Category Archives: China
Not forgetting why Chen Guangcheng was arrested: exposing forced abortion
By Reggie Littlejohn, President, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers In the astonishment surrounding Chen Guangcheng’s extraordinary escape from house arrest, let us not forget why he was arrested: in 2006 Chen exposed the Chinese government’s systematic, massive use of forced abortion
Chen Guangcheng’s Reasonable Demand Biggest Test for Chinese Premier Wen and Obama Administration
Chinese Lawyer Who Defended Women from Forced Abortion Escapes Illegal Home Detention WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chen Guangcheng’s “bold and courageous” appeal to China’s Premier Wen Jiabao to investigate and hold responsible all corrupt officials who systematically beat and tortured him,
Chen Guangcheng Escapes House Arrest; Human Rights Activist documented forced abortions and forced sterilizations
By Dave Andrusko Blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng escaped his house arrest in Shandong province last Sunday with reports that he made his way to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Chen, a self-taught lawyer, had been under house arrest
The REAL War Against Women – Forced Abortion and Gendercide in China
By Reggie Littlejohn, President, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers As the U.S. debates Obamacare and the contraceptive mandate, Chinese women are being dragged out of their homes, strapped down to tables and forced to abort babies that they want, up to
International Women’s Day a Travesty for Chinese Women and Blind Forced Abortion Opponent Chen Guangcheng
Editor’s note. The following was distributed by Women’s Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week women in many nations celebrate great advances in women’s rights. Women in other nations have seen a decline. Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is dedicated to
“I don’t think having a baby is any kind of crime”
By Dave Andrusko We’ve written dozens and dozens and dozens of stories about China’s brutally repressive one-child policy. And although you hear and read that there has been some easing up, you know this is almost entirely smoke and mirrors.
This Christmas, help free Chen Guangcheng, persecuted opponent of China’s one-child policy
By John Smeaton As we in the UK start our Christmas celebrations, we are safe in the knowledge that our family lives will not be interrupted by arbitrary imprisonment or torture. We can (at least for now) speak out freely
Movie Star beaten when he attempts to meet Chinese man who exposed forced abortion in Chinese province
By Dave Andrusko The irony no doubt is lost on Chinese authorities, not known for their subtly. “Batman” star Christian Bale has starred in a just released movie partly funded by the Chinese government, “The Flowers of War,” that “the
Pro-Life Perspective: “A Firsthand Account of Forced Abortion in China”
By Dave Andrusko It is only to state the obvious to say that it is very tough sledding to read accounts—all too commonplace—about forced abortion and involuntary sterilization in China. But that grim, but necessary, topic is the subject matter
“Comedy” to be Filmed in town where Chinese Human Rights Advocate Beaten and Extra-legally Detained
By Dave Andrusko Last week we ran a story about the egregious ongoing violations of human rights in China which feared indignant remarks by pro-life Congressman Chris Smith (“China’s One-Child per Couple Population Policy, with its reliance on forced abortion,