China Human Rights

  • US Should Embed Human Rights in Every Aspect of Foreign Policy: CECC Report
    US Should Embed Human Rights in Every Aspect of Foreign Policy: CECC Report
    October 11, 2018 | By Jennifer Zeng
    WASHINGTON—The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) issues a report every year on human rights and rule of law in the People’s Republic of China, although the feeling at the release of this year’s report felt different. There was sadness that an already desperate human-rights situation continues to deteriorate, but also a sense that things might […]
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  • Malaysia Releases Uyghur Detainees to Turkey in Defiance of Beijing
    Malaysia Releases Uyghur Detainees to Turkey in Defiance of Beijing
    October 11, 2018 | By Reuters
    KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uyghur Muslims who fled to the southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last year, and sent them to Turkey, their lawyer said on Oct. 11, disregarding China’s request to hand them to Beijing. The move is likely to strain ties with China, already tested by Malaysian […]
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  • US Lawmakers Call on Trump to Help Detained Muslims in Xinjiang
    US Lawmakers Call on Trump to Help Detained Muslims in Xinjiang
    October 10, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    BEIJING—A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers wants President Donald Trump to help Muslims respond to a sweeping crackdown in China’s northwest Xinjiang region. The group proposed legislation on Oct. 10 that would urge Trump to condemn “gross violations” of human rights in the Xinjiang region, where the U.N. estimates that as many as 1 million […]
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  • China Launches Anti-Halal Campaign in Xinjiang
    China Launches Anti-Halal Campaign in Xinjiang
    October 10, 2018 | By Reuters
    SHANGHAI—The Chinese regime has launched a campaign against halal products amid an escalating crackdown on Muslim minority groups, particularly the Uyghurs, in the Xinjiang region. In a meeting on Oct. 8, the Communist Party leaders of Urumqi led cadres to swear an oath to “fight a decisive battle against ‘pan-halalization’,” according to a notice posed […]
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  • Financial Times Says Hong Kong Denied Editor’s Visa Renewal
    Financial Times Says Hong Kong Denied Editor’s Visa Renewal
    October 5, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    HONG KONG—Hong Kong authorities have refused to renew the work visa of a senior editor of the Financial Times, the newspaper said on Oct. 5, a move that came after he chaired a talk by a pro-independence activist that drew Beijing’s ire. Rights groups called the rejection the latest sign of Beijing’s expanding restrictions on […]
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  • China May Face More US Export Restrictions Over Muslim Crackdown
    China May Face More US Export Restrictions Over Muslim Crackdown
    October 3, 2018 | By Reuters
    WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is reviewing ways to clamp down on the export of U.S. technology that China’s government could use in its surveillance and internment of minority Muslims, amid reports of mass detentions of ethnic Uyghurs and others in the Xinjiang region. In a letter to the leaders of a congressional committee, seen by Reuters on […]
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  • Chinese Real Estate Company Executive Arrested for His Faith; Daughter in US Seeks Release
    Chinese Real Estate Company Executive Arrested for His Faith; Daughter in US Seeks Release
    October 3, 2018 | By Emily O'Neill
    An executive of a Chinese real-estate company, who is also a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested and detained in China on Sept. 19 because of his faith, according to Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that serves as a clearinghouse on the persecution of Falun Gong in China. The family of Fu Xinge, 50, vice president of […]
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  • Hong Kong Bishop Fears Chinese Catholic Suppression to Continue Despite Vatican Pact
    Hong Kong Bishop Fears Chinese Catholic Suppression to Continue Despite Vatican Pact
    October 3, 2018 | By Reuters
    HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s leading Catholic cleric said on Oct. 3 that he feared continued suppression of Catholics in mainland China despite a landmark accord struck last month between the Vatican and Beijing’s Communist Party leadership. Michael Yeung, the Bishop of Hong Kong, said it would take time to address issues beyond the appointment of bishops […]
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  • Taiwan Says Beijing Seeks to Make It ‘Irrelevant’ Through Vatican-China Deal
    Taiwan Says Beijing Seeks to Make It ‘Irrelevant’ Through Vatican-China Deal
    October 2, 2018 | By Reuters
    VATICAN CITY—Taiwan has accused China of trying to make the island nation “irrelevant” in the world community, after Beijing and the Vatican signed a landmark agreement that eases decades of estrangement. Matthew Lee, Taiwan’s ambassador to the Vatican, made the comment in a speech during a reception marking Taiwan’s national day that was attended by […]
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  • YouTube Scraps Most Popular Channel on China Politics From Search Suggestions
    YouTube Scraps Most Popular Channel on China Politics From Search Suggestions
    October 1, 2018 | By Petr Svab
    YouTube has removed the most popular channel focused on Chinese politics from its search suggestions just as YouTube’s parent company, Google, faces scrutiny for allegedly developing a censored web search app for the Chinese market. While typing into the YouTube search bar, the website provides a drop-down list of suggested search queries, which appears to […]
