Human Rights

Singapore Activist Jolovan Wham Found Guilty for Not Having Permit

Human rights activist Jolovan Wham from Singapore has been convicted by a local court for organizing a public assembly without getting the necessary permit and refusing to sign a police statement. The sentencing is expected to take place in late January 2019. The conviction of Jolovan Wham Jolovan Wham has been very vocal against the ...

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Peking University Professor Zheng Yefu Urges China to Break With Communism

Shortly after the New Year, Peking University’s retired Professor Zheng Yefu (鄭也夫) made a direct and daring appeal to the Chinese authorities in his Jan. 4 article titled Causes for the Difficult Birth of Political Reform. In the text, he wrote in no uncertain terms that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has brought endless tragedy ...

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Canadian Government Demands China Release Arrested Citizens

After the Canadian government arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou as a part of an extradition treaty with the U.S., the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “hit back” by arresting a few Canadian citizens. While the call for releasing the arrested Canadian nationals grows stronger back home, allies like the U.S. and EU have also extended their ...

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The Chinese Communist Crackdown on Christmas

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a violent history as far as its attitude toward religious believers is concerned. When it comes to Christianity, Beijing sees it as a “foreign threat” to the country so much so that it has even banned Christmas celebrations in some regions of China in its crackdown on Christmas. The ...

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Chinese Communists Cry Human Rights Abuse After Huawei CFO Arrest

China has a horrible track record on human rights. To make matters worse, Beijing threatens anyone who questions their treatment of Chinese citizens, whether it be the Uyghurs, Christians, Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners, or any other persecuted community. With the Huawei CFO arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Canada, China is now talking about the “breach ...

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Chinese tech company Huawei has taken the legal route in the UK to gain access to some internal documents of HSBC.

China Denies German Human Rights Delegation From Visiting Xinjiang

Chinese authorities have denied a request to visit Xinjiang by Germany’s human rights delegation. The delegation wanted to investigate the existence of mass detention centers in the Xinjiang region where members of the Uyghur community are being tortured and brainwashed into renouncing their faith and way of life. Uyghur persecution in Xinjiang “I am shocked ...

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Dr. Barbel Kofler.

Chinese Christian Church Ransacked as Persecution Intensifies

China has intensified its attack on the country’s Christian community, as the authorities recently ransacked a Protestant Christian church and shut it down. Several members of the congregation were arrested, with the pastor potentially facing a 5-year prison term. The persecution On December 9, 2018, police officers stormed onto the premises of the Early Rain ...

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Police ata Christian church in China.

How Police in Taiwan Behave Toward Falun Gong Practitioners

The mainland Chinese police have participated in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China for 19 years. When I called the mainland police department to clarify the truth about Falun Gong one time, they cursed me using filthy language. I told them: “The police in Taiwan will not act in such an embarrassing manner. ...

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Falun Gong practitioners meditating in Taiwan.

Hong Kong Democracy Activist Wins Lantos Foundation Award

Joshua Wong, the 21-year-old democracy activist from Hong Kong, has been awarded the 2018 Lantos Human Rights Prize. The Lantos Foundation award was received by Joshua’s associates since he has been barred from traveling to the U.S. where the ceremony was held. Joshua Wong won the Lantos Foundation award for his fighting for democracy in ...

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Joshua Wong speaking into a microphone.