Category: religious freedom

Falun Gong Adherents Brave Rain in Brooklyn to Denounce Chinese Communist Party’s Abuses

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.—Heavy rain and cold winds did not deter hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from parading down Brooklyn’s Chinatown on Oct. 2 to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s 23-year-long persecution of the spiritual group. Participants, drenched by the rain despite many of them wearing yellow plastic rain jackets, held…


UK Groups Jointly Urge Liz Truss to Hark Human Rights Concerns, Sanction CCP Officials and Publicly Stand Against CCP

On the eve of the 73rd anniversary National Day in Communist China, a total of nine British human rights organizations, including Hongkongers in Britain, Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, and Stop Uyghur Genocide, wrote to the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss. The organizations urged the British government to pay heed to the threats…


8 Lawmakers Call on State Department to Help Free Florida Resident’s Detained Father in China

Eight Florida lawmakers are urging the State Department to help free the father of a Sunshine State resident who has been detained in China for over a year amid the communist regime’s ongoing campaign targeting his faith. Zhou Deyong, a geological engineer, was one among nearly two dozen Falun Gong practitioners rounded up by police…


CCP ‘Clique’ Ringleaders Sentenced to Life in Prison Ahead of Party Congress

Two Chinese security officials are sentenced to life in prison over corruption charges ahead of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress in mid-October. Moreover, both officials were involved in the persecution of Falun Gong and some China observers believe they will soon be brought to justice for human rights abuses. Sun Lijun, former deputy…


‘Everyone Has a Right to Follow His Conscience’: Military Chaplains Sue Pentagon Over Vaccine Mandate

Forty-two military chaplains have sued the Department of Defense (DoD) over its vaccine mandate, arguing that it violates their Constitutional rights to freedom of belief and other laws protecting religious freedom. Vietnam War veteran and attorney Arthur A. Schulcz Sr. who is representing the chaplains said the chaplains are seeking a preliminary injunction to bar…


Religious Freedom Means Nothing If Religion Means Nothing

Commentary In August of 1790, President George Washington visited Rhode Island, which a few months earlier had ratified the U.S. Constitution. Among those who welcomed the new president was the Hebrew Congregation of Rhode Island, founded in 1763. Now known as the Touro Synagogue, it is the oldest standing synagogue in the nation. The synagogue’s…


1,850 Falun Gong Adherents Detained, Tortured, in 2 Months in China: Report

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began brutally suppressing believers of Falun Gong throughout the country in 1999, a campaign that continues to this day. From July 1 to August 31, at least 1,850 Falun Gong practitioners were harassed, detained, tortured, involuntarily had their blood tested, and were deprived of personal property and retirement pensions, according to…


1,850 Falun Gong Adherents Detained in 2 Months in China: Report

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began brutally suppressing believers of Falun Gong throughout the country in 1999, a campaign that continues to this day. From July 1 to August 31, at least 1,850 Falun Gong practitioners were harassed, detained, tortured, involuntarily had their blood tested, and were deprived of personal property and retirement pensions, according to…


Chinese Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng Bestowed Swedish Human Rights Award

Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was awarded a human rights prize by the Stockholm-based Foundation of Anna Dahlbäck Memorial Fund on Sept. 9. Yu, who’s based in Beijing, was unable to attend the Stockholm awards ceremony and he had someone else receive the award on his behalf. For his work as a human rights lawyer,…


IPAC Alliance To Campaign Globally Against CCP on Human Rights Violations

Politicians from around the world have agreed to campaign worldwide for the imposition of sanctions on Chinese human rights abusers under a multinational plan. The decision is part of the latest plan of action in response to the behaviour of Beijing from the global Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), which held its annual summit in…