Just how much American soil does China control? And are the plots of land too close to U.S. military bases for comfort? The answer is: we don’t know, with our most recent data based on a two-year lag. How serious is this loophole to America’s homeland security? We break it down in this episode. Other…
Out-Of-Date Data on China-Owned U.S. Land: Report
Just how much American soil does China control? And are the plots of land too close to U.S. military bases for comfort? The answer is: we don’t know, with our most recent data based on a two-year lag. How serious is this loophole to America’s homeland security? We break it down in today’s episode. Other…
Hong Kong Does Not Care About the United Nations
Commentary This year marked the 34th anniversary of the June 4th incident, a 1989 student-led demonstration in China that resulted in bloody suppression and massacre. Since then, the annual June 4th candlelight vigil has been part of Hong Kong’s history until 2020, when the national security law banned such national security-threatening activities. However, with the…
Human Rights Bill C-281 Passes House Unanimously
A private member’s bill to strengthen Canada’s defence of human rights at home and abroad received unanimous support in the House of Commons and will proceed to the Senate. The International Human Rights Act (Bill C-281), sponsored by Conservative MP Philip Lawrence, completed its third reading on June 7. “I am proud to announce that…
Culture Wars Creating Increasing Dependence on Authority, Human Rights Barrister Says
The “choppy seas of the culture wars”are creating an increasing dependence on authority, a human rights barrister has said. Speaking to NTD’s “British Thought Leaders” programme, Anna Loutfi, barrister and head of legal at the Bad Law Project, said the insecurity people feel during the “highly polarized” political climate is not only blocking people from speaking…
IN-DEPTH: China Manipulates UN Human Rights System to Further Its Agenda, Experts Say
China’s communist regime is increasingly subverting procedures and norms related to human rights at global forums, including the United Nations, intending to advance its agenda and minimize scrutiny of its violations, according to experts and advocates. “Beijing will continue to write its own narratives, including on human rights, by framing a new order as she…
The Chinese Regime Is Committing Muslim Genocide, Biden and Islamic States Must Act
Commentary The Biden administration’s efforts to sustain a dialogue with Beijing must be questioned in light of the Chinese regime’s gross and consistent human rights violations against its own people. While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) consistently violates human rights and has done so since it came to power in 1949, the intense focus on…
MP Hopes Bill Will Lead to More Human Rights Violators Being Sanctioned
MP Garnett Genuis said he hopes a bill introduced in Parliament last summer will lead to more human rights violators getting sanctioned. Bill C-281, a private member’s bill introduced by Conservative MP Philip Lawrence, seeks to amend several laws and for the Canadian government to put human rights abuses at the forefront, addressing issues such as misinformation…
Christian Student’s Killers Released Unprosecuted as Murder Anniversary Passes
The killers of Nigerian college student Deborah Emmanuel were released in January due to the deliberate refusal of Sokoto state prosecutors to charge them, The Epoch Times has learned. Four days after Deborah Emmanuel was stoned at the entrance to Shehu Shegari Teachers College on May 12, 2022, the Sokoto Police announced they had apprehended and…
US Government Countering Transnational Repression With ‘Multi-Faceted Strategy,’ Says Dept of State Official
The U.S. government is targeting transnational repression—a tool authoritarian regimes use to silence dissent overseas— with a “multi-faceted strategy,” a hearing has been told. The strategy, outlined at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) hearing on “Transnational Repression of Freedom of Religion or Belief” on May 10, seeks to counter foreign attempts to…
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