Category: human rights

LIVE NOW: House Human Rights Subcommittee Hearing on ‘The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee Human Rights Subcommittee holds a hearing on “The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World” at 10:30 a.m. ET on July 18. Witnesses Panel I: Rabbi Abraham Cooper Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Eric Patterson, Ph.D. President of the Religious Freedom Institute Reverend Susan Hayward Associate…


House Human Rights Subcommittee Hearing on ‘The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee Human Rights Subcommittee holds a hearing on “The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World” at 10:30 a.m. ET on July 18. Witnesses Panel I: Rabbi Abraham Cooper Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Eric Patterson, Ph.D. President of the Religious Freedom Institute Reverend Susan Hayward Associate…


CCP Human Rights Propagandist Dong Yunhu Under Investigation

Dong Yunhu, an important political figure in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in developing its human rights propaganda, was put under investigation for alleged “serious violations of Party discipline and Chinese law,” reported the CCP’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The anti-corruption agency announced the investigation of 60-year-old Dong, head of Shanghai delegates in the…


Former NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom Says He Lost $50 Million in Earnings After Speaking out Against CCP

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom has claimed to have lost roughly $50 million in salaries and possible endorsements after his career ended abruptly when he spoke out against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The basketball player made the claims in a hearing on July 11 before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), which is chaired…


China Perfecting Techno-Totalitarianism for Export Around the World: Rep. Gallagher

WASHINGTON—The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is perfecting a techno-totalitarian regime for export to the rest of the world, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) has warned. The regime’s worsening repression of faith was in the spotlight at a roundtable hearing that the lawmaker hosted on July 12. One key takeaway, the chairman and other panelists of the House…


European Falun Gong Adherents Protest Against CCP Suppression on UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

More than 150 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Strasbourg, France, on June 24 to draw attention to the brutal persecution of Falun Gong by China’s communist regime. The adherents gathered in advance of the United Nation’s annual International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which falls on June 26. Strasbourg is located about two…


Lawmaker, US Government Panel Call Attention to Chinese Citizens Sentenced for Their Faith

A Republican lawmaker and U.S. government panel call attention to two Chinese citizens sentenced to prison as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of the spiritual practice Falun Gong. Zhou Deyong and Liu Aihua, both relatives of U.S. residents and victims of the regime’s suppression of freedom of belief, are now part of U.S….


US Government Panel Calls Attention to Chinese Citizens Sentenced for Their Faith

A Republican lawmaker and U.S. government panel call attention to two Chinese citizens sentenced to prison as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of the spiritual practice Falun Gong. Zhou Deyong and Liu Aihua, both relatives of U.S. residents and victims of the regime’s suppression of freedom of belief, are now part of U.S….


US Social Media ‘Influencers’ Under Fire Over Free Trip to Fast-Fashion Giant Shein’s China Factory

A group of American fashion influencers has come under fire for attending a fully paid trip to tour one of fast-fashion giant Shein’s factories based in Guangzhou, China. The influencers—Dani Carbonari, Destene Sudduth, Aujené, Fernanda Stephany Campuzano, Kenya Freeman, and Marina Saavedra—were flown out to China as part of a tour sponsored by Shein in June,…


Indonesia Launches Settlement Program for Victims of Past Rights Abuses

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday launched a program aimed at resolving past human rights abuses across the nation and providing restitution to victims through non-judicial means. Widodo launched the program to implement recommendations of non-judicial settlements in the Pidie regency of Aceh Province, the first area where the program was launched, the Presidential Secretariat…