Twenty-one governments belonging to the Media Freedom Coalition have issued a joint statement expressing their “deep concern” over Hong Kong authorities’ and the Chinese Community Party’s (CCP) ongoing censorship and suppression of the media of Hong Kong. While much of the world focuses its attention on the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Hong Kong reels from…
Broad Coalition of Governments Denounces CCP’s Attacks on Press Freedom in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Residents Raid Supermarket Shelves as COVID-19 Surge Disrupts Supplies
HONG KONG—Hong Kong residents crowded supermarkets and neighborhood fresh food markets on Monday to stock up on vegetables, noodles ,and other necessities after a record number of COVID-19 infections in the city and transport disruptions at the border with mainland China. The city of 7.5 million people reported a record 614 coronavirus cases on Monday,…
‘Genocide Games’: Coalition of Human Rights Groups Holds Alternative Olympics Opening Ceremony
February 5, 2022
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As the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics was taking place in Beijing on Feb. 4, a coalition of human rights groups held their version of a ceremony outside the Chinese embassy in Ottawa on the same day, calling the international sporting event the “Genocide Games.” The half-hour ceremony, co-organized by advocacy groups such as…
Hong Kong’s Fixation on Zero-COVID Could Shake Its Economy, Survey Says
Hong Kong’s dogged pursuit of zero-COVID has put its economy in serious trouble. A poll shows over 40 percent of business people surveyed said they are inclined to leave the territory. A growing number of European countries and Israel have started to remove COVID-19-related restrictions, including vaccine passports and safety mask mandates. Yet, Hong Kong…
Human Rights Groups Protest Outside of Chinese Consulate on Eve of Beijing Olympics
February 4, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A crowd of human rights activists chanted “Free Tibet, free Uyghur, free Taiwan, free Hong Kong, free East Turkestan” in front of the Chinese Consulate in downtown Los Angeles on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. On Feb. 3, a coalition of 15 human rights groups gathered outside 443 Shatto Place, one of China’s…
Australian Human Rights Groups Rally to Call for Boycott of the ‘Genocide Games’
February 4, 2022
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The Beijing Winter Olympics will open on the evening of Feb. 4 amidst a wave of international boycotts, with a number of Australian human rights groups joining together to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continued human rights violations. Human rights activists from Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan, and mainland China held a rally at…
Chinese National Sentenced to Jail for Conspiracy to Defraud Apple With Counterfeits
February 1, 2022
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A Chinese national was sentenced to just over two years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $2 million on Feb. 1, after being found guilty of defrauding Apple out of more than $1 million. A joint announcement by the U.S Attorney’s Office, Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service, said that Wu…
CCP Threatens Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen and Christian Churches
Commentary During the final week of January, an ominous series of articles in Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper owned by China’s liaison office, accuse Cardinal Joseph Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, and Christian churches there of inciting student riots against repressive measures in 2019. Four vitriolic articles, all underscoring the need for…
Hong Kong Home Affairs Chief Resigns After COVID-Hit Birthday Bash Scandal
HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s Secretary for Home Affairs resigned on Monday weeks after attending the birthday party of a delegate to the Chinese regime’s rubber-stamp legislature, where two of some 200 guests tested positive for COVID-19. Caspar Tsui was among 15 officials who went to the 53rd birthday of Witman Hung, a city delegate to the…
Religious Groups Call for Amnesty for Hongkongers Charged Under National Security Law
HONG KONG—A coalition of Christians and Catholics on Monday called on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to drop charges against media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other political activists jailed or in custody under a Chinese-regime-imposed national security law. The petition by more than a dozen Christian and Catholic groups and leaders was handed to a…
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