US Lawmakers Want Next Winter Olympics Shifted From China
James Burke | Vision Times Two high-profile U.S. lawmakers have called for the next Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in China, to be reassigned due to ongoing human rights abuses being committed by the Chinese communist regime, especially the large-scale ongoing crackdown on the Uyghur ethnic minority. Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Chris Smith […]
Canadian Lawmakers Call for Release of Falun Gong Practitioner Imprisoned in China
Ying Zi | Minghui.org Canadian Parliament Members have presented a number of petitions in Parliament over the last several weeks, calling for the release of Canadian citizen Sun Qian, a Falun Gong practitioner, who was detained in Beijing in early February. On June 12, Member of Parliament Tom Kmiec, deputy critic for foreign affairs for […]
US Lawmakers, Chinese Dissidents Ask Trump to Pressure Beijing on Rights
Voice of America WASHINGTON — Some U.S. lawmakers are urging President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration to recalibrate U.S.-China relations with a harder line on human rights. “It is increasingly clear that there is direct link between China’s domestic human-rights problems and the security and prosperity of the United States,” Congressman Chris Smith said at […]
US Lawmakers Condemn “Communist Tyrants in Beijing”
<!–[CDATA[ Minghui.org Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful protest against the Chinese regime’s persecution of Falun Gong on the west lawn of US Capitol on July 16, 2015. Several US lawmakers attended the rally and gave speeches. AFP reported on July 16, “’You’re peaceful, you’re compassionate, you’re tolerant, you’re people that should be respected for […]