China is Forcibly Harvesting Organs from Religious Detainees
June 25, 2019By Steve Williams, Read the original article here. China’s human rights abuses are well known, and now a new independent panel report lifts the lid on a horrifying fact: China is forcibly taking organs from its prison population, from which many … Continued The post China is Forcibly Harvesting Organs from read more →
China’s Long, Hot Summer of Censorship
June 25, 2019By Sarah Cook, Read the original article here. June has been a terrible month for internet freedom in China. July may be even worse. Every year in June, China’s censors go into overdrive to prevent citizens from discussing, commemorating, or … Continued The post China’s Long, Hot Summer of Censorship read more →
Beijing says it won’t allow Hong Kong to be brought up at G20
June 24, 2019By Ben Westcott and Yong Xiong, Hong Kong (CNN) Read the original article here. A top Chinese Foreign Ministry official said Beijing would “not allow” the Hong Kong protests to be brought up at the G20 meeting in Osaka beginning on Thursday. Assistant Minister of Foreign … Continued The post Beijing says it won’t allow Hong read more →
Tibet’s climate, land use policy not China’s internal affair: Sangay
June 24, 2019Statesman News Service, Read the original article here. Addressing a panel discussion on Climate Change and Tibet at University College London’s Darwin Lecture Theatre, he implored upon the strategic importance of the Tibetan plateau as the largest repository of fresh … Continued The post Tibet’s climate, land use policy not read more →
Google Brushes Off a Shareholder Revolt Over Its Plans in China
June 24, 2019By Leo Sun, Read the original article here. Last year, Alphabet ‘s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google faced a fierce backlash after details leaked about its censored search engine for China, codenamed Dragonfly. In December, The Intercept claimed that Google “effectively ended” the … Continued The post Google Brushes Off a Shareholder Revolt read more →
Google defeats shareholders on ‘Dragonfly’ censored search in China
June 24, 2019By Zack Whittaker, Read the original article here. A shareholder resolution aimed at halting Google’s efforts to bring a censored version of its search engine to China has failed. Shareholders tabled a resolution to demand Google put the brakes on its controversial … Continued The post Google defeats shareholders on ‘Dragonfly’ censored read more →
‘Experienced full religious freedom in India as vulnerable minority’: Tibetan Commissioner’s dissent note on US report
June 24, 2019By DNA Web Team, Read the original article here. Dr Tenzin Dorjee, the Commmissioner of the USCIRF wrote a powerful dissent note. On Sunday, as there was much ballyhoo and outrage from the usual suspects over the US Religious Freedom Report 2018, … Continued The post ‘Experienced full religious freedom in India read more →
China, Pakistan, Saudi Worst for Human Rights; Mostly Muslims at the Receiving End – US Reports
June 24, 2019By EurAsian Times, Read the original article here. The Annual Report on Religious Freedom, released this year has turned quite a few heads at the increasing atrocities towards minorities across the globe especially in China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. The US … Continued The post China, Pakistan, Saudi Worst for Human read more →
Keep pressing China on human rights
June 24, 2019By The Seattle Times editorial board, Read the original article here. President Donald Trump tweeted that he’ll have an “extended meeting” with China President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit in Japan this week. Resolving the nations’ trade dispute, and getting China … Continued The post Keep pressing China on human rights read more →
Nepal and China discuss plans to upgrade military ties
June 21, 2019Nepal Army chief General Purna Chandra Thapa on Thursday met China’s Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe and discussed plans to upgrade the military ties between the two neighboring countries. Thapa is on a week-long official tour to China. He arrived … Continued The post Nepal and China discuss plans to read more →