Newly introduced Magnitsky laws that give the federal government the power to sanction overseas human rights violators will be powerful, effective, and quick, according to a diplomacy expert. Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor at Curtin University who teaches the history of international diplomacy, says Australia’s new laws have “teeth” and will be a deterrent against future…
Proposed Australian Magnitsky Laws Have ‘Teeth’: Diplomacy Expert
China’s ‘Grotesque Commerce’ Involving Human Organs Must End: Expert
What would you do if, one day God forbid, you were in need of an urgent organ transplant? There’s an unsettling reality, former Canadian MP David Kilgour told a webinar on July 28 hosted by the Anticommunism Action Team (ACAT), that today, there are services for organs on demand, where patients can reach out to…
Four Years With No Contact, is Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Alive?
Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize, was last seen in August four years ago and has not been heard from since. His whereabouts, life, or death remain unknown. At the closing ceremony of the International Religious Freedom Summit 2021 on July 16,…
Sen. Menendez Calls for an End to Beijing’s 22-Year-Long Persecution of Falun Gong
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) has called on Beijing to “respect the religious beliefs and practices of all its citizens,” and release jailed spiritual adherents of Falun Gong in China immediately. “China should immediately release all Falun Gong practitioners it has detained, and allow them to practice their faith…
Live Recap: 2021 Rally to End Persecution of Falun Gong
Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, is an ancient spiritual practice. It comprises moral teachings, meditation, and four gentle exercises. Since its inception in 1992, Falun Gong has an estimated 100 million practitioners worldwide. Unfortunately, on July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began a violent campaign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in China. Millions…
CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong Should be Recognized as a Genocide: Advocates Mark 22 Years of Suppression at DC Rally
WASHINGTON—It’s time for the United States to recognize the “genocide occurring against practitioners of Falun Gong in China,” a religious freedom expert told rally attendees in Washington on July 16. Noting the U.S. government’s designation that Chinese regime’s repression of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region amounted to a genocide, Nina Shea, a senior fellow and…
Recognize CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong as a Genocide: Advocates Mark 22 Years of Suppression at DC Rally
WASHINGTON—It’s time for the United States to recognize the “genocide occurring against practitioners of Falun Gong in China,” a religious freedom expert told rally attendees in Washington on July 16. Noting the U.S. government’s designation that Chinese regime’s repression of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region amounted to a genocide, Nina Shea, a senior fellow and…
UK Bill Banning Complicity in Forced Organ Harvesting Passes 2nd Reading
A bill preventing UK citizens from receiving an organ transplant abroad without proper consent from the donor has passed its second reading on Friday. The bill also seeks to ban the display of imported bodies that do not meet the same consent requirement as those sourced in the UK. The Organ Tourism and Cadavers on…
LIVE: Washington Rally to End Persecution of Falun Gong
On July 16, adherents of Falun Gong will gather in Washington to rally and march to call for an end to the Chinese communist regime’s brutal persecution of the spiritual practice. Numerous representatives from organizations advocating for human rights or religious freedom will speak at the event to lend their support. NTD will provide live…
Livestream Alert: Washington Rally to End Persecution of Falun Gong
On July 16, adherents of Falun Gong will gather in Washington to rally and march to call for an end to the Chinese communist regime’s brutal persecution of the spiritual practice. Numerous representatives from organizations advocating for human rights or religious freedom will speak at the event to lend their support. NTD will provide live…
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