Tag: China Human Rights

Chinese in Australia Grateful for the Free Society on World Falun Dafa Day

A Chinese Australian living in Australia, who has experienced one of the biggest genocides in the modern world, shared her gratitude for the country’s free society. On May 9, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners in Sydney celebrated the upcoming World Falun Dafa Day on May 13 with a parade. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun…


After 1,000 Days of Detention, Calls Continue for CCP to Release Detained Australian Journalist

After 1,000 days of detention, public calls continue for the release of Chinese-Australian journalist Cheng Lei. “Today marks 1,000 days since Ms. Cheng was unjustly detained in China in August 2020,” said Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham. “It is impossible for any of us outside this situation to imagine…


Mass Movements Frighten the CCP, Activist Says

Ou Ronggui, one of the initiators and participants of the Guangzhou democratic movement—the Southern Street Movement (Movement), is living in exile in New Zealand after years of multiple imprisonments for his aspirations in democratic activities in China. Ou recently gave his account of the Movement to the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times. The…


IN-DEPTH: US Starts Dismantling the CCP’s Overseas ‘Mafia’ Apparatus

Yu Jing, who had escaped China after being persecuted for her faith, did not expect that she would feel her freedom threatened in her new-found home. Once an official with the state-run China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau in communist China, Yu lost her job and was subjected to three arrests and two house raids for her…


UK Stresses ‘Obligation to Engage’ Before 1st Ministerial Visit to Hong Kong Since Civil Rights Suppression

Britain has “an obligation to engage” with Hong Kong, a minister has said as he embarks on the first UK ministerial visit to the former colony since Beijing’s suppression of its civil rights. Investment minister Lord Dominic Johnson will discuss boosting trade in fintech and financial services with Hong Kong government representatives. He will be…


Policeman Involved in Religious Suppression Embraces the Persecuted Faith, Gets Tortured and Injected With Drugs

A veteran police officer in China who once followed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) orders to persecute Falun Gong adherents nearly lost his life on facing the same persecution after he began practicing the peaceful meditative system himself. Before his release, the prison authorities injected him with a nerve-damaging drug in their last-ditch effort to…


New Yorkers Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day, Sharing Joy and Beauty of the Practice

Over 1,000 adherents of the Falun Dafa spiritual practice celebrated World Falun Dafa Day on Sunday in New York City, sharing their joy with onlookers. World Falun Dafa Day falls annually on May 13, which is also the birthday of Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of the practice. The event is celebrated around the world. This…


Falun Gong Adherents Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day in New York

Over 1,000 adherents of the Falun Dafa spiritual practice celebrated World Falun Dafa Day on Sunday in New York City, sharing their joy with onlookers. World Falun Dafa Day falls annually on May 13, which is also the birthday of Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of the practice. The event is celebrated around the world. This…


China Ranks 2nd Worst in Latest World Press Freedom Index

China joined other communist states—Vietnam and North Korea—at the very bottom of the latest Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) World Press Freedom Index released on May 3, which was World Press Freedom Day. China ranked in 179th place on this year’s index of 180 countries and regions, one spot above North Korea and one place lower than…


UK Government Criticised for Inviting Chinese Vice President to Coronation

The UK government has been criticised for inviting a senior Chinese official responsible for human rights abuses in Hong Kong to the coronation of King Charles III. Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng was among the dignitaries from around the world invited to Westminster Abbey for the coronation on Saturday. Han led Hong Kong affairs for the…