The belief that downplaying Beijing’s human rights abuses would lead to reforms in China has not only validated the Chinese Communist Party’s approach against faith groups such as Falun Gong, but has also given it license it to repeat the atrocities, a paper from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) says. “Successive Canadian governments, and others around…
Soft-Pedaling China’s Atrocities Only Metastasized Its Machinery of Repression: Human Rights Experts
December 29, 2021
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Arson, Vandalism of Churches Deserves More Attention From Political Leaders: Observers
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Over 900 Crosses Removed From Churches, Christians’ Persecution Continues in China
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