Category: china human rights abuses

LIVE: Atrocities of the CCP

The “Atrocities of the CCP” event (hosted by the Berkeley College Republicans) will take place on April 15 from 6 p.m. PT to 8 p.m. PT (9 p.m. ET to 11 p.m. ET) on Berkeley’s campus in California. The event will be livestreamed on this page and on The Epoch Times and NTD home pages. The…


LIVE: Survivors Recount Atrocities of the Chinese Communist Party

The “Atrocities of the CCP” event (hosted by the Berkeley College Republicans) will take place on April 15 from 6 p.m. PT to 8 p.m. PT (9 p.m. ET to 11 p.m. ET) on Berkeley’s campus in California. The event will be livestreamed on this page and on The Epoch Times and NTD home pages. The…


LIVESTREAM ALERT: Atrocities of the CCP

The “Atrocities of the CCP” event (hosted by Berkeley College Republicans) will take place on April 15, 2022, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Berkeley’s campus in California and will be livestreamed on https://www.theepochtimes.com/live and https://www.ntd.com/live-videos. The event will feature: Bob Fu (who will be speaking about his story on religious persecution and genocide in China), Mr. Fang…


Canada Seizes Goods Produced by Slave Labour in China

For the first time since laws prohibiting the import of products believed to have been manufactured by slave labour were established in 2020, a shipment of goods from China has been seized by Canada.  The ban was put in place by the trilateral USMCA trade deal signed by Canada in 2018, although the prohibition did…


Ireland’s Hazel Chu Right to Condemn China’s Abuses

Commentary The chairwoman of Ireland’s Green Party, Hazel Chu, recently compared China’s internment of the Uyghurs to the Tiananmen Square massacre. Chu is right to condemn the repression of the Uyghurs, which ought to be more widely recognized as a genocide. Chu, who just completed her term as Mayor of Dublin, pronounces freely on foreign…


China Violates International Laws Against Forced Repatriation to North Korea

Commentary China is forcing North Korean refugees back to the Hermit Kingdom, which almost certainly detains and tortures them, or worse, upon their arrival. This violates international laws against the forcible return of refugees, known as refoulement, and provides yet another reason to sanction China economically, including towards a gradual yet complete economic decoupling at…


China’s Rapidly Deteriorating Criminal Justice System, and How It Will Affect the Outside World

Commentary Ever since Xi Jinping consolidated his power, China’s already flawed and fragile criminal justice system deteriorated significantly. Not only have new extra and outright illegal methods of detention and investigation been installed, but existing due process requirements and legal safeguards have been further hollowed out. Safeguard Defenders has been at the forefront with a…


New Zealander Asks PM, Foreign Minister, Others to Pressure Beijing for Release of His Father

A Chinese refugee who has been taken in by New Zealand has written to New Zealand’s prime minister, foreign minister, and others, asking for their help in pressuring Beijing to immediately release of his father, a human rights activist who remains detained in his homeland China. Xing Jian, a new permanent residence in Wellington, New…


Under CCP’s Totalitarian System, Injustice Prevails in China

Commentary Under the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) totalitarian system, justice is often dispensed in the opposite way from what most people would expect. In many cases, hard-working citizens who stand up for their rights are sent to prison rather than the true perpetrators. There are a number of examples of this injustice happening in China…


Safeguard Canadian Research From CCP Theft and Exploitation, Says Alberta Advanced Education Minister

Alberta’s minister of advanced education is taking action to address concerns that Canadian research is being stolen by the Chinese regime or, even worse, being used by the communist state for military purposes or in human rights violations. “We do have a problem, not just in Alberta but across Canada,” Demetrios Nicolaides told The Epoch…