The Axis of Shame, July 2020: The Countries That Supported China on Hong Kong
<!–[CDATA[ BITTER WINTER On July 1, 53 countries (including China) signed a resolution introduced by Cuba at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council in Geneva praising China for the passing of the Hong Kong National Security Law. The list of those that became part to this new Axis of Shame (a label Bitter Winter originally created for those supporting […]
Germany: Legislator Calls For Public Support for Human Rights Accountability Act
<!–[CDATA[ Minghui From December 1 to 30, 2019, members of the public can sign an online petition urging the German Parliament to pass the Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. The Magnitsky Act was originally passed by the U.S. Congress in 2012 and was aimed at punishing Russian officials who had committed human rights violations and corruption. In […]
A New Document War at the UN: The Free World vs China on Xinjiang
MASSIMO INTROVIGNE | BITTER VINTER Led by Britain, 23 countries denounce the mass detention of Uyghurs. China mobilizes its usual Axis of Shame to react. Sadly, a few European countries, including Italy, did not sign the critical document. Again, the United Nations, this time at the General Assembly, witnessed a war of documents about the horrific transformation […]
‘I Don’t Know Whether He’s Alive or Dead’
James Burke | Vision Times Human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was detained by Chinese authorities in July 2015. He was one of around 300 human rights activists and legal professionals targeted by the state that year in what has been described as the Chinese Communist Party’s “war on law.” Nearly two years later, the authorities […]
China in Nationwide Security Crackdown During New Silk Road Forum
Qiao Long, Gao Shan and Wong Si-lam | Radio Free Asia China has ordered businesses to close and carried out mass detentions of petitioners and rights activists in a nationwide security operation during its “New Silk Road” forum in Beijing. As nearly 30 heads of state gathered in Beijing for President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and […]
Rights Lawyer Complains to Mayor Over ‘Cultural Revolution’ Treatment of Colleagues
Ng Yik-tung, Sing Man and Lam Kwok-lap | Radio Free Asia A prominent Chinese lawyer has made a complaint to Beijing’s mayoral hotline about a nationwide police operation targeting the country’s human rights lawyers beginning on July 9, 2015, likening it to the political violence of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Liu Xiaoyuan, a partner at […]
Europe: Declaration Requiring Action to End Organ Harvesting in China
Minghui.org More than half of Members of the European Parliament (MEP) have co-signed Written Declaration (2016/WD48) as of July 12. The written declaration requires the European Parliament to take action to stop state-sanctioned organ harvesting in China. Falun Gong practitioners from 13 European countries held rallies in front of the EU Building in Strasbourg, France from July 6 – […]