The author delivered the following speech on November 14 at the Geneva Forum 2019 on human rights, organized by the Department of Information & International Relations of the Geneva Office of Tibet of the Central Tibetan Administration under the title China’s High-Tech Repression and Freedom of Religion.
Human Rights
Parents Arrested While Seeking Justice for Their Dead Sons
Numerous questions remain unanswered about the deaths of two boys in Hunan Province. Instead of looking for answers, police persecute the aggrieved family.
Suspicious Deaths During Detention Become the Sad Norm
The growing number of mortalities in prisons or police custody is another cause for concern as to the state of human rights in China. Two families tell their stories.
Abusing People’s Rights, CCP Collects DNA for Tighter Control
A nationwide campaign to forcibly collect people’s biometric data is in full swing across China, often misleadingly presented as a means “to fight crime.”
How China Is Bullying and Blocking the UN Human Rights Mechanisms
A detailed UNPO report documents how Beijing (and other illiberal regimes) is preventing – legally and illegally – the voice of the persecuted from being heard internationally.
Kazakhstan: Day of Judgment for Serikzhan Bilash
The trial of the brave activist defending the victims of Xinjiang re-education camps is ready to start. Bitter Winter interviewed his lawyer and his wife
Axis of Shame: Human Rights Foes Support China’s Xinjiang Camps
At the United Nations, 22 countries sign a letter condemning the CCP transformations through education camps, 37 answers praising China’s “remarkable achievements” in human rights.
There’s Life in the EU, and Hope for the Persecuted in China
Brussels’ hemicycle passed an urgent resolution on human rights and religious freedom in the land of the Red Dragon. We applaud it while noting a few faults.
Lawyer Aiman Umarova: “I Would Give My Life for the Prisoners in Chinese Camps”
Star human rights lawyer raises her voice for Ethnic Kazakhs detained in the Chinese transformation through education camps, vows not to stop despite threats.
UK Parliament Debates Forced Live Organ Extraction in China
An in-depth debate at the British Parliament explores the issue of organ harvesting. China is accused of “crimes against humanity, on an industrial scale.”









