Tag: religious freedom

How the Left Is Using the Bible to Say God Is Pro-Choice

Commentary Christians who are becoming aware of the left’s increasing tensions with the church should check out EpochTV’s latest series, “Church and State” presented by Lucas Miles, an ordained minister and best-selling author. In this episode, he breaks down pro-abortion arguments made by the left that God is pro-choice. Historically, the pro-choice argument has claimed…


Chinese YouTuber Twin Sisters Call For Family to Be Rleased From Chinese Prison

What do you think of when you see a pair of twin sisters in their 20s, who are popular YouTubers making entertainment videos? Beauty, youth, fame? These are some labels frequently associated with Huang Doudou and Huang Guoguo, who’re originally from the central Anhui Province in China and now reside in Sydney, Australia. The twin…


Chinese YouTuber Twin Sisters Call For Family to Be Released From Chinese Prison

What do you think of when you see a pair of twin sisters in their 20s, who are popular YouTubers making entertainment videos? Beauty, youth, fame? These are some labels frequently associated with Huang Doudou and Huang Guoguo, who’re originally from the central Anhui Province in China and now reside in Sydney, Australia. The twin…


Chinese Ambassador Says Taiwanese Who Pushed For Independence Will Be Punished

The Chinese Ambassador to Australia has explained that Taiwanese who seek independence would be punished if China took control of the area. Ambassador Xiao Qian said that the secessionists who sought to move Taiwan toward independence would be punished by the Chinese regime when the country was “reunified” with the mainland. “They are going to…


Why Does the Left Attack the Church and How Should Christians Respond?

Commentary Christians have been able to enjoy the separation of church and state in America for quite some time. Many Christians have taken this as a free pass to live out their beliefs and morals quietly in their personal lives, completely detached from the world of politics altogether. It is becoming increasingly more difficult in…


Chinese Woman in NY Pleads for Help to Rescue Sister Currently Detained by CCP

Na Lyu and Wei Lyu are sisters. The older sister Na lives in New York, and Wei lives in Harbin city in China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang. Na was notified by family members in China that Wei had been taken away from her apartment on July 11 by a dozen police, who had broken into…


‘Damning’: US Lawmakers Respond to UN Report on CCP Atrocities in Xinjiang

Lawmakers and the White House condemned atrocities committed against ethnic and religious minorities in China’s Xinjiang following the release of a U.N. report on human rights in the region. The report (pdf), published on Aug. 31 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, detailed abuses committed by the Chinese Communist…


China’s Treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity: UN

A number of “serious human rights violations” may have been committed against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, China, according to a new report by the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR). The 48-page report (pdf) was published on Aug. 31 by outgoing U.N. human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, shortly before the end of her term. Bachelet has…


Yeshiva University Asks Supreme Court to Block Order Forcing It to Recognize LGBTQ Club on Campus

New York City-based Yeshiva University filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 29 asking the court to stay a lower court order forcing it to recognize an LGBTQ student club. The application comes as the high court has become increasingly protective of constitutionally protected religious rights in recent years. Last year…


Human Rights Is the ‘Canary in a Coal Mine’: Nadine Maenza; China’s Human Rights Violations

We take a look at China’s human rights violations. I speak with Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos Foundation, and Nadine Maenza, president of the International Religious Freedom Secretariat. The two human rights champions discuss the crimes of forced organ harvesting committed by the Chinese Communist Party against prisoners of conscience, the genocide against…