Category: human rights

Ukraine War Fallout Could Trigger a Significant Shift Away From China, Analyst Says

The globe could begin to see a “significant shift away from China” as the world reevaluates its business ties with the regime in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to economic analyst Christopher Balding. Balding—a senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, a UK trans-Atlantic foreign policy think tank, who specializes in Chinese economy…


Beijing Uses Involuntary Returns to Quell Dissent in Overseas Communities: Rights Advocate

China’s communist regime increasingly brings back nationals who have sought refuge abroad against their will while maintaining a pretense that the returns are voluntary. The methods put to use by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) functionaries cross the line from harassment and threats into coercion and kidnapping. That’s according to Laura Harth, a human rights activist…


Nigerian Army Ignores Slaughter of Villagers 1 Mile From Its Base

Some 5,400 miles south of Mariupol in Ukraine, the world’s least reported genocide proceeded apace in the missionary town of Kagoro, Nigeria, on March 20. An estimated force of 140 armed men riding in 15 sport utility vehicles and carrying assault rifles entered villages surrounding Kagoro at night and began murdering local residents, according to…


An ‘Unprecedented Evil Atrocity’: Countries Urged to Criminalize Forced Organ Harvesting

Human rights groups are pushing a bill to create an international sanctions network to punish the communist Chinese regime for what they describe as the “unprecedented evil atrocity” of forced organ harvesting. The bill would make it a crime for anyone to forcibly remove organs from another living person against their will, store or transport…


Migration Crisis Simmers in South Africa as Attacks Mount

He’s wheeled out of the shack where he’s been cowering, pale jeans now washed with red-brown blood, as a crowd bays for more. The shivering young Mozambican migrant, bleeding from a head wound, is protected from further assault by a squad of police officers, as he’s loaded into an ambulance in Alexandra township in Johannesburg….


Emergencies Act: Trust in Canada’s Institutions Eroded, Says Lawyer for Clients Whose Bank Accounts Were Frozen

A lawyer representing clients involved in the trucker convoy protest in Ottawa whose bank accounts were frozen says the move not only significantly impacted the lives of his clients but will lead to a lack of trust in Canada’s institutions. Keith Wilson, an Alberta-based lawyer, says six of his clients have their bank accounts back…


Hong Kong Police Threaten British Human Rights Activist, Ask to Remove Website

UK-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch (HKW) became the first foreign entity targeted under the new national security law China has imposed on Hong Kong. In a recent letter sent to Benedict Rogers, the co-founder and chief executive of the British NGO, Hong Kong police accused the group of “seriously interfering” in local affairs…


Are Russian Forces Carrying Out Genocide in Ukraine?

Commentary On Feb. 27, three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian forces of carrying out a genocidal campaign. Are Zelensky’s claims valid? Are Russians forces committing acts of genocide on Ukrainian soil? I reached out to Alexa Koenig, a human rights expert, for comment on the matter. She told me that…


South Africa Crime: ‘A Rainbow Soaked in Blood’

JOHANNESBURG—In South Africa, almost 7,000 people were murdered during the final 90 days of 2021. That three-month death toll is half of all fatalities in the contested parts of Ukraine after the first Russian invasion eight years ago. During the same time period, 11,300 women and girls were raped according to police. The latest crime…


Tory MP Tables Bill to Protect Political Beliefs From Discrimination

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis tabled a private member’s bill on Mar. 3 that seeks to amend Canada’s human rights code to prohibit discrimination on the basis of people’s political beliefs and activities.  “This bill is about protecting the rights of individuals, their freedom of speech, and their freedom to be involved in the democratic process…