News Analysis After five years of terror against the Rohingya in Burma (also known as Myanmar), the U.S. government finally designated it as a genocide. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the determination on March 21 at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. The genocide designation took so long because Washington did not want…
‘The People of China Deserve Better’
“The Chinese communists game the system,” Rep. Chris Smith said. “People are afraid to stand up to them.” In this episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discusses human rights and China with Smith, a representative of New Jersey’s 4th district. For the past four decades, Smith has been one of Congress’s most vocal…
Russian No Show at UN Court Hearings on Ukrainian ‘Genocide’
THE HAGUE—Russia boycotted hearings at the U.N.’s highest court on Monday during which Ukraine is seeking an emergency order to halt hostilities, arguing that Moscow has falsely applied genocide law to justify its invasion. Hearings began at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) without legal representation for Russia. “The fact that Russia’s seats are empty…
Are Russian Forces Carrying Out Genocide in Ukraine?
Commentary On Feb. 27, three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian forces of carrying out a genocidal campaign. Are Zelensky’s claims valid? Are Russians forces committing acts of genocide on Ukrainian soil? I reached out to Alexa Koenig, a human rights expert, for comment on the matter. She told me that…
UN Whistleblower Details China’s Special Treatment on Human Rights | China Insider With David Zhang
A whistleblower says the United Nations (U.N.) is complicit in genocide for providing a list of names of those that speak against Beijing; others say China is co-opting international organizations. All the while, the U.N. is slowing their report of China’s human rights abuses, while the Olympic Games in China are going on. As human…
The Beijing Olympics Will Embolden the CCP, Just as the Berlin Games Emboldened Hitler
Commentary The Winter Olympics, or as some prefer, “the Genocide Games,” are in progress in Beijing, with participation from 91 countries. I generally eschew hyperbole, but my mind keeps straying to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, the first time in Olympic history that a boycott was proposed—but failed to launch—on human-rights abuse grounds. Hitler…
‘Shame on the IOC’: China Should Not Be Olympics Host, Former US Ambassador Says
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should never have allowed the Chinese regime to host the Olympic Games in China, said Andrew Bremberg, a former U.S. representative to the Office of the United Nations. “What else does a country need to do in terms of terrible human rights abuses and bad behavior to merit a response…
‘Shame on the IOC’: China Shouldn’t Be Olympics Host, Former US Ambassador Says
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should never have allowed the Chinese regime to host the Winter Olympic Games, according to Andrew Bremberg, a former U.S. representative to the Office of the United Nations. “What else does a country need to do in terms of terrible human rights abuses and bad behavior to merit a response…
‘Genocide Games’: Coalition of Human Rights Groups Holds Alternative Olympics Opening Ceremony
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…
Pelosi Slams IOC for Turning Blind Eye to Beijing’s Genocide
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) condemned the Chinese regime for gross human rights violations on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. “If we do not speak out against human rights violations in China because of commercial interests, we lose all moral authority to speak out against human rights violations anywhere,” Pelosi said. The remarks came during…
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