Vice President Mike Pence plans hawkish China speech as trade tensions boil
May 31, 2019Vice President Mike Pence is planning a speech around the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The remarks are expected to be a censure of China’s religious freedom and human rights … Continued The post Vice President Mike Pence plans hawkish read more →
Narendra Modi sworn in for second term after election landslide
May 31, 2019BBC, 30 May 2019 Read original news here Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a second term as India’s prime minister after his party won a landslide majority in the recent election. Thousands were invited to the ceremony in … Continued The post Narendra Modi sworn in for second read more →
Human Rights Activism in Post-Tiananmen China: A Tale of Brutal Repression and Extraordinary Resilience
May 31, 2019In the three decades since the Tiananmen Massacre, the Chinese government’s killing of an untold number of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators around June 4, 1989, human rights activists in China has made tremendous sacrifices in the pursuit of a more just … Continued The post Human Rights Activism in Post-Tiananmen China: read more →
China detains activists, mutes livestreams ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
May 31, 2019By Poornima Weerasekara, For the original article, Click here. Chinese authorities have detained several activists ahead of the politically explosive 30th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown of Tiananmen protests, rights groups said Thursday. Discussions of the 1989 pro-democracy protests … Continued The post China detains activists, mutes livestreams ahead read more →
Rights group urges U.S. to sanction China over Xinjiang camps
May 30, 2019Stephanie Nebehay, Read the original article here. GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States, embroiled in a trade war with China, should also impose sanctions on China for detaining an estimated one million Uighurs in its Xinjiang region, where repression has … Continued The post Rights group urges U.S. to sanction read more →
China’s weapon of mass surveillance is a human rights abuse
May 30, 2019BY BRADLEY A. THAYER AND LIANCHAO HAN, Read the original article here. Pervasive surveillance by the Chinese government has eliminated privacy for the Chinese people. This is significant human rights abuse and, unfortunately, it is not well recognized or reported. … Continued The post China’s weapon of mass surveillance is read more →
Veteran China Dissident Urges Linking of Human Rights, Trade
May 30, 2019THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Read the original article here. TOKYO—Veteran Chinese dissident Wang Dan urged Western nations to restore the link between human rights and trade with China in a speech on May 29 just days ahead of the 30th anniversary of the … Continued The post Veteran China Dissident Urges Linking of read more →
China Launches New Drive Against Dalai Lama Photos in Kardze
May 30, 2019Authorities in Tibetan-populated regions of western Chinese provinces have launched a new push against possession of photos of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, traveling to remote areas that had previously escaped police attention, Tibetan sources say. The campaign, … Continued The post China Launches New Drive Against Dalai read more →
US calls on China to release Uighur detainees ahead of Eid
May 30, 2019ANI, Read the original article here. The United States on Wednesday called on China to release all Uighurs and other Muslim minorities arbitrarily detained throughout Xinjiang so they may return home to celebrate the Eid holiday with their loved ones. Morgan Ortagus, the spokesperson of the US State … Continued The post US calls on China to release read more →
China steps up suppression ahead of Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
May 29, 201928 May 2019, 01:28 UTC, Read the original article here. The Chinese authorities must end a wave of persecution targeting those seeking to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, Amnesty International said ahead of the 30th anniversary of … Continued