On 25 April 1995, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima turned six years old. Barely a month later, he became the world’s youngest political prisoner.

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is the Panchen Lama, the second highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama.

To many Tibetan people, he is a figure who commands deep respect and reverence. To the Chinese government, which has occupied Tibet...

The issue of China’s transplant practices first came to light through a whistleblower in March 2006. In response, David Kilgour and David Matas launched an independent investigation. Investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann later spent seven years doing his own research. He reached similar conclusions, that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are killing prisoners of conscience, principally Falun Gong practitioners, to sell their organs.

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In a surprising reversal, Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang has recanted allegations that he was tortured while in custody and pleaded guilty to charges of subverting state power and disrupting court order.

Xie has worked on some of China’s most sensitive and controversial cases and has long been an outspoken critic of the government and the country’s legal system.

But on Monday, he told a court in China’s central city of Changsha that that never happened and...

The following is the text of a letter released by the White House from the President to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary, the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Financial Services, and the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Banking, Housing and Foreign Affairs.


Dear Mr. Chairman:

In accordance with section 1264 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Subtitle F, Public Law...

China’s horrifying use of the death penalty remains one of the country’s deadly secrets, as the authorities continue to execute thousands of people each year, Amnesty International said in its 2016 global review of the death penalty, published recently.

A new in-depth investigation by Amnesty International, shows that the Chinese authorities enforce an elaborate secrecy system to obscure the shocking scale of executions in the country, despite repeated claims it is...

The world’s biggest company, Apple Inc., has blocked the American comedy show, China Uncensored (Youtube), from its Apple TV app store in Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as in mainland China.

“I totally understand why we’re blocked in mainland China. We’re clearly disrupting the Communist Party’s harmonious propaganda,” said Chris Chappell, creator and host of China Uncensored (Youtube). “But Hong Kong and Taiwan are not supposed to be under Chinese...

Chinese premier Li Keqiang visited Australia on March 23th 2017. During his 4 day visit, one of his most important aims was to encourage Australia to ratify the "China-Australia extradition treaty".

On 26th March, news media reported that Prof. Feng Chongyi was being "prevented from leaving China", and he was...

A presentation by David Matas to the International Academic Forum Conference on Identity, 24 March 2017, Kobe Japan

Introduction

I have been researching, writing and speaking on the killing of Falun Gong for their organs in China now for over ten years. In the effort to combat the killing of Falun Gong for their organs in China, I have been front and centre along with David Kilgour and Ethan Gutmann. None of us are Falun Gong practitioners. None of us have...

In defiance of the deeply held wishes of the Tibetan people, China's government plans to appoint its own candidate as the next Dalai Lama. The role has historically been filled by identifying the reincarnation of the previous Dalai Lama after his death. The current 14th Dalai Lama has made clear that no Chinese appointed Dalai Lama will be the legitimate leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

China already punishes Tibetans for practicing their religion as they choose. Its aim is to force a...

Freedom House have just released a report on religious persecution in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The most persecuted target is Falun Gong also known as Falun Dafa.

Since July 1999, the Chinese communist regime have carried out a vicious persecution of followers of Falun Gong a spiritual practice whose key features are five meditative qigong exercises and teachings reminiscent of Buddhist and Taoist traditions, with particular emphasis placed on the...