China Human Rights

An executive of a Chinese real-estate company, who is also a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested and detained in China on Sept. 19 because of his faith, according to Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that serves as a clearinghouse on the persecution of Falun Gong in China. The family of Fu Xinge, 50, vice president of […]

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s leading Catholic cleric said on Oct. 3 that he feared continued suppression of Catholics in mainland China despite a landmark accord struck last month between the Vatican and Beijing’s Communist Party leadership. Michael Yeung, the Bishop of Hong Kong, said it would take time to address issues beyond the appointment of bishops […]

VATICAN CITY—Taiwan has accused China of trying to make the island nation “irrelevant” in the world community, after Beijing and the Vatican signed a landmark agreement that eases decades of estrangement. Matthew Lee, Taiwan’s ambassador to the Vatican, made the comment in a speech during a reception marking Taiwan’s national day that was attended by […]

YouTube has removed the most popular channel focused on Chinese politics from its search suggestions just as YouTube’s parent company, Google, faces scrutiny for allegedly developing a censored web search app for the Chinese market. While typing into the YouTube search bar, the website provides a drop-down list of suggested search queries, which appears to […]

HONG KONG/VATICAN CITY—A landmark deal between China’s leaders and the Vatican over the appointment of bishops has been struck without Beijing taking action on long-held Church concerns over clerics in detention, Catholic Church sources familiar with the matter say. The agreement, which gives the Vatican a long-desired say in the appointment of bishops in China, […]

A Canadian woman whose mother is illegally detained in China because of her faith says her mother has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. Huixia Chen was arrested on June 3, 2016, for her practice of Falun Dafa, a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance that has […]

BEIJING—The Vatican’s breakthrough agreement to give China some say over bishop appointments has critics accusing the church of caving in to the ruling Communist Party just as it is waging a sweeping crackdown on religion. The agreement is a step toward addressing the long-cherished hope of bringing together China’s 12 million Catholics who are divided […]

BEIJING—When a former intern at China’s state broadcaster wrote in July about being groped and forcibly kissed by one of the country’s most recognizable television stars, her story ignited a social media firestorm in a country where a backlash against sexual harassment was growing. Now her case is set to go before the Chinese legal […]

TAIPEI—Taiwan said on Sept. 27 its relationship with the Vatican is stable, although it will closely watch what it described as “suppression” by China following a landmark deal between Beijing and the Vatican on the appointment of bishops on the mainland. The Vatican has signed an agreement giving it a long-desired say in the appointment […]

NEW YORK—A crowd of Falun Dafa practitioners from across the greater New York area gathered outside the headquarters of the United Nations on Sept. 25, to seek an end to the barbaric persecution of adherents taking place in China. This year marks the 19th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) commencing an unprecedented campaign […]

A man in his 70s was injected with unknown drugs after he was imprisoned by Chinese Communist Party officials for refusing to stop practicing a type of meditation. The man, identified only as Mr. Wang, was also beaten by Chinese medical personnel “until he passed out,” according to Minghui.org, a website dedicated to sharing information […]

BEIJING—Pakistani businessmen whose wives and children are trapped in China‘s Xinjiang region are traveling to Beijing to lobby their embassy, in hopes that Pakistan’s new government will pressure its ally for their release. Beijing has faced an outcry from activists, some governments and U.N. human rights experts over mass detentions and strict surveillance of the […]

The Vatican signed an agreement with Beijing on Sept. 22 that would allow the Chinese authorities to appoint China’s bishops, in a move that critics say is capitulating to the Chinese regime. The Catholic Church in China, which is sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said on Sept. 23 it would “persevere to walk […]

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan is urging China to ease pressures on the country’s Muslim minority amid warnings by human rights groups that the Uyghurs in China face restrictions on religious activities and mass detentions in so-called “re-education camps.” Pakistan’s minister for religious affairs, Noorul Haq Qadri, met Chinese envoy Yao Xing this week to discuss the situation of […]

HONG KONG–A Hong Kong cardinal who has spearheaded opposition to the Vatican’s rapprochement with China has called for the Pope’s secretary of state to step down, saying any deal with Beijing on the appointment of bishops would amount to a betrayal of the Catholic faith. Cardinal Joseph Zen, the most senior Catholic cleric on Chinese soil, […]

GENEVA–France and Germany have called on China to close “re-education camps” in its restive far western region of Xinjiang where up to one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities are thought to be held for political indoctrination as pressure grows for U.N. action. Reports of mass detentions and strict surveillance of the Turkic minority in […]

NEW YORK—”Why was there an order to start killing?” Fang Zheng asked bluntly. His simple query, among a titanic amount of other interrelated questions, has been unanswered for nearly 3 decades. But Zheng—a victim turned activist—whose legs were run over by a tank during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, is still fighting for the truth. The bloodbath, carried […]

After a five-year legal battle in Hong Kong court, a major victory was won for freedom of speech, assembly, and protest on Aug. 31. Adherents of the Falun Gong spiritual group—which is banned and heavily persecuted in mainland China—filed a lawsuit in 2013 against Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), which typically oversees […]

BEIJING—Two U.S. lawmakers are urging the extension of tougher American export restrictions to prevent sales of equipment that could be used in China’s massive security clampdown targeting the Xinjiang region’s native mostly Uyghur Muslim population. Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Chris Smith want foreign entities, including businesses, research institutions, government and private organizations, and individuals […]

SHANGHAI—The Chinese regime has drawn up new draft guidelines to stop what it deems to be “chaotic” and illegal online promotion of religion, China’s state-run newspaper Global Times said on Sept. 11, as part of a tough state campaign to bring religious worship “into line.” All organizations engaged in the dissemination of religious information online […]