China’s Belt and Road Initiative Under Scrutiny Ahead of 10-Year Anniversary
For example, in northeastern Cambodia, the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 hydroelectric dam, under the BRI, led to the displacement of nearly 5,000 indigenous people and the permanent flooding of their homes; a scenario that Human Rights Watch (HRW) described as a “human rights disaster.”.
Long-Awaited Uyghur Human Rights Report Due This Month
International human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as well as countries including the U.S. accused China of human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. The accusations include mass arbitrary incarceration of Muslims in internment camps, forced labor, forced sterilization of women, and forced separation of school-aged children from their parents.
Cardinal Zen, Barrister Margaret Ng and Others Released Following Four Hong Kong National Security Arrests
Police said the arrestees were trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which supported thousands of protesters during the 2019 unrest by providing legal assistance, funds for psychological counselling and medical treatment and emergency relief.
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Arrested Over Attending ‘Unauthorised’ 2019 Demo and Mask Ban
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested on suspicion of taking part in an unauthorised assembly on October 5 last year and violating a mask ban, according to a post from his official Twitter account. It occurred while he was reporting to the Central Police Station at around 1 pm on Thursday.
China Pressures World Into Silence on Its Human Rights Record: Report
<!–[CDATA[ Cathy He | New Tang Dynasty The Chinese regime’s intensifying efforts to thwart global scrutiny of its human rights abuses pose an “existential threat” to the international system, a rights group said on Jan. 14. Human Rights Watch (HRW), a U.S.-based nonprofit, in an annual report documenting human rights conditions around the world, said the Chinese […]
Hong Kong Bars Human Rights Watch Chief Kenneth Roth from City
Sunday’s move comes as protests across the territory enter their seventh month. Originally related to a now-axed extradition bill, demonstrations have escalated into sometimes violent displays of dissent against police behavior, amid calls for democracy and anger over Beijing’s encroachment.
US House Approves Bill Denouncing China’s Crackdown of Uighur Muslims
VOA News China has expressed anger over passage of a bill by the U.S. House of Representatives that calls for official actions against Beijing over its crackdown on millions of ethnic Muslims. By a vote of 407-to-1, the Democratic-led chamber approved the Uighur Act of 2019 Tuesday which condemns the detention of an estimated […]
China Retaliates After US Legislation Supports Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement
VOA News A trade deal between the U.S. and China has stalled because of newly signed U.S. bipartisan legislation supporting pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, according to the news website Axios. The news site quotes a source close to U.S. President Donald Trump’s negotiating team as saying the trade talks were “now stalled” because of […]
Concerns Grow For Taiwan Activist Serving Jail Term in China
Ng Yik-tung, Sing Man and Han Jie | Radio Free Asia Two years after his initial ‘disappearance’ on March 19, 2017, Taiwan rights activist Lee Ming-cheh has endured ill-treatment and is suffering declining health in prison, a rights group says. “Since then, Lee has endured ill-treatment and deteriorating health; according to his wife … he has lost 30 […]
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 […]