Category: human rights

‘We Really Salute You’: Sydney Rally Honours April 1999 Beijing Appeal

Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Sydney on Saturday to mark the 22nd anniversary of a significant day for the group—the peaceful April 25 appeal at Chinese Communist Party (CCP) headquarters in Beijing. Out of respect for Anzac Day, the large crowd gathered at Sydney Town Hall a day early to hand out fliers and raise…


Britain Slashes Aid to China by 95 Percent

The British government has decided to cut its aid to China by 95 percent, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Wednesday. In a written statement to Parliament, Raab said he had reduced the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) to China by 95 percent to just £0.9 million ($1.25 million). The remaining budget will fund programmes…


China Presses Foreign Governments, Companies to Disregard Human Rights: US Report

WASHINGTON—China’s religious freedom violations and its growing influence and activities beyond its borders were “the most troubling developments” of last year, according to an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission. In its 2021 annual report released on April 21, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called out China as one of the world’s “egregious violators”…


Wife of ‘China’s Conscience’ Gao Zhisheng Worries He Has Been Murdered

The wife of Gao Zhisheng—known as “China’s conscience”—worries that the Chinese Communist Party has murdered the human rights lawyer. On April 14, she demanded Beijing answer two requests and said she would take further action if they did not acknowledge her right to information on her husband who is in state custody. “If Gao Zhisheng…


Biden, Suga to Send Signal to Aggressive CCP at US-Japan Summit

TOKYO/WASHINGTON—Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden will highlight Tokyo’s central role in Washington’s strategy to counter the challenge of an increasingly aggressive Chinese regime at a summit on Friday. While that emphasis on Japan’s key status will be welcome in Tokyo, where some politicians are pushing for a tougher stance towards…


Religious Liberty and US Foreign Policy: No Longer the Guiding Principle?

Commentary Reproduced from Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights in China On March 30, US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, announced what some saw as a fundamental change in American foreign policy. The US, Blinken said presenting the Department of State’s 45th annual report on human rights in the world, will “repudiate the unbalanced…


The Slow Death of Hong Kong

Commentary On April 1, better known as April Fools’ Day, a Hong Kong court issued an unjust but unsurprising verdict. Seven Hong Kong democratic leaders were convicted of organizing unauthorized assemblies. These refer to the mass pro-democracy marches that took place during the summer of 2019. The official sentences of the seven charged activists will…


Opinion: The Slow Death of Hong Kong

Commentary On April 1, better known as April Fools’ Day, a Hong Kong court issued an unjust but unsurprising verdict. Seven Hong Kong democratic leaders were convicted of organizing unauthorized assemblies. These refer to the mass pro-democracy marches that took place during the summer of 2019. The official sentences of the seven charged activists will…


Cornell Faculty, Students Oppose Partnership With CCP-Controlled Peking University

The governing bodies of faculty and undergraduate students at Cornell University have voted against a proposed partnership with China’s Peking University (PKU), citing the state-run institution’s poor record of academic freedom and human rights. In a 16-39 vote with 20 abstentions, the Cornell Faculty Senate on Wednesday rejected a non-biding resolution endorsing a proposed dual-degree…


Sen. Rubio Urges Delta to Condemn Chinese Regime’s Ongoing Genocide of Uyghurs

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on April 1 called on Delta to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing genocide.