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  • Vatican Deal With Beijing Leaves Some Key Questions Unresolved
    Vatican Deal With Beijing Leaves Some Key Questions Unresolved
    October 1, 2018 | By Reuters
    HONG KONG/VATICAN CITY—A landmark deal between China’s leaders and the Vatican over the appointment of bishops has been struck without Beijing taking action on long-held Church concerns over clerics in detention, Catholic Church sources familiar with the matter say. The agreement, which gives the Vatican a long-desired say in the appointment of bishops in China, […]
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  • Mother of Canadian Sentenced in China Because of Her Belief
    Mother of Canadian Sentenced in China Because of Her Belief
    September 29, 2018 | By Omid Ghoreishi
    A Canadian woman whose mother is illegally detained in China because of her faith says her mother has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. Huixia Chen was arrested on June 3, 2016, for her practice of Falun Dafa, a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance that has […]
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  • Vatican Agreement With China Draws Concerns Amid Crackdown
    Vatican Agreement With China Draws Concerns Amid Crackdown
    September 27, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    BEIJING—The Vatican’s breakthrough agreement to give China some say over bishop appointments has critics accusing the church of caving in to the ruling Communist Party just as it is waging a sweeping crackdown on religion. The agreement is a step toward addressing the long-cherished hope of bringing together China’s 12 million Catholics who are divided […]
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  • From Chatroom to Courtroom: China’s #MeToo Movement Takes Legal Turn
    From Chatroom to Courtroom: China’s #MeToo Movement Takes Legal Turn
    September 27, 2018 | By Reuters
    BEIJING—When a former intern at China’s state broadcaster wrote in July about being groped and forcibly kissed by one of the country’s most recognizable television stars, her story ignited a social media firestorm in a country where a backlash against sexual harassment was growing. Now her case is set to go before the Chinese legal […]
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  • Taiwan Says Will Closely Watch ‘Suppression’ by China After Vatican Accord
    Taiwan Says Will Closely Watch ‘Suppression’ by China After Vatican Accord
    September 27, 2018 | By Reuters
    TAIPEI—Taiwan said on Sept. 27 its relationship with the Vatican is stable, although it will closely watch what it described as “suppression” by China following a landmark deal between Beijing and the Vatican on the appointment of bishops on the mainland. The Vatican has signed an agreement giving it a long-desired say in the appointment […]
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  • At UN, Falun Dafa Adherents Demand End to 19-Year Persecution
    At UN, Falun Dafa Adherents Demand End to 19-Year Persecution
    September 25, 2018 | By Bowen Xiao
    NEW YORK—A crowd of Falun Dafa practitioners from across the greater New York area gathered outside the headquarters of the United Nations on Sept. 25, to seek an end to the barbaric persecution of adherents taking place in China. This year marks the 19th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) commencing an unprecedented campaign […]
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  • Elderly Chinese Man Beaten Unconscious, and Injected With ‘Unknown Drugs,’ Says Report
    Elderly Chinese Man Beaten Unconscious, and Injected With ‘Unknown Drugs,’ Says Report
    September 25, 2018 | By Jack Phillips
    A man in his 70s was injected with unknown drugs after he was imprisoned by Chinese Communist Party officials for refusing to stop practicing a type of meditation. The man, identified only as Mr. Wang, was also beaten by Chinese medical personnel “until he passed out,” according to Minghui.org, a website dedicated to sharing information […]
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  • China’s Big Mistake: Pakistanis Lobby to Free Wives Trapped in Xinjiang
    China’s Big Mistake: Pakistanis Lobby to Free Wives Trapped in Xinjiang
    September 25, 2018 | By Reuters
    BEIJING—Pakistani businessmen whose wives and children are trapped in China‘s Xinjiang region are traveling to Beijing to lobby their embassy, in hopes that Pakistan’s new government will pressure its ally for their release. Beijing has faced an outcry from activists, some governments and U.N. human rights experts over mass detentions and strict surveillance of the […]
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  • Vatican, Chinese Communist Party Make Deal on Bishop Appointments
    Vatican, Chinese Communist Party Make Deal on Bishop Appointments
    September 23, 2018 | By Jack Phillips
    The Vatican signed an agreement with Beijing on Sept. 22 that would allow the Chinese authorities to appoint China’s bishops, in a move that critics say is capitulating to the Chinese regime. The Catholic Church in China, which is sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said on Sept. 23 it would “persevere to walk […]
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  • Pakistan Urges China to Ease Pressure on Muslims Minority
    Pakistan Urges China to Ease Pressure on Muslims Minority
    September 21, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    ISLAMABAD—Pakistan is urging China to ease pressures on the country’s Muslim minority amid warnings by human rights groups that the Uyghurs in China face restrictions on religious activities and mass detentions in so-called “re-education camps.” Pakistan’s minister for religious affairs, Noorul Haq Qadri, met Chinese envoy Yao Xing this week to discuss the situation of […]
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