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US Legislation Aims to End ‘Horrific’ Forced Organ Harvesting in China

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. that is aimed at holding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for forced organ harvesting targeting minority groups and other vulnerable victims in China. The Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2021 was introduced in the Senate and House by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Chris Coons ...

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U.S. Representative Chris Smith.

Repression of Falun Gong Practitioners Living Outside China Part of a ‘Sophisticated Campaign’

People outside of China who do the meditation practice of Falun Gong face regular reprisals from the Chinese communist government, a report by U.S.-based rights watchdog Freedom House has said. Repression of Falun Gong practitioners living overseas is part of a “sophisticated, global, and comprehensive campaign of transnational repression” being waged by the Chinese Communist ...

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Falun Gong practitioners performing the exercises.

Freedom House: Beijing’s Worldwide Campaign of Repression Is ‘Unparalleled’

China’s communist regime is conducting the most sophisticated, global, and comprehensive transnational campaign of repression in the world, says a report by U.S.-based rights watchdog Freedom House. Released in early February, the report offers an alarming insight into how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) exports repression beyond China’s borders at an unparalleled scale. “Due to ...

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A Uyghur woman demonstrates in front of a Chinese consulate.

Imprisoned Chinese Lawyer Yu Wensheng Honored with International Human Rights Award

Imprisoned Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has won an international human rights award in recognition of his fight for justice. Yu Wensheng, 54, was named Martin Ennals Award Laureate 2021 during an online ceremony livestreamed from Geneva on February 11. “In 2020, Chinese authorities harassed human rights defenders raising concerns about COVID, defending ethnic minorities, ...

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Xu Yan, wife of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng.

Pro-Beijing Curriculum Targets Hong Kong Schoolchildren for Reeducation

Hong Kong’s controversial National Security Law is making itself further felt, this time with Hong Kong schoolchildren in the city’s schools with a drastic revamp to the education that includes. instigating a pro-Beijing curriculum that includes the targeting of liberal studies. Included in new measures issued on February 4 are an increase in monitoring of ...

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Students take part in a joint 'school human chain rally' in Hong Kong on September 12, 2019.

FBI Arrests MIT Professor for Hiding China Links

The FBI arrested a professor at one of America’s top universities for hiding China links over his work for the Chinese communist government. Gang Chen, 56, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was arrested by federal agents and charged with grant fraud on January 14, according to a U.S. Department of Justice ...

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FBI emblem on the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, DC.

Investigator of China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Honored With Human Rights Award

One of the world’s leading investigators into state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting in China has been honored with a human rights award in Canada. Human rights group Canadians in Support of Refugees in Dire Need (CSRDN) presented Winnipeg-based international human rights lawyer David Matas with the first-ever Global Humanitarian Leader of the Year award. Global Humanitarian ...

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David Matas and human rights award.

Retired Military Officer Made a Film Criticizing the Chinese Communist Party

Recently, Zhao Hu, a retired sergeant of the East Sea Fleet of the Chinese Navy, circumvented China’s Internet censorship to upload a video he made that criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Chinese Communist Party fabricated an excuse to demolish his mother’s house, then they detained him and used his incarceration to force his ...

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Zhao Hu.

China Passes National Security Law, Taiwan Extends Support for Hongkongers

After China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) passed a draft National Security Law that will allow the mainland government to interfere in Hong Kong’s affairs under the pretense of security, there has been a huge wave of international support for Hongkongers who are protesting against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Taiwan, an island country that is ...

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President Tsai Ing-wen.