Tag: China Human Rights

Australia Denies Asylum to Defecting Chinese Spy Wang Liqiang

Wang Liqiang, who publicly defected from Beijing on Australian national television, has been denied asylum. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) said Wang could not be granted refugee status despite having “well-founded” concerns about returning to China because he committed fraud before entering Australia on a tourist visa, The Daily Telegraph reported. The AAT also doubted…


State-Led Forced Organ Harvesting in China Amounts to Crime of Genocide: Experts

As compelling evidence points to the Chinese regime’s practice of live organ harvesting on prisoners of conscience, a group of experts concludes that the regime intends to eradicate Falun Gong adherents. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline consisting of meditative exercises and moral teachings. It grew in popularity during the…


CCP Uses Religion as a ‘Means to a Political End’: US Factsheet

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a “Religious Freedom in China” factsheet in December. Entitled “State-Controlled Religion and Religious Freedom Violations in China,” it discusses China’s state-controlled “patriotic religious associations” and their role in what it calls the “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom” in China. Under the Chinese Communist Party’s…


CCP Uses Religion as ‘Means to a Political End’: US Religious Freedom Commission

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a “Religious Freedom in China” factsheet in December. Entitled “State-Controlled Religion and Religious Freedom Violations in China,” it discusses China’s state-controlled “patriotic religious associations” and their role in what it calls the “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom” in China. Under the Chinese Communist Party’s…


China ‘Disturbed’ by Turkey’s Support for Uyghurs: Turkish Minister

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “disturbed” by Turkey’s support for Uyghurs, one of China’s largest Muslim minorities, as Turkey refused to extradite Turkic Uyghurs to China, a Turkish official said on Dec. 29. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that claims about Turkic Uyghurs being extradited to China were “a total lie” and that…


Hong Kong to Reopen Border With Mainland Amidst China’s Surge of COVID-19 Infections

Hong Kong is set to reopen its borders with Mainland despite the surge in COVID-19 infections. It’s in contrast to nations worldwide tightening entry restrictions for Chinese visitors. Experts expressed concerns that the actual COVID-19 situation in mainland China is much more severe than imagined. With the doubtful official figures of confirmed cases and deaths,…


Blacklisted Chinese Hikvision Aids PRC Police to Track Protesters, Falun Gong

Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision has activated alarms to aid the Chinese regime in tracking protesters and Falun Gong adherents, according to the latest report from Pennsylvania-based video surveillance information company IPVM. Protest activities subjected to alarm include “gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places,” “unlawful assembly, procession, demonstration,” and threats to “petition,” among…


Italy Mandates COVID Testing of All China Arrivals After Half of Passengers on Two Flights From China to Milan Tested Positive

Italy has ordered mandatory COVID-19 testing of all travelers arriving from China, where the number of cases is surging, the health minister announced on Dec. 28. Despite the COVID outbreak continuing to spread in China, Beijing announced the easing of restrictions on international travel on Tuesday, sparking global concerns. Several other countries, including Japan, India,…


Italy Mandates COVID Testing of All China Arrivals

Italy has ordered mandatory COVID-19 testing of all travelers arriving from China, where the number of cases is surging, the health minister announced on Dec. 28. Despite the COVID outbreak continuing to spread in China, Beijing announced the easing of restrictions on international travel on Tuesday, sparking global concerns. Several other countries, including Japan, India,…


Podcast Reveals Modern Day Slavery at CCP-Controlled Cobalt Mines in the Congo

A revealing podcast has again brought to light the problem of slavery at Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-owned cobalt mines in the Congo and the hypocrisy of green energy advocates. Siddharth Kara, author of Cobalt Red: How The Blood of The Congo Powers Our Lives and a visiting Harvard professor, told his host Joe Rogan about his research and…