The Chinese regime’s sanctions against Western individuals and entities who have been vocal about its human rights record should serve as a “wake-up call” for the democratic world, UK politicians and human rights advocates said on Friday. China’s Foreign Ministry said it would sanction nine individuals and four entities on the UK side that “maliciously…
Chinese Sanctions ‘Wake-Up Call’ for West: UK Rights Advocates
March 26, 2021
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Beijing Adopts Plan to Control Hong Kong Elections
March 11, 2021
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China’s rubberstamp legislature on Thursday approved a draft decision to change Hong Kong’s electoral system, making it virtually impossible for the opposition to affect outcomes of elections. On the last day of the annual plenum of the National People’s Congress (NPC), a total of 2,895 delegates voted in favor of the electoral overhaul with zero…
Hong Kong Residents Now Able to Apply for UK Visas via Smartphone App
February 23, 2021
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Hong Kong British National (Overseas) status holders can now apply for UK visas using a smartphone app, the UK Home Office said on Tuesday. The UK government opened a new visa scheme last month designed to offer BN(O) status holders in Hong Kong a path to citizenship at a time when freedom and human rights…
UK Opens New Visa Scheme to Hong Kong Residents
January 31, 2021
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The UK government on Sunday officially opened a new visa scheme designed to offer holders of British National (Overseas) status in Hong Kong a path to citizenship at a time when freedom and human rights in the former British colony are under unprecedented threat from the Chinese regime. The scheme, first announced last July after…
Visa for Hongkongers ‘Will Benefit Britain’: Benedict Rogers
The UK’s new visa scheme for Hong Kong BN(O) status holders will not only help Hongkongers but also benefit Britain, Benedict Rogers, chief executive of British NGO Hong Kong Watch, said on Friday. “Hong Kong people are, as a generalisation, entrepreneurial, dynamic, creative, very educated people with a lot of initiative,” Rogers told NTD on Friday….
Chinese Embassy Tried to Silence Me, UK Rights Activist Benedict Rogers Reveals
January 14, 2021
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The Chinese Embassy in Britain made repeated attempts to pressure a prominent human rights advocate to stop criticising the Communist regime, it has been revealed. Benedict Rogers, co-founder and deputy chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, told The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders” program about his own “very small experience” of the Chinese…
Video: 83 Global Brands Tied to Forced Labor in China—Benedict Rogers
January 13, 2021
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In China, we are seeing forced televised confessions, a mass surveillance state, the killing of Falun Gong practitioners for their organs, and what many are calling a genocide of the Uyghur people. 83 global brands, including major U.S. companies, are tied to Uyghur forced labor in China. Over in Hong Kong, 53 pro-democracy activists, lawmakers,…
Senior UK Conservatives Urge Government to Reset China Policy
January 13, 2021
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Senior members of Britain’s ruling Conservative party have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government to play a leading role in the international response to the Chinese regime’s human rights violations. The party’s Human Rights Commission said that the intensifying assault on human rights in China illustrates “the mendacity, brutality, inhumanity, insecurity, and criminality of…
EU Parliament Must Reject China Investment Pact Following Hong Kong Mass Arrests: Patten
January 6, 2021
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Following mass arrests of opposition figures in Hong Kong earlier Wednesday, Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, urged the European Parliament to reject the investment agreement the European Commission reached with the Chinese regime last week. More than 50 pro-democracy activists, former lawmakers, and politicians were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday…
Pompeo Criticizes the CCP Over Imprisonment of Hongkongers Who Unsuccessfully Tried to Flee to Taiwan
January 1, 2021
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Dec. 31 over its decision to hand down prison sentences to 10 Hongkongers who were arrested at sea in August by China’s coast guard. The 10 people, along with two teen minors, were trying to flee Hong Kong via mainland China in a…
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