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For Uyghurs, “Poverty Alleviation” Means Cultural Genocide

Scholar Adrian Zenz exposes how what is advertised as an anti-poverty program in Xinjiang is in fact just another tool to deprive Uyghurs of their identity and coerce them into slave labor. ...

2020-04-212024-07-26

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Activists, Believers Held in Psychiatric Clinics as Punishment

Instead of helping people, some mental health institutions in China are used to “reform” dissidents, even people petitioning the government or religious believers. ...

2020-04-202024-07-26

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Hong Kong Police Arrest 15 Veteran Pro-Democracy Figures

HONG KONG – Hong Kong police Saturday arrested 15 prominent democracy activists on charges of illegal assembly in the biggest crackdown on the semiautonomous city’s pro-democracy movement since mass, sometimes violent anti-government protests rocked the former British colony in June. ...

2020-04-192024-07-26

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Crosses Removed from Numerous State-Run Protestant Churches

Though approved by the government, Three-Self churches are not guaranteed protection from the state, and they often become targets of religious persecution. ...

2020-04-142024-07-26

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China’s Appointment to U.N. Human Rights Panel Sparks Global Outcry

China’s appointment to a United Nations human rights panel has sparked a global outcry, especially among rights activists and ethnic minority groups subject to Beijing’s rights abuses and discrimination. ...

2020-04-132024-07-26

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In China, All Calls for Freedom Lead to Punishment

The death of Li Wenliang, the whistleblower Wuhan doctor, stirred an online rebellion in China. But the regime promptly quashed people’s demands for free speech. ...

2020-04-122024-07-26

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China Could Face Lawsuits Totaling Trillions Over Handling of Coronavirus

China could face trillions of dollars in international lawsuits for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which first emerged in Wuhan as early as November, according to a London-based think-tank. ...

2020-04-112024-07-26

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China’s Global Threat to Human Rights

China’s government sees human rights as an existential threat. Its reaction could pose an existential threat to the rights of people worldwide. ...

2020-04-08

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Over 300 Protestant Churches Closed in Two Provinces

Jiangsu and Liaoning provinces continue reducing the number of places for believers to assemble, barring state-run and house churches alike. ...

2020-04-072024-07-26

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China Targets Thousands Who Spoke Out About The Coronavirus Epidemic

The ruling Chinese Communist Party has targeted thousands of people for speaking out about the coronavirus epidemic in the country since it began in late December in the central city of Wuhan, an overseas-based rights group has said. ...

2020-04-04

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