The Chinese delegation was grilled before the United Nations this week over China’s alleged human rights abuses against minorities in Tibet, Hong Kong, and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. With advocates of China’s Uyghur minority protesting loudly outside, a delegation of 40 Chinese envoys faced questions from the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which…
UN Committee Grills China Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses Against Uyghurs, Tibetans
February 18, 2023
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Former Head of China’s Religious Affairs Barred From Taiwan for Renowned Monk’s Funeral
February 17, 2023
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World-renowned Taiwanese monk Hsing Yun passed away at age 95 on Feb. 5. Thousands of people attended his funeral on Feb. 13. However, the former head of the Chinese communist regime’s religious affairs bureau was denied entry to Taiwan for the ceremony due to his record of human rights abuses. Revered by Buddhists worldwide, Hsing…
White House: Biden Will Bring up China’s Human Rights Record in Meeting With Xi
February 17, 2023
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The White House said President Joe Biden will address China’s human rights record in his next meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. A meeting between the two world leaders appears to be in the works. On Thursday, Biden announced, “I expect to be speaking with President Xi.” The Biden administration has indicated this meeting…
US Commission Urges China to Release Citizen Journalist Who Reported on COVID
A Chinese citizen journalist who chronicled desperate scenes from Wuhan at the onset of the pandemic has now been detained for over three years. On Feb. 9, the U.S. Congress and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China called on the Chinese regime to immediately release the man, Fang Bin. “#FangBin, a citizen journalist and #FalunGong practitioner,…
Head of Japanese Nonprofit Arrested for Facilitating Unauthorized Organ Transplants Overseas
February 17, 2023
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Feb. 7 arrested the head of a nonprofit organization for allegedly violating Japan’s organ transplant law. The organization sent its patients to China for organ transplants between 2017 and 2020, which highlights the Chinese regime’s practice of forced organ harvesting among prisoners of conscience. Hiromichi Kikuchi, 62, is the…
Sanction Chinese Officials Involved in Human Rights Abuses: Former PM
February 16, 2023
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Australia should sanction Chinese officials involved in human rights abuses against Uyghurs, says former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. “The question naturally arises whether our new sanctions regime should be applied to any Chinese nationals for human rights abuses, especially in Xinjiang,” Morrison told attendees of an Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China meeting in Tokyo on Feb….
30-Year-Old Chinese Radio Host Dies in Prison After Being Jailed For His Belief
His lips were streaked with dried blood. His chest was covered with bruises and scars, his legs battered. Footage of a 30-year-old man’s corpse, recently circulated on Twitter and confirmed by The Epoch Times, offered a glimpse of what had happened to him in a Chinese jail cell. Pang Xun, a Falun Gong practitioner, died…
No Legal Recourse for COVID Vaccine Victims in China
Families of the vaccine-injured in China are calling on the regime to help them. They say Chinese authorities misrepresented the potential for serious harm from COVID-19 vaccines, and are calling on China’s National Health Commission to investigate thousands of vaccine-related illnesses. Representatives of the vaccine-injured went to Beijing to file a lawsuit against the State…
Xinjiang Governor Cancels Controversial Visit to UK, Europe
February 15, 2023
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Xinjiang Gov. Erkin Tuniyaz has canceled his plan to visit London and Europe this week following fierce backlash over his human rights record. In an email to The Epoch Times on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the British Foreign Office said the department understood that Tuniyaz had cancelled his visit to the UK. “The UK government will…
Cancer-Stricken Elderly Chinese Woman Sentenced Again for Her Faith, Denied Medical Parole
A persecuted Chinese woman arrested again for her faith was denied medical parole after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The police told her family that she doesn’t meet the criteria for parole. Jiang Shumei, 67, from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, was at her home with Xu Zhenying, 76, on Feb. 26, 2021, when the police…
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