Tag: religious freedom

The 36 Who Dared: Fighting for Freedom in the Heart of Red China

Carrying a large backpack, and clutching a travel guide in one hand, Canadian Joel Chipkar looked the part of a typical tourist. The brown-haired 33-year-old real estate broker, wearing a black jacket and khaki pants, walked briskly to Tiananmen Square, the heart of China’s capital that just over a decade ago had been reddened by…


‘Save My Mother’: Toronto Student Seeks Help for Mother Persecuted in China

A Toronto college student is speaking out against the Chinese regime’s arbitrary detention of her mother for her belief in Falun Gong. “Today, I am sharing the story about me and my family. But this is also the story of countless Falun Gong practitioners over the past twenty years,” Liu Mingyuan said on Nov. 18…


Australian Faith Based Schools To Have Discretionary Hiring Protections Under Religious Discrimination Bill

The revamped religious discrimination bill will allow schools to hire people on the basis of faith but will not shield employees from prosecution for making statements of belief that might offend others, Education Minister Alan Tudge said. The bill would also not allow a school to reject a teacher based on their sexuality or other traits,…


Christian Organization Debuts in Orange County With Stand for Religious Freedom

FULLERTON, Calif.—About 250 people attended the inauguration of the International Christian Ambassadors Association (ICAA) in Fullerton, California, on Nov. 13. The ceremony highlighted the persecution of Christians in India and the necessity of religious freedom around the world. “In the last 75 years of Indian independence, Christians in India have never faced such shocking levels…


101 Falun Gong Practitioners Dead in Past 10 Months Amid Persecution

In the past 10 months, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted to death 101 Falun Gong practitioners, according to Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that documents the nationwide campaign. The death cases involved 54 cities in 24 provinces. The majority of cases were concentrated in northeastern China’s Liaoning, Heilongjiang, and Jilin provinces. Some of the…


101 Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted to Death in Past 10 Months in China

In the past 10 months, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted to death 101 Falun Gong practitioners, according to Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that documents the nationwide campaign. The death cases involved 54 cities in 24 provinces. The majority of cases were concentrated in northeastern China’s Liaoning, Heilongjiang, and Jilin provinces. Some of the…


Chinese Regime Publicly Prices Human Organs to Whitewash Organ Transplant Abuses: Experts

Several provinces and cities in China have released official guideline prices for human vital organs, such as livers, kidneys, and hearts. This is one of the actions taken by local governments following a notice issued by central authorities in July on fees and financial management measures for securing organs for transplant. According to medical experts…


Recent Months See Nearly 2,000 Falun Gong Practitioners Harassed or Arrested

Chinese police harassed or arrested nearly 2,000 Falun Gong followers in the recent two months, according to Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that documents the Chinese communist regime’s persecution of Falun Gong. Among the 1,963 individuals, 764 were arrested, and 1,199 were harassed. Some of them suffered house raids, brainwashing, financial extortion, and forced blood tests….


US Holocaust Museum Says CCP ‘May Be Committing Genocide’ Against Uyghurs

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) said on Tuesday that the Chinese regime’s treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang may amount to genocide. A report released by the USHMM’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide on Tuesday details accounts of several former detainees of Xinjiang’s sprawling network of detention camps, where…


The 610 Office: From All-Powerful ‘Leading Group’ to Ground Zero in Beijing’s Anti-Corruption Campaign

News analysis Formally arrested on Nov. 5, the charges facing Chinese former vice-minister of public security Sun Lijun go beyond the usual accusations of embezzlement, collecting bribes, and other “violations of discipline” that officials in the communist regime have typically found themselves paying the price for in leader Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign. Sun, who lost…