Australian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has written to the U.S. embassy in Canberra to seek clarification about U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent remarks at a CNN town hall that purportedly described the Uyghur genocide in China as a matter of different cultural norms. On Feb. 16, while participating in a CNN town hall, Biden described a two-hour…
Australian Senator Seeks Clarity From US Embassy on Biden’s Stance on CCP’s Uyghur Genocide
MPs Pass Motion Declaring China’s Uyghur Persecution a Genocide
Most MPs have voted in favour of declaring Beijing’s oppression of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China a genocide. In the House of Commons on Monday, a majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion, which was tabled last week by the Conservatives to officially recognize that the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign against…
Kash Patel: Biden’s Stance on CCP’s Uyghur Genocide ‘a Serious Threat to the World’
President Joe Biden’s recent comments describing the Uyghur genocide in China as a matter of different cultural norms are allowing “outrageous conduct” to continue and pose “a serious threat to the world,” former Department of Defense Chief of Staff Kash Patel said in an interview on Sunday. “They are in genocide in China against the…
Two Liberal MPs Say They Will Vote to Recognize Uyghur Oppression as Genocide
Two Liberal MPs say they will be voting in favour of a motion put forward by the Conservatives to declare Beijing’s persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China a genocide. In the House of Commons on Feb. 18, Liberal MP John McKay expressed his support for the motion. He said the Chinese regime’s…
Two Liberal MPs Say They Will Vote to Recognize Uyghur Oppression a Genocide
Two Liberal MPs say they will be voting in favour of a motion put forward by the Conservatives to declare Beijing’s persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China a genocide. In the House of Commons on Feb. 18, Liberal MP John McKay expressed his support for the motion. He said the Chinese regime’s…
A Modern-Day Holocaust: China’s Genocide of Uyghurs and Falun Gong Adherents
A genocide similar to the Nazi-led holocaust is unfolding yet again but in a different guise. After living through the state-sanctioned systematic murder of 6 million Jews at ghettos, and concentration and extermination camps, the world cried “never again.” However, despite the strong pledge, we are now living right in the middle of two modern-day…
Pelosi: Speaking Up for Human Rights in China Is About ‘Honoring Our Values’
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Feb. 18 that protecting human rights in China is about promoting American values, as well as defending U.S. national security and the economy. “I’ve been working on human rights in China for over 30 years since Tiananmen Square. It’s really important for the world to know that human…
Supreme Court: Descendants May Not Sue in US for Property Seized by Nazis
The heirs of art dealers whose property was taken in Nazi-era Germany cannot pursue lawsuits seeking compensation from the government of that country in the courts of the United States, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Feb. 3. The ruling was a victory for the Trump administration, now out of power, which had opposed that legal stance,…
Canada Should Declare Beijing’s Oppression of Uyghurs a Genocide
Commentary In late January, chairman of the German Bundestag’s Committee on Foreign Affairs Norbert Röttgen and U.S. Republican Rep. Anthony Gonzalez published a letter signed by 70 other elected officials from G7 countries about the urgent need to co-ordinate and respond to Beijing’s various transgressions against the international order. The letter (among whose signatories are…
Modified Genocide Amendment Backed by Two-Thirds of Peers, to Go Back to Commons
An amendment aiming to stop and prevent the UK from doing bilateral trade with genocidal countries passed in the House of Lords on Tuesday by a two-thirds majority despite the Conservative government’s objection. A previous version of the amendment was passed on Dec. 7 by 287 votes to 161, before it was narrowly defeated in…
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