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Chinese dissident Chen honored in Washington
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is receiving a human rights award in Washington Tuesday, nine months after his frantic escape from house arrest to the U.S. embassy in Beijing led to his eventual release to the United S...
Iranian Family asks who killed their newly-converted activist daughter?
Gelareh Bagherzadeh was an Iranian-born woman, newly converted to Christianity. She volunteered as a Persian-language translator at church and was about to graduate from university and had already found a job.
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Is Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng pro-life?
When blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made a daring escape from house arrest this spring and found refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, he instantly became a popular hero in the West and a rallying point for human righ...
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Rutgers University newspaper under fire for Hitler spoof
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (RNS) A satirical student newspaper is under investigation by Rutgers University after publishing a column in praise of Adolf Hitler and attributing it to a Jewish student activist
Bangladeshi Christian rights activist finds refuge in Hong Kong after ordeal
A Christian rights journalist and activist in Bangladesh, who was tortured and harassed, has found refuge in Hong Kong. William Nicholas Gomes, 27, of the Asian Human Rights Commission, endured harsh torture and interrogation f...
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Rights groups appeal for freedom, medical treatment for ailing blind activist in China
The health of a blind activist in China is in serious jeopardy because of constant beatings and malnutrition as a result of the conditions that he is forced to live under while in house arrest.
Letter from wife of Chinese blind activist reveals graphic details of torture
A letter from the wife of a blind activist in China was released recently by ChinaAid, detailing the torture and beatings that she and her husband have been subject to since he was placed under house arrest. Yuan Weijing, wife ...
China’s one-child policy slammed by rights activist
The president of a woman’s rights group appealed recently to the international community to stop international funding that supports China’s one child policy. Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, sa...
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Former President Carter secures release of Christian activist who entered N. Korea illegally
Former President Jimmy Carter successfully secured the release of Christian activist Aijalon Mahli Gomes from North Korea, and the two are heading back to the U.S. at press time. The Carter Center, in a statement said, “A...