Category: China Human Rights

US Universities Urged to Divest From China Over Human Rights Abuses

Bipartisan lawmakers, political figures, and advocates have called on American universities to divest from China over its human rights abuses. A letter from the Athenai Institute, a student-led advocacy group targeting Chinese influence on college campuses, to the presidents and governing boards of America’s leading public universities calls for divesting from all entities complicit in…


UN Rights Team in China Ahead of Xinjiang Visit

GENEVA—The U.N. human rights office has sent an advanced team to the Chinese city of Guangzhou where they are quarantining ahead of a visit to the Xinjiang region, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The team of five which arrived on Monday precedes an expected visit by the U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet initially programmed…


Australian Senator Rex Patrick Calls for Ban on Slave Labour Products

Independent senator for South Australia, Rex Patrick, has called on both the major Coalition and Labor parties to commit to a ban on products made through slave labour. Patrick said in a release on Saturday that “nobody wants to wear or use misery.” “Not only is the human cost of slave labour abhorrent, it also…


NZ Faces Global Pressure Over China Extradition Ruling

Politicians from Australia and European nations have penned a joint letter to the New Zealand (NZ) parliament urging against the extradition of a man to China. They warn that the credibility of diplomatic assurances by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been “consistently proven empty” and that by allowing the extradition to go forward, it…


Bearing Witness to a Historic Appeal, Campaign of Terror in Communist China

NEW YORK—Fears of police harassment and arrests have plagued 23-year-old Zhang Minghui ever since she turned one, the year Chinese police officers beat her father with wooden planks until his feet swelled up and turned a dark purple color, and burned his arm with a lighter. When she was not yet two years old, police…


China’s Persecution of Falun Gong Shows CCP Perceives Freedoms as Threat: Rep. Smith

The Chinese regime’s expansive attack on the faith group Falun Gong shows that Beijing perceives freedom to be a threat to its totalitarian control, according to Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.). The lawmaker also called on Congress to punish the communist regime for its forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners, a…


WTA Not Returning to China in 2022, Wants Resolution to Peng Case

The WTA is still working to find a resolution to the standoff with China over the Peng Shuai issue but will not return to the country this year, Tour chief Steve Simon said. Former doubles world number one Peng’s well-being became a concern for the WTA after she posted a message on social media last…


2,000 March in New York to Highlight Plight of Faith Group in China

NEW YORK—For New Yorkers walking on the streets of the city’s largest Chinatown on April 23y, their presence was hard to dismiss. With lion dancers and a marching band in sky-blue suits leading the way, the 2,000-strong crew marched through the Flushing community. On a float richly decorated with golden tassels, blue-gilded clouds, and large…


2,000 March in New York to Highlight Plight of Falun Gong Adherents in China

NEW YORK—For New Yorkers walking on the streets of the city’s largest Chinatown on April 23, their presence was hard to dismiss. With lion dancers and a marching band in sky-blue suits leading the way, the 2,000-strong parade marched through the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. On a float richly decorated with golden tassels, blue-gilded clouds,…


Shanghai Netizens: State Media Fake News of ‘Thousand Stores Reopened With Sufficient Food Supplies’

Shanghai, with a population of more than 26 million, has been under lockdown for almost 3 weeks, causing an increasingly dire situation. The local people are struggling for food, supplies, and access to medical care. The Chinese communist regime’s state TV network CCTV recently reported that more than 1,000 supermarkets and stores in Shanghai have…