Human rights

U.S. 10/09/21, 17:14

Facebook is aware of Chinese officials monitoring subjects of oppression on its platform but has done little to intervene; an ex-Facebook manager has accused. "My team directly worked on tracking Chinese participation on the platform surveilling, say, Uyghur populations in places around the world," said Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen at a ...

U.S. 10/02/21, 22:57

A pro-life exhibit raising awareness about the deaths of more than 62 million babies killed by abortions since the implementation of Roe v. Wade was vandalized by pro-abortion students, according to Young America's Foundation (YAF). The event occurred on the campus of Pepperdine Christian University in California, and YAF shared on Twitter a ...

Europe 10/02/21, 21:33

A new comprehensive report conducted by the French Ministry of Armed Forces detailing the global infiltration of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been published after two years of research, with more than 50 researchers contributing to the report. The report, “Chinese Influence Operations: A Machiavellian Moment,” was authored by Dr. ...

Politics 10/02/21, 17:12

Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia ordered seven United Nations (UN) members to leave the country within 72 hours for meddling in the country's internal affairs on Thursday, Breitbart reported. Through a statement issued on Sept. 30 via Twitter, the African country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote that "it declared ...

U.S. 10/02/21, 16:36

If you thought solar panels were environmentally friendly, you might need to think again. Most solar panels are imported into the U.S., making them cheaper. However, critics claim their production in other countries, such as China, is not helping the environment. "Most of [the panels] are produced with energy from carbon-dioxide-belching, coal-burning ...

World 10/01/21, 18:15

An online museum that keeps the memories of the Tiananmen Square victims alive has accused Hong Kong officials of trying to cancel it. The museum has been inaccessible to Hongkongers in the city since Thursday, per Reuters. In a statement, the museum said the culprit behind the blockage was trying to "erase historical memory." The museum ...

Politics 09/30/21, 18:10

At the September hearings of the Uighur Tribunal, whistleblowers told their stories of human rights violations experienced by members of this ethnic minority in the Xinjiang region of China, according to Bitter Winter, a magazine on religious freedom and human rights in China. This independent people's tribunal investigating "ongoing atrocities and ...

Middle East 09/28/21, 00:57

A former field grade ranking officer is behind bars after openly expressing disappointment with his U.S. Marine Corps superiors. Task & Purpose confirmed Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, Jr. is detained in a military prison for criticizing the Biden administration's tactless withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Scheller's family members are very concerned ...

U.S. 09/27/21, 17:18

A federal law enforcement agency said U.S. residents, who escaped genocide in their homeland, are still being targeted in cyberspace. The FBI confirmed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is "almost certainly" persecuting native Uighur people and other groups through targeted cyber attacks. "Chinese government officials are ... employing transnational repression techniques to ...

News 09/27/21, 03:20

China's national policy does not mandate COVID-19 vaccination. However, local governments do force people to get vaccinated. In addition, citizens are rewarded to the tune of 500 yuan (about $77) to several thousand yuan if they cause a person to be vaccinated. Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch interviewed several people ...

World 09/26/21, 21:18

Authorities swiftly detained more than 100 former armed forces personnel for protesting on Sept. 13. A total of 137 veterans were arrested for publicly criticizing the Central Military Commission's Mail and Telephone Office in Beijing, China. A further 63 tried to join but were "stopped" before reaching their destination. The group was ...

World 09/26/21, 05:21

A Hong Kong group that has organized an annual memorial on June 4 to honor the massacre of students in China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown is disbanding. The Hong Kong Alliance pro-democracy group reached their decision by vote on Saturday, Sept. 25, after apparent pressure from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...

New York 09/25/21, 19:21

Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), a medical ethics non-government organization, is calling on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to condemn the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its practice of forced organ harvesting. The call comes as doctors, lawyers, and politicians from the United States, Europe, and Asia hold the ...

Trending 09/24/21, 18:29

Recently, a video recording of an urban manager in Nantong city, Jiangsu province, violently throwing an older man to the ground while on duty was spread, attracting public attention. The video shows that, on Sept. 15, in Xiaohai Street, Nantong development area, Jiangsu province, an employee wearing an urban management uniform ...

World 09/20/21, 22:33

A missing woman, who is arguably China's wealthiest, briefly reappeared on Sept. 4. Duan Weihong, also known as Whitney Duan, has not been seen since 2017 when she ran afoul of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) politics and vanished. The woman became a target after setting up firms and arranging deals with relatives ...

Australia & Oceania 09/19/21, 22:40

Technical facial recognition research should be retracted for ethical reasons, a higher education provider said. A study, partly funded by the Chinese government and a former Curtin University professor, has drawn fierce criticism for adopting immoral practises. The Western Australian education provider claims it discovered multiple ethical violations regarding informed consent and ...