The Chinese regime’s persecution of Falun Gong is “unacceptable and must end,” the State Department said in a statement as the brutal eradication campaign entered its 23rd year. “23 years ago, the People’s Republic of China began its brutal persecution of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong, its practitioners, advocates, and human rights defenders,” the department’s…
Chinese Regime’s Brutal Persecution of Falun Gong ‘Must End’: State Department
July 21, 2022
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China and the EU Try Again
July 19, 2022
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Commentary China and the European Union (EU) are about to try once more to reach an agreement on trade or perhaps investments. The parties came close in late 2020 when they signed an ambitious investment agreement, but it failed to go forward. The two parties tried again this past April in talks that the EU’s…
American Singer-Songwriter Warns of the Evils of Communism: ‘Our Civil Liberties Are God-Given’
July 19, 2022
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Singer-songwriter and human-rights activist James H. White, living in Mount Hope, New York, has been working tirelessly for the past 15-plus years to expose “the evils of communism.” White, who believes communism is “a hard fist, brutal tyranny,” has co-written, hosted, and narrated the award-winning documentary Canaries in a Cold War, which reveals how communist…
Freedom Is Our Birthright, Not Something That Can Be Granted
Commentary The COVID-19 response has raised questions regarding freedom in Western societies that we thought a few years ago were settled. Is freedom something we are allowed, or granted? Or is it something we are born with, which can therefore only be removed? What is the status, now or in the future, of a child…
The Rise and Fall of the Human Rights Industry
Commentary In the 1940s ordinary young people threw themselves en masse onto beaches raked with machine gun fire, flew into clouds of flak, and died, to stop fascism and totalitarianism. They were imperfect, they committed their own crimes, some were there for hate, some abused and murdered. But most were ordinary people, from ordinary jobs…
ESG Has Hit the Human Rights Iceberg
Commentary Throughout my career, I often said “corporate responsibility is social responsibility.” Nothing exemplifies an attempt to make that a reality today as much as ESG, or “Environmental, Social, and Governance” criteria, that an increasing number of companies and corporations are signing up for. Essentially, if a company signs up for ESG, it agrees to…
Clash of Civilizations: Cost of Keeping One’s Faith
July 7, 2022
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In this special report, we delve into the Chinese regime’s war on faith, the different forms it takes, and what happens to those who dare to believe. And joining us to shed light on the topic are Sam Brownback, former ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom; David Curry, president and CEO of Open Doors USA; Jeff King, president…
2 Chinese Rights Activists Tried in Secret for Advocating Democracy and Human Rights
July 5, 2022
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Two long-standing Chinese rights activists were put on trial behind closed doors on June 22 and June 24. Xu Zhiyong, a legal scholar and civil rights activist, and Ding Jiaxi, a veteran human rights lawyer, faced “unfair” and “spurious charges of ‘subverting state power,’” which is “an attack on freedom of association,” according to a June…
‘Stand Up for What You Believe In, Even If It Means Sacrificing Everything’: Enes Kanter Freedom
July 2, 2022
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In this special episode, we get to hear from two special guests: Enes Kanter Freedom, NBA basketball player turned human rights advocate; and Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern. We got a chance to sit down with them this week in the nation’s capital, at the International Religious Freedom Summit 2022. When asked why…
Hong Kong in Limbo 25 Years After British Handover to China
June 30, 2022
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HONG KONG—When the British handed Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech, and press that are not allowed on the communist-ruled Chinese mainland. As the city of 7.4 million people marks 25 years under Beijing’s rule on Friday, those promises are wearing thin. Hong…
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