China Human Rights Defenders

Fifteen years ago the Chinese communist regime banned Falun Gong and started persecuting its adherents in China. Here in Canada, it’s been nearly that many years that Canadian citizen and Nanaimo resident Chen Yingyi has known the real-life impact on his family and the firsthand suffering of his mother and sister, both practitioners of the traditional Chinese spiritual discipline.

Canada formally acknowledged reports that the Chinese regime is engaged in organ harvesting without consent for the first time at the United Nations on Wednesday. Canada’s statements at the United Nations are often noteworthy for their specificity and forcefulness, a trend that continued last week.

Five daughters of fathers imprisoned for their beliefs in Communist China testify at a Congressional hearing on the ordeal of separation

Eight activists have been arrested in Beijing for demanding that top-level communist officials disclose their assets.