Human Rights Violations in China: World Must Form Alliances, Impose Sanctions, and Unite Against Beijing Regime, Webinar Hears

Human Rights Violations in China: World Must Form Alliances, Impose Sanctions, and Unite Against Beijing Regime, Webinar Hears
Police detain a group of people during a protest in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on May 27, 2020Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images
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China’s lucrative market and economic opportunities have kept the West distracted from—or tolerant of—its human rights violations, but 2020 saw people waking up to the severity of the matter and the communist regime’s broader threat to the world, an online conference heard.

Experts on human rights and international affairs came together on Jan. 14 in a webinar event titled A Way Forward, Part II: Defending Human Rights in China, to review China’s rights situation over the past year and explore ways to prevent future atrocities.