The recently retired secretary general of Amnesty International in Canada says that after 20 years of observing Chinese human rights abuses in that role, it has been “truly despairing” to witness the lack of response to the brutal persecution of Falun Gong adherents in China.   “I’ve always been bolstered by the conviction and clarity […]

Velma Anne Ruth, President and Founder of ABS Community Research President, was interviewed by NTD during a  rally in Washington D.C. on Dec 12, 2020. “I’ve done a lot of advocacy work around the world, the United States supports democracy, and the right to your vote and human rights and anti-terrorism in Iran and Egypt, […]

The UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday condemned the Hong Kong authorities for charging media tycoon Jimmy Lai under the national security law. “The Hong Kong National Security Law breaches the internationally-binding Joint Declaration, and is now being used to charge Jimmy Lai,” Raab said in a statement. “This highlights the authorities’ continued attacks on […]

NTD host Cindy Drukier and Joshua Philipp from The Epoch Times spoke to some key people at the rally in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12. Here are some of the highlights. Rose Tennent, host of Rose Unplugged: “If we let this go, this may be the last free election that we have. And we certainly […]

Attorney Sidney Powell on Sunday alerted the U.S. Supreme Court to new evidence filed in her legal team’s Michigan lawsuit related to the state’s Dominion Voting Systems voting equipment as she called on the court to intervene in her cases challenging the integrity and outcome of the 2020 elections in four states. Powell in a […]

The world is on the “cusp of the golden age” of Chinese espionage in the wake of revelations that around two million Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members are embedded in governments and companies worldwide. The revelations have spurred one Australian senator to warn that a pledge of loyalty to the CCP conflicts with democratic values, […]

News Analysis The U.S. stock market gyrations of 2020 need no introduction. From the market depths in March, the federal stimulus-funded market rebound, to the meteoric rise of Tesla and recent technology IPOs, the year of COVID-19 has seen a large influx of consumers taking up stock investing. And for these new investors, the platform […]

WASHINGTON—John Dombrowski said these protests against election fraud across the country are not just about President Donald Trump, but a rally for freedom in America that has given hope to those in communist nations across the globe as well. “This is the opportunity, this is the spark to support freedom across the globe,” he said, […]

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was denied bail for the second time in a month after he appeared briefly at court on Saturday for an additional charge under the Beijing-imposed national security law, according to local reports. The mainland-born 72-year-old was charged on Friday on suspicion of “colluding with foreign forces and endangering national […]

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said the federal government’s “kowtowing” approach to Beijing is “disturbing” and “dangerously naive,” and urged them to stand up to China. In a press conference on Thursday, O’Toole raised his concerns about the approach the federal government takes in Canada’s relationship with China. “Yesterday, we saw an access to information request […]

In the first 11 months of this year, China imported 99.718 million tons of grain, up 29.6 percent year-on-year. The Chinese regime keeps a tariff rate quota (TRQs) system for wheat, corn and rice imports, meaning imports of a specified quantity will be subject to a lower tariff while those exceeding the benchmark will be […]

As the presidential election results in Georgia face challenges from voter fraud claims, the state has also come under the spotlight for its business ties with China. Most recently, Georgia Democrat Richard Ossoff, a media executive running for U.S. senator, received complaints (pdf) from the Georgia GOP for allegedly hiding his connections to a Hong […]

Pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged in Hong Kong under a national security law imposed by China, according to local media reports. The 72-year-old was charged on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security, according to Apple Daily on Friday, citing a police source. He is arguably the most high-profile […]

The Conservatives pressed the Liberal government in the House of Commons on Dec. 10 for answers on the foreign affairs department’s push to have representatives from China’s military attend winter survival training in Canada. “Why was [Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland] trying to push the Canadian Armed Forces to train the Chinese military on our […]

A Sino-Swiss agreement shrouded in secrecy has been exposed, revealing that Chinese security agents were allowed to roam Switzerland unsupervised. Safeguard Defenders, an Asia-focused human rights NGO, published the official English translation of the agreement in a report published on Dec. 9. The five-year “readmission agreement,” which came into effect in December 2015 and expired […]

