Tag: human rights

China in Focus (Feb. 8): Blinken: US Will Hold China Accountable

The U.S. secretary of state says he’ll stand up for human rights and democratic values to face the Chinese Communist Party. President Biden’s son is back in the spotlight over his business dealings in China. Here’s the White House’s latest response. A 20-year-old in China faces 14 years in jail for ties to a forum…


Citing China’s ‘Genocidal Campaign,’ MPs Demand Relocation of Beijing Olympics

More than a dozen federal lawmakers from all parties are calling for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China, citing a “genocidal campaign” by its government against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities. An open letter signed by 13 MPs, a half−dozen Quebec politicians, and others warns that participating in the Beijing Olympics would…


Chinese Regime Leads the World in Attacking its Citizens Abroad: Report

The Chinese regime is aggressively targeting exiles and dissident communities abroad, as it extends its ability to persecute its citizens anywhere in the world, a new report warns. Kidnappings, assaults, and threats are just some of the tactics used by Beijing to repress overseas-based critics, and religious and ethnic minorities, in a campaign described by…


Blinken Rebukes China for Human Rights Abuses in Call with Chinese Diplomat

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on Friday that the United States will stand up for human rights and democratic values in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, the State Department said. Blinken also pressed China to condemn the military coup in Burma, and he reaffirmed…


Blinken Presses China on Human Rights Abuses in First Call with Chinese Diplomat

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on Friday that the United States will stand up for human rights and democratic values in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, the State Department said. Blinken also pressed China to condemn the military coup in Burma, and he reaffirmed…


China Insider: Republican Senators Urge for Relocation of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and six other Republican senators have introduced a resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of China, due to human rights violations in the country.


Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Bolster Magnitsky Sanctions Against Human Rights Abusers

Leaders of the U.S. Helsinki Commission have introduced a bill seeking to strengthen Global Magnitsky sanctions to improve the United States’ ability to hold human rights abusers and corrupt actors accountable. The incoming chair of the commission Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and co-chair Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Wednesday unveiled the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability…


Relative of Shanghai Doctor Reveals Details About Forced Organ Harvesting

A California resident said his relatives in China were involved in state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting and had asked him for patient referrals from the United States, a recent human rights report revealed. Lu Shuping, a U.S. permanent resident originally from Shanghai who is now past 70 years old, gave his full name in making the…


Secretary of State Blinken Says US Should Allow in Hong Kong Refugees Fleeing Beijing’s Repression

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he thinks the United States should provide refuge for Hongkongers fleeing the Chinese regime’s widening suppression of the city’s freedoms. “We’ve seen China act egregiously to undermine the very commitments it made during the handover of Hong Kong … from Britain,” Blinken said in an interview with MSNBC aired on…


Rights Activist Intercepted by Chinese Police at Shanghai Airport and Lost Contact With Outside World

Renowned Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong (pseudonym) was en route to Shanghai Pudong Airport on Jan. 28 when he was intercepted by Chinese police and prevented from travelling to the United States to care for his wife, who is about to undergo chemotherapy. Guo immediately announced that he would go on an indefinite hunger strike…