what Chinese residents call “rotten tail buildings” reaches…


China Book Review: Nury Turkel’s ‘No Escape’

Commentary Nury Turkel was a Uyghur boy once from the city of Kashgar, China. To be sure, he was no ordinary Uyghur. His father was a math teacher. Turkel worked for an American consulting company in Beijing. But then, no Uyghur is ordinary anymore. They are all under the terrifying pall of genocide imposed by…


Falun Gong Adherents Hold Large-Scale Parade in Toronto, Call for End of Persecution Campaign in China

A rally followed by a parade consisting of roughly 1,200 Falun Gong adherents was held in downtown Toronto on July 17 to call for an end to the ongoing persecution campaign launched by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against adherents in China 23 years ago. During the rally, held outside the Ontario legislature in Queen’s…