China said on Thursday it would revoke visa exemption treatment for U.S. diplomatic passport holders visiting Hong Kong and Macau after the United States imposed financial sanctions and a travel ban on more than a dozen Chinese officials. The Chinese regime says it will revoke the exemption that some U.S. officials receive on visas—for visiting […]

SHANGHAI—S&P Dow Jones Indices on Thursday became the second major index provider to remove some Chinese companies from its index products following a Trump administration executive order, in the latest market disruption from persistent Sino-U.S. tensions. President Donald Trump’s executive order, unveiled in November, is designed to deter U.S. investment firms, pension funds, and others […]

The Trump administration on Dec. 10 sanctioned a Chinese official for his involvement in “gross human rights violations” against practitioners of Falun Gong—a spiritual practice persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 1999. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would bar entry to Huang Yuanxiong, a police chief at the […]

Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel met with Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law in London on Wednesday, pledging to protect and uphold freedoms for citizens of Britain’s beleaguered former colony. The meeting was described as the first between the British government and Law since he arrived in Britain in July, having left Hong Kong after […]

Canada’s defence department canceled winter survival training with observers from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) after security concerns were raised by the United States, Canadian government documents show. The documents (pdf), obtained by Rebel News under an Access to Information Act request, show the Department of National Defence relaying that the U.S. military was concerned […]

The Chinese communist regime recently began another propaganda blitz to claim that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in other countries, misquoting scientists and their research. Some experts have since publicly rejected such claims and questioned the regime’s motives. Misquoting European Scientists’ Research On Dec. 2, English-language state-run newspaper China Daily cited research from the National Cancer […]

WASHINGTON—The United States has blacklisted six companies, including several based in China, and four ships accused of illicit exports of North Korean coal, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. The United Nations Security Council banned North Korean coal exports in 2017. The 15-member body has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a […]

WASHINGTON—The United States on Dec. 9 slapped sanctions on Wan Kuok Kai, the leader of China’s 14K Triad organized crime group and a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the U.S. Treasury said. The sanctions also apply to three entities headed by Wan, who is also known as “Broken Tooth,” […]

HONG KONG—Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was denied bail on Wednesday pending an appeal against her 10-month jail sentence on charges related to unauthorised assembly during anti-government protests last year. The 24-year old activist was jailed on Dec. 2 along with Joshua Wong for their roles in a rally near police headquarters in 2019, […]

COVID-19 infections are on the rise in Hong Kong and affecting more people under the age of 50, health authorities reported. Hong Kong health authorities announced 78 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 7. The new confirmed cases included 71 local infections, with 29 cases of unknown origin. As of Dec. 7, there are currently 1,122 […]

Behind a significant portion of voting machines used in the United States lies a history of foreign ties, hidden ownership structures, and transparency concerns with the software itself. There is also a connection between two major voting systems companies, Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems, through the acquisition of Sequoia Voting Systems. Information from lawsuits, public […]

On the evening of December 3rd, Ted Hui, a former Hong Kong Legislative councillor who is now in Denmark, announced on Facebook that he would go into exile, quit the Hong Kong Democratic Party, and temporarily leave Hong Kong, making him the second former Hong Kong legislator to go into exile.

The Victorian government has fast-tracked a bill through the legislative assembly of state Parliament that will see hotel quarantine guests pay around $3,000 for a mandatory two-week stay in Melbourne. A revamped version of the hotel quarantine program is now into its second day, and 235 people have successfully landed in the state capital so […]

At least eight pro-democracy figures were arrested in Hong Kong on Dec. 8 for their involvement in an unauthorized protest on July 1. Those arrested included three former opposition lawmakersi—Wu Chi-wai, Eddie Chu, and Leung Kwok-hungi—as well as incumbent opposition district councilors Lancelot Chan, Andy Chui, and Tsang Kin-shing. Wu was the former head of […]

Australia is one step closer to enacting Magnitsky-style legislation that will target serious human rights abusers and perpetrators of corruption. A joint standing committee tabled the final report on Monday, concluding a year-long inquiry that heard submissions from over 160 individuals and organisations from around the world, including notable human rights campaigners Amal Clooney, Geoffrey […]