Australia currently has around 41,000 modern slaves, which is twice the figure recorded five years ago, a human rights report has shown. Walk Free, an international human rights group based in Perth has released the 2023 Global Slavery Index, raising the alarm about the state of modern slavery worldwide. Modern slavery refers to situations in…

Surveillance equipment made by companies linked to China’s communist regime has been found at Australia’s national broadcaster and is being dismantled, an internal audit has confirmed. Cameras made by Hikvision and Dahua were found to have been installed at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)’s headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney and two other locations. An ABC spokesman said…

On the eve of the 73rd anniversary National Day in Communist China, a total of nine British human rights organizations, including Hongkongers in Britain, Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, and Stop Uyghur Genocide, wrote to the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss. The organizations urged the British government to pay heed to the threats…

On China Insider, we take a look at the thousands of photos of Uyghur detainees—the youngest just 15 years old to as old as 73—from the Xinjiang police files, which also contain images of police drills and internal documents—and a shoot-to-kill order for anyone who attempts to escape. We speak with the Victims of Communism…

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is standing firm in support of an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would ban imports from the Chinese region of Xinjiang, where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long been imprisoning and torturing ethnic Uyghur Muslims in forced labor camps. The amendment, offered by Rubio, comes amid a larger…

The Conservative Party is seeking confirmation from the federal ethics commissioner as to whether clearance was sought on a book deal with a Chinese state-owned publishing house that republished Justin Trudeau’s private memoirs in 2016. “I am writing to you about concerns raised by an article published today in the Globe and Mail entitled ‘Justin…

An Australian Senate inquiry’s report on issues facing diaspora communities has recommended that the government consider increasing awareness of the National Security Hotline as a means of reporting foreign interference, particularly from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). While delivering the report to the Senate, the committee’s chair, Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching, said foreign interference proved…