Totalitarian regimes use torture. Only Russia and China publicly and proudly brag about it.
Boasting About Torture: A Uyghur View of Putin and Xi Jinping
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CCP Launches 3-Year “Tough Battle” Against The Church of Almighty God
After a previous three-year “general battle” failed to eradicate the banned religious organization, a new plan has been set in motion in 2024.
Uyghur Stories: How Yalkun Uluyol Lost His Father—and Thirty Family Members
The insatiable pain of loss for a Uyghur exile, trying to come to terms with separation from those he loves.
The CCP vs Bao Zheng, Patron Saint of the Petitioners
Legendary for his sense of justice, the divinized Medieval magistrate is worshiped by Chinese who cry for the regime’s injustice. The CCP is not amused.
Xi Jinping’s Space Program: “To See Him Fly, So Many Die.”
Two poignant verses from rocker Ronnie James Dio’s masterpiece “Stargazer” offer a comment to the failure of a recent Chinese launch of communication satellites.
China Discovers a New “Cult,” “Fan Circle Culture”
The rhetoric of “xie jiao” and “brainwashing” is used to crack down on fan clubs of sport and entertainment celebrities
The CCP’s Weaponization of Geographical Maps
A new report documents the manipulation of borders by the CCP’s cartography. Its first victims are human beings, not geography only.
Uyghurs Bravely Resist Oppression Through Poetry
As human rights atrocities envelop the globe, pleas not to forget the Uyghurs rang out from exiled poet Aziz Isa Elkun on UNESCO’s World Poetry Day, March 21st.
A Farce in Geneva: Seminar Claims Tibet and Xinjiang Are Paradises of Human Rights
Chinese “experts” and Western fellow travelers assured a small audience that the two regions are a model of respect of religious liberty and other rights.
Hong Kong: Why We Should Stand with Gregory Wong
Do not believe the Chinese media (or Wikipedia). The popular actor has been sentenced to a long jail term because he is pro-democracy, not because he is violent.