Meeting for the first time in six years this week in Busan, South Korea, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping conducted a closely watched meeting on a wide range of topics such as trade, tariffs, rare earths, andRead More →
Bethel Church’s founder succumbed to years of police harassment and psychological torment. A rare blurred image of Pastor Zhao and CCP officers inspecting the Cili County Detention Center where he was detained. From Weibo. On September 5, 2025, Pastor ZhaoRead More →
A member who escaped abroad reports to “Bitter Winter” the terror of the new raids against an idiosyncratic but peaceful new religious movement. On July 3, 2025, a sudden and sweeping crackdown shattered the lives of members of the LifeRead More →
In a new book, renowned historian Wu Si debunks the myth that the CCP’s totalitarianism hinders human rights but promotes economic growth. We often hear that the CCP’s totalitarian regime is evil for human rights but good for the economy.Read More →
A detailed study reveals that hundreds of newspapers regularly copy and paste materials prepared by the CCP’s Publicity Department. In contrast to other countries where media serve as critical voices countering government communication, journalism in China exists solely to disseminateRead More →
Gao Zhen is taken away in handcuffs shortly before his family was due to board a plane for New York. By Kitty Wang for RFA Mandarin Read RFA coverage of this story in Mandarin Chinese authorities are holding Gao Zhen,Read More →
The report, published on June 26, 2024, confirms last year’s attitude to persuasively denounce foes but somewhat excuse political allies. by Massimo Introvigne On June 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of State published its yearly Report on International Religious Freedom,Read More →
One third of China’s total prison inmates are Uyghurs and Turkic people. by Ruth Ingram Uyghurs are the most heavily imprisoned people in the world according to alarming figures released by a Uyghur rights group, claiming that at least 1Read More →
China-based family members of Chinese students in Europe and North America targeted in retaliation for students’ overseas activism Students face ‘surveillance’ at protests and online Universities urged to combat threats to academic freedom and human rights Chinese and Hong KongRead More →
86 Groups Urge Rebukes, Sanctions Against Beijing’s Latest Assault on Right (New York) – National governments should strongly oppose the Hong Kong government’s introduction of so-called Article 23 national security legislation, which will further devastate human rights protections in HongRead More →
TAINAN, TAIWAN – Rights groups and activists at home and abroad Friday denounced China for barring a prominent Chinese democracy and rights activist from leaving for the United States to care for his cancer-stricken wife. They called the action “inhuman”Read More →
Tibetans abroad vote to elect the members of the Central Tibetan Administration. The CCP mobilizes its spies, and asks friendly governments to harass voters. by Marco Respinti In 2011, the Dalai Lama moved to transform the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)Read More →
Journalists’ groups have condemned orders to four Hong Kong media organizations from the city’s national security police requiring them to hand over materials linked to the arrests of dozens of pro-democracy activists for “subversion.” The Hong Kong Journalists’ Association (HKJA)Read More →
At least 50 pro-democracy activists have been arrested in Hong Kong Wednesday in the biggest crackdown on opposition forces in the semi-autonomous city under the new national security law. Hong Kong news outlets say those arrested in the early WednesdayRead More →
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is heading back to detention after the city’s highest court revoked his bail Thursday. The 73-year-old Lai was arrested on December 3 and spent three weeks behind bars before posting aRead More →
For Hong Kong activists, the past year has been one of despair and dread. Facing possible persecution under the new National Security Law, many have been forced to choose between their political causes and their homes. Former legislator Baggio LeungRead More →
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have indicted 12 Hong Kong protesters detained as they fled to the democratic island of Taiwan on charges relating to “illegally crossing a border,” the state prosecutor’s office said in a statementRead More →
Authorities in Qinghai province in northwestern China last month detained a Tibetan woman known for her online advocacy of democracy and the rule of law, holding her for 10 days before releasing her under continuing surveillance, Tibetan sources say. TseringRead More →
Police in Hong Kong on Monday arrested eight people — including two directly elected members of the District Council — over a peaceful graduation protest at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), three of them under the national securityRead More →
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong say they have handed over the cases of 12 Hong Kong protesters detained as they fled to the democratic island of Taiwan to the state prosecutor, paving the way for a trial.Read More →
Three prominent pro-democracy activists were taken into custody Monday in Hong Kong after pleading guilty to charges related to a protest outside a police headquarters last June. Joshua Wong and fellow members of the now-disbanded Demosisto political party, Ivan Lam, and Agnes Chow, all in their twenties, took the guilty plea at the advice ofRead More →
