Commentary The national mental health law—a reportedly much-heralded law in 2013—was supposed to put an end to a barbaric practice in China: the locking up of critics, petitioners, and the unwanted by police in psychiatric facilities better described as prisons from hell. A new report by NGO Safeguard Defenders shows the problem persists, and there’s…

Chinese police hunted then expelled multiple prominent dissidents from Beijing in the lead up to a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party, which is held from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11. The four-day closed-door meeting, also known as the sixth plenum of the 19th Central Committee, usually takes place once a year in the…

After more than a month since a devastating July flooding in China’s central Henan Province, residents are struggling to get displacement subsidies of a maximum of $162 per person. Heavy rainfall poured down from July 17 to July 20 in Henan. Floods affected half of Weihui city’s 600,000 residents, and displaced about one-third of the…

A Chinese petitioner was placed under mandatory quarantine after he was intercepted by authorities in Beijing and taken back to his hometown. He believes that the officials are restricting his freedom in the name of pandemic control. Chinese petitioners appeal to central authorities for the redress of their grievances, usually by traveling to Beijing’s government…

In all Chinese cities, local authorities consider it an important political task to intercept petitioners who appeal to the central government to address their grievances. They frequently travel to Beijing, the seat of the Communist Party government, to get their voices heard. But amid the latest resurgence of the CCP virus, Chinese officials are getting…

Xinyang Prison is described as the “worst” prison in China’s Henan Province. A human rights activist shared his father’s story with The Epoch Times, a former inmate who experienced and witnessed various abuses in the prison. Xing Jian is a human rights activist from Henan and currently lives in New Zealand. His father, Xing Wangli,…