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. Marco Respinti Finally, the European Union (EU) gets things rolling. On April 18, during its plenary session, the European Parliament (EP) approved an urgent resolution requesting attention on the awful situation of human rights in China and requiring ...

Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the European Parliament urgency debate on China, notably the situation of ethnic and religious minorities Strasbourg, 18/04/2019 - 11:46, UNIQUE ID: 190418_5 Thank you, Mr President, As some of you [Members of the European Parliament] have mentioned, today we do have, compared to five years ago, a new strategy with China, but most importantl ...

By Kady O'Malley. Published on Apr 4, 2019 As the House heads into the final day of the budget debate, it appears that Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre may end up being the only MP to put his thoughts on the government’s fiscal fortitude on the permanent parliamentary record. At press time, he’s scheduled to resume his speech this morning, and unless he chooses to wrap it up before time runs out ...

Nur Bekri, former governor of Xinjiang, attends a news conference during the annual session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, in Beijing on March 7, 2010. (Jason Lee/Reuters) BY NICOLE HAO, April 3, 2019 Nur Bekri, China’s highest-ranking ethnic Uyghur official, was the latest to be ensnared in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign. Bekri was ...

By Nina Larson Diplomats and activists on Monday denounced intense Chinese lobbying, pressure and even threats to rein in criticism of Beijing during last month's session of the UN Human Rights Council. Human Rights Watch charged that the Chinese mission in Geneva had sent a letter to a number of missions urging them to stay away from a US-organized event on March 13 about China's treatment of Uighurs and o ...