Category: human rights

New Brunswick Violates Human Rights With COVID-19 Order to Ban Unvaccinated From Groceries: JCCF

New Brunswick’s new COVID-19 measures allowing grocery stores to decide whether to give access to the unvaccinated population violates fundamental human rights, says a legal organization focused on constitutional freedoms. On Tuesday, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom sent a warning letter (pdf) to New Brunswick’s Minister of Justice and Public Safety Hugh Flemming in…


Celtics’ Freedom Calls Becoming US Citizen ‘Unforgettable’

BOSTON—Enes Freedom will now be linked forever to a word he says he fought for his entire life. The Boston Celtics center changed his name from Enes Kanter to Enes Kanter Freedom in celebration of him officially becoming a United States citizen on Monday. He said Tuesday that taking the citizenship oath was “maybe the most…


Vocal Minority Should Not Spell the End of Enshrining Religious Freedom: Expert

Religious freedom is worth protecting even when there is a “loud segment of society” who are against any protections for people of faith, said an expert on religion. Denise Dragovic, a scholar in the field of religion and society and a fellow at the University of Melbourne, told The Epoch Times that if the yardstick…


Tennis Star’s Allegation Highlights China’s Human Rights Abuses, Adds Fire to Boycott of Beijing Olympics

Politicians, sports stars, and human rights defenders from all around the world have increasingly been worried about the safety of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai since China’s state-run media posted her recent photos and videos. Peng, a former No.1-ranked doubles player, had been absent from public view for over two weeks after accusing retired Chinese…


Vietnamese Workers at Chinese Factory in Serbia Cry for Help

ZRENJANIN, Serbia—They are shivering in barracks without heat, going hungry, and have no money. They say their passports have been taken by their Chinese employer and that they are now stuck in a grim plainland in Serbia with no help from local authorities. These are the Vietnamese workers who are helping build the first Chinese…


Biden Says White House Considering Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

President Joe Biden said Nov. 18 that the White House is considering a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over Beijing’s human rights abuses. Such a move would mean that the administration would not send dignitaries to the Games, but American athletes would still be allowed to complete. Speaking to reporters as he hosted…


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…


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….


2 Recent CCP Appointments Trigger Concerns Over Rights Abuses in China

Amid the Chinese regime’s ramping up of its largest leadership reshuffle before the 20th National Congress, the recent appointments of two Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) cadres aroused great concern in the international community over China’s worsening human rights situation. The National Congress is theoretically the highest body of the CCP and is held once every…