Category: religious freedom

PREMIERING NOW: How China’s Operation Rooms Became Execution Grounds: Dr. Torsten Trey on the CCP’s Lucrative Organ Trade

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Sixteen years ago, the first whistleblowers emerged from China with a story few could believe: the Chinese communist regime was killing Falun Gong practitioners for their organs. What have we learned since then? I sit down with Dr. Torsten Trey, co-founder and executive…


How China’s Operation Rooms Became Execution Grounds: Dr. Torsten Trey on the CCP’s Lucrative Organ Trade

Sixteen years ago, the first whistleblowers emerged from China with a story few could believe: the Chinese communist regime was killing Falun Gong practitioners for their organs. What have we learned since then? I sit down with Dr. Torsten Trey, co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, which just released…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: How China’s Operation Rooms Became Execution Grounds: Dr. Torsten Trey on the CCP’s Lucrative Organ Trade

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Sixteen years ago, the first whistleblowers emerged from China with a story few could believe: the Chinese communist regime was killing Falun Gong practitioners for their organs. What have we learned since then? I sit down with Dr. Torsten Trey, co-founder and executive…


B.C. Mom Who Sued School District Over Indigenous Ceremony Loses Appeal

A Vancouver Island mother sued her children’s school district for holding an Indigenous ceremony that she said was of a spiritual nature, allegedly violating her children’s right to religious freedom. After years of litigation, B.C.’s highest court dismissed her appeal on Monday. Candice Servatius of Port Alberni had enlisted the help of the Alberta-based Justice…


NTD News Today (Dec. 12): Court Permanently Blocks Transgender Mandate; Strategists Weigh in on Recent Democrat Departures

A federal appeals court has permanently blocked the Biden administration’s transgender mandate. It would have forced doctors to perform gender-transition procedures and made insurers pay for them. The court based its decision on constitutional protections of religious freedom. Political strategists weigh in on politicians leaving the Democratic Party. Is it about the party itself? Or is it…


‘This Is My Family’: An American’s Story Defending Freedom in China and US

For 54 years, China was not on Gail Rachlin’s radar. Then, in the fall of 1997, it entered her life unexpectedly. At a health expo at New York City’s Javits Center, she was looking for business opportunities and health solutions for herself and noticed a young man at a booth. A former public relations (PR)…


US Sanctions CCP Official for Persecuting Falun Gong

The United States has sanctioned a Chinese official for his role in persecuting the faith group Falun Gong, which the communist party ruling China has targeted in an unrelenting eradication campaign for more than 23 years. Tang Yong, formerly a deputy director of the Chongqing Area Prisons in southwestern China, is now designated a gross…


At All Costs: A CCP Leader’s War Against Faith

For as many as 100 million Chinese, the year 1999 was a watershed moment in their lives. That year, a massive nationwide persecution began under the orders of Jiang Zemin, then the Chinese Communist Party boss, a campaign that indiscriminately targeted adherents of the spiritual practice Falun Gong. Jiang, described by some rights advocates as…


Capitol Report: Arkansas City Elects 18-Year-Old Mayor; Same-Sex Marriage Codified, Concerns Over Religious Liberty

Landmark legislation codifying same-sex marriage passes the House, and now it’s off to the White House. Concerns linger over protections for religious liberty. President Joe Biden hailed the release of American basketball player Brittney Griner. But controversies arise as some Republicans question the deal made with Russia. The House Ethics Committee is investigating Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria…


Persecution of Falun Gong Laid Groundwork for China’s Digital Totalitarianism

News Analysis Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin recently passed away, leaving behind a legacy that includes ushering China into a modern surveillance state. “Jiang took critical steps in the early days of the internet in China to build the system today known as the Great Firewall, cutting off Chinese users from the rest of the…