Crimes Against Humanity

The Situation of the Rohingya and Deadly Sea Crossings – Refugees International
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The Situation of the Rohingya and Deadly Sea Crossings – Refugees International

This piece was jointly submitted with Women’s Peace Network to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons in response to their call for inputs. For decades, as an ethnic minority group, the Rohingya people have faced discrimination, oppression, and persecution in Myanmar. Stripped from their access to property, citizenship, and other basic rights,…

“Today I Received Uyghur Girls”: Uyghur Teenagers as Victims of Human Trafficking – Bitter Winter
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“Today I Received Uyghur Girls”: Uyghur Teenagers as Victims of Human Trafficking – Bitter Winter

“Labor transfer agents” in Mainland China boast on social media that new shipments of Uyghur young women have arrived, as if they were just another commercial good. by Gulfiye Y Sleeping beauties: the three Uyghur girls have arrived. From Kuaishou. A Chinese businesswoman is proud to announce she has received three teenage “Uyghur girls” (维族Y头)…

‘Desperate’ need to implement law against organ harvesting: Taiwanese legislators
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‘Desperate’ need to implement law against organ harvesting: Taiwanese legislators

Taipei [Taiwan], December 20 (ANI): The forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners (who believe in the cultivation of moral character through forbearance) in China has been the largest-scale atrocity in the world, and the Taiwanese traveling to the country are either organ recipients or transplant surgeon, NTD news reported citing experts. While addressing the…

Canada passes anti-organ trafficking bill and pro-Tibet motion
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Canada passes anti-organ trafficking bill and pro-Tibet motion

MPs passed legislation Wednesday that would block foreigners from entering Canada if they were involved in organ trafficking – an accusation levelled at China by United Nations experts in 2021 – and adopted a motion urging Beijing to grant Tibet more autonomy. The measures, taken as the House of Commons wrapped up its last sitting…

Special Report: Doctors call for public to help human rights cause, end forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong in China
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Special Report: Doctors call for public to help human rights cause, end forced organ harvesting of Falun Gong in China

Peer reviewed, 56 page report outlines critical evidence of decades of organ transplant crimes in China “If the alleged crime is too bold and brazen to be believed, the unscientific response of disbelief prevents us from following our natural curiosity…from inspecting the issue with a scientific mind.”— Torsten Trey, MD, PhD WASHINGTON , DC, USA…

China is not our partner: Three scenes from a regime gone rogue
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China is not our partner: Three scenes from a regime gone rogue

Breadcrumb Trail Links World NP Comment Books Benedict Rogers, Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch, speaks during an anti-Chinese Communist Party assembly opposite Downing Street in London on Oct. 17, 2022. Photo by May James /SOPA Images / Sipa USA Article content In this extract of The China Nexus, Benedict Rogers describes being…

Armed militias endanger and exploit people fleeing Libya – with E.U. support
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Armed militias endanger and exploit people fleeing Libya – with E.U. support

“Get away from Libyan territorial (waters), otherwise we’ll shoot you by SAM (surface-to-air) missiles,” German doctor Leona Blankenstein heard from a vessel that had been given to the so-called Libyan Coast Guard by Italy as she flew above a migrant boat in Maltese waters on October 25. Charity organizations providing search and rescue in the Central…

A21 Hosts "Walk For Freedom" to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking – USA Herald
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A21 Hosts "Walk For Freedom" to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking – USA Herald

Traffickers feed on fear and ignorance to commit their crimes against humanity. Furthermore, these predators are turning to the internet to find victims. Traffickers will often pose as friends or even romantic partners before revealing their true colors. The only thing standing between slavery and freedom are the actions of ordinary people like us–doing our…

Third Committee – Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues | UN Press
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Third Committee – Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues | UN Press

Note: A complete summary of today’s Third Committee meetings will be available on Tuesday, 4 October. Briefing DELPHINE SCHANTZ, of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), expressed her agency’s support for Member States in their fight against drugs, corruption, terrorism and organized crime, including crimes that affect the environment, and cybercrime.  Championing…