Posts Tagged ‘Human rights China’

Chinese authorities ask: Dear newlywed, when’s the baby arriving?

Monday, November 7th, 2022

An online post about a newlywed in China, who was rung up by her local government asking if she was pregnant, garnered tens of thousands of comments before being removed, with many netizens saying they had experienced similar calls. President Xi Jinping recently told Communist Party’s 20th Congress that China would establish a policy to Read more

China imposes sanctions on leading British Catholic human rights campaigner

Monday, March 29th, 2021

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed sanctions Friday on David Alton, a leading British Catholic human rights campaigner who highlighted widespread abuses in Xinjiang. The Chinese authorities announced the measures on March 26 against Alton and eight other U.K. citizens, as well as four institutions critical of the country’s human rights record. The individuals are Read more