The 709 Crackdown in China
The massive arrest and detainment of several known civil rights lawyers in China, became kbown as the 709 Crackdown of China (or the 709 Case). This action was designed to display the Chinese Communist Party ultimate power through the government’s preoccupation with public order and maintaining security in Chinese contemporary Continue Reading
U.S. calls on China to release Falun Gong Prisoners
(Source: Minghui.org) After Beijing sentenced 11 local Falun Gong practitioners in mid-January, three weeks before the upcoming Winter Olympics, the U.S. State Department and other government officials, as well as human rights lawyers in Canada, condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the wrongful convictions, and called on it to Continue Reading
