Uyghurs
China Sanctions US Company, 2 Researchers Over Reports on Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
China’s communist regime is imposing sanctions on a U.S. research firm and two individuals in response to Washington’s recent moves to pressure Beijing regarding human rights abuses against Uyghur and other Muslim minorities. The sanctions affect Kharon, a San Francisco-based research and data company; Edmund Xu, a senior researcher who leads the Asia study program […]
Capitol Report Full Broadcast (June 28)
President Joe Biden touted “Bidenomics” Wednesday and his record on the economy. Could a federal sales tax replace income tax? Former President Donald Trump is bashing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s new plan, as the two try to change minds in the Republican primary. Will Congress vote on it? We hear from a tax analyst about […]
Lawmakers Probe Loophole Allowing Chinese Companies to Avoid US Inspections
House Republicans are asking the U.S. Postal Service for details about potentially illegal mail coming from China, according to a June 28 letter. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) are looking into Chinese companies that use a loophole to avoid having American inspections of goods intended for U.S. markets. Gallagher, chairman of the […]
New House Bill Will Send Shockwaves Through China’s Organ Trafficking Industry: Levi Browde
U.S. House passed a bill to punish the Chinese Communist Party on March 27 for its forced live organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. The bill, dubbed the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, aims to sanction anyone involved in the horrific act and requires annual government reporting on such activities taking place in […]
House China Panel Turns Focus to Plight of Uyghurs
WASHINGTON—Two women who experienced life in Chinese “reeducation” camps for Uyghurs told lawmakers Thursday of lives under imprisonment and surveillance, rape and torture as a special House committee focused on countering China shined a light on human rights abuses in the country. Qelbinur Sidik, a member of China’s ethnic Uzbek minority who was forced to […]
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (March 22)
Some military doctors are saying children as young as 7 can make their own health decisions. They also say children experiencing gender dysphoria should be given medication right away. UNESCO, the United Nations agency dealing with education and culture, is under fire. It faces accusations of being complicit in ongoing atrocities by the Chinese Communist […]
NTD UK News Full Broadcast (Feb. 13)
The prime minister promises the government will do “whatever it takes” to keep the UK public safe from Chinese spy balloons. Politicians join protesters after reports that the Chinese Communist Party’s deputy secretary of the Xinjiang region, sanctioned by the United States for persecuting Uyghurs, will be meeting Foreign Office officials. A man is in […]
US Recognizes 2nd Year of Uyghur Genocide
The United States government officially recognized China’s ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in occupied East Turkistan (renamed Xinjiang) for two years on Jan. 19. The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) and the East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM) holds a press conference from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 19 at the National […]
China’s Treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity: UN
A number of “serious human rights violations” may have been committed against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, China, according to a new report by the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR). The 48-page report (pdf) was published on Aug. 31 by outgoing U.N. human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, shortly before the end of her term. Bachelet has […]
UN Expert Concludes ‘Forced Labor’ Has Taken Place in Xinjiang
BEIJING—It is “reasonable to conclude” that forced labor of members of minority groups has taken place in China’s western Xinjiang region, the UN’s top expert on slavery said in a report released this week. The findings were “based on an independent assessment of available information”, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, […]
Push For Ban on Goods From Xinjiang
Lawmakers are proposing legislation that would ban all government departments from procuring goods linked to modern slavery or human trafficking. This comes as the government passed similar legislation in April, which only applied to NHS England. It follows concerns about the Chinese communist party’s repression of Uyghurs.
Evidence Shows China Ramps Up Forced Organ Harvesting From Uyghurs: Expert
New evidence has emerged pointing to the Chinese regime’s ongoing organ harvesting crimes, Ethan Gutmann, China studies research fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, told the International Religious Freedom Summit 2022 in Washington on June 28-30. Gutmann reported his latest finding: a compound containing a hospital surrounded with a labor camp of 33,000 […]
UK Lawmakers Call For Ban of Hikvision and Dahua
A group of MPs and peers have called on the government to ban two CCTV systems made by firms linked to the Chinese Communist Party, Hikvision and Dahua. The companies are accused of playing a role in the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but reports show the cameras are in use in U.K. councils, NHS […]
Taiwan Hospital Displaced Doctors for Conduction Organ Harvesting in China
A Taiwan hospital announced last Friday that it would not renew its employment contracts with two doctors. That’s because they conducted organ transplant surgeries in mainland China without reporting the procedures to the hospital. The Changhua Christian Hospital said in a statement: “The Chinese Communist Party continues to harvest organs from living human beings. The […]
Blinken Criticizes China For Religious Suppression
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is criticizing China’s “genocide and repression” of Uyghurs and suppression of religions. He gave remarks on the issue amid the launch of the 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom—held by the Department of State on Thursday.
UN Commissioner Takes Criticism For China Trip
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has concluded a six-day visit to China. It was the first trip of its kind to the country in 17 years. The Chinese Communist regime is accused of imprisoning more than 1 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the western Xinjiang province. What’s more, the U.S. has […]
NTD UK News Full Broadcast (May 24)
Files leaked from a Chinese police database in Xinjiang detail abuse of detained Uyghurs, as the U.N. human rights chief arrives in the region. London’s long-awaited Elizabeth line has finally opened, with thousands of curious travellers taking a ride on the opening day. Russian forces are launching an all-out assault on two cities in eastern Ukraine in a […]