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Chen Guangcheng’s Elder Brother Chen Guangfu Violently Beaten
Human rights activists have learned from forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng that his elder brother Chen Guangfu was beaten violently by two plain clothed young men this morning. According to Chen, who called Rev. Bob Fu of the human rights group ChinaAid right after the incident happened, at around 9:50 a.m. Beijing Time, his elder brother [...]
Kerry Just Leaves a Voicemail for Chinese About Chen’s Family’s Plight
Oh good grief. It appears that the Chinese tyranny is allowing the nephew of anti-forced abortion human rights activist Chen Guangcheng to die of appendicitis. And Secretary of State John Kerry calls, but just can’t get through? From the official State Department transcript of a press briefing: QUESTION: You suggested during the briefing yesterday–or you said that you believed [...]
China May Allow Chen Guangcheng’s Nephew to Die From Appendicitis
The Guardian is reporting that Chen Kegui, the nephew of anti-forced abortion activist Chen Guangcheng, has appendicitis and is being denied surgery. From the story: Chen Kegui, whose activist uncle fled house arrest last year, is said to need life-saving appendicitis operation. Supporters and relatives fear for the life of the Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng’s [...]
Life of Chen Guangcheng’s nephew in danger as retaliating Chinese officials withhold treatment
by Peter Baklinski SHANDONG PROVINCE, China, May 1, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While Chen Guangcheng escaped communist clutches nearly a year ago, Chinese officials are still punishing him for spotlighting the country’s brutal enforcement of its one-child policy through the continual torture and terrorization…
Chen Guangcheng’s Family Faces Harassment, Death Threats
The family of Chen Guangcheng, the campaigner against forced abortions, has been facing death threats and significant harassment. In late April 2012, Chen scaled the back wall of his compound and eluded the frustrated grasp of the Chinese Communist security machine and family planning officials. As though to punish him on the anniversary of his [...]
Family of Activist Chen Guangcheng Receives Death Threats
The family of human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has received death threats. Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, unveiled the news at a press conference today on Capitol Hill. Congressman Chris Smith joined Littlejohn and members of the Coalition Against Gendercide to talk about forced abortions in China. “We have just learned that [...]
Chen Guangcheng, others expose Chinese human rights violations on eve of Kerry visit
by Olivia Enos WASHINGTON, D.C., April 11, 2013 (Heritage Foundation) - Human rights advocates stressed the importance of U.S. leadership in fighting violations of liberty in China in testimony before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee in advance of Secretary of State John Kerry’s trip to Beijing.…
Chen Guangcheng to govt: Open China’s secret records and protect my family
by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chen Guangcheng escaped his imprisonment nearly a year ago, but Chinese Communist officials are still punishing him and his family, he told a Congressional subcommittee yesterday. The blind activist and lawyer demanded the United States open…
Activist Chen Guangcheng to Testify in Congress for First Time
Chen Guangcheng, the activist who exposed massive forced abortion campaigns carried out by Chinese family planning officials, will testify today in front of Congress for the first time. Chen, who won his freedom in a daring night-time escape from Chinese secret police in 2012, will testify in person for the first time before Chairman Chris [...]
Chen Guangcheng to testify before Congress on human rights
by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., April 8, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, the most public foe of China's forced abortion policy, will speak before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights tomorrow. The hearing,…
Chen Guangcheng: 130,000 Women Forced to Abort Just in My Region
Yesterday, President George W. Bush met with human rights activist Chen Guangcheng his wife Yuan Weijing, and their son and daughter at his private club at the Bush Institute. Before the event, Chen and his family were honored at ChinaAid’s annual banquet, where he received the 2013 “Defender of Freedom Award.” Chen also participated in [...]
Activist Chen Guangcheng to Meet President George W. Bush
ChinaAid and The George W. Bush Institute are co-hosting a live online chat with blind Chinese lawyer and human rights activist Chen Guangcheng about freedom and the rule of law on Wednesday April 3. Chen’s one-hour live discussion will be with Ambassador Jim Glassman, founding executive director of The George W. Bush Institute in Dallas. [...]
Don’t Forget Chen Guangcheng’s Fight Against Forced Abortions in China
The Chinese anti-forced abortion legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, made international headlines last year when he escaped house arrest and fled to the United States Embassy in Beijing—this despite being legally blind. Chen was allowed to leave the country to the USA, but the Chinese government retaliated against his family, particularly his nephew Chen Kegui. Many [...]
China Continues to Persecute Family of Activist Chen Guangcheng
Chen Guangcheng, the human rights advocate who escaped China after years of human rights abuses against him following his expose of massive forced abortion campaigns, may be enjoying a peaceful life in the United States. But a new report in the New York Times profiling his family shows it still faces significant persecution from the [...]
Supernatural Rescue: Prayers Led to Chen Guangcheng’s Escape
When China’s blind dissident, Chen Guangcheng, escaped from house arrest last year, angry Chinese leaders were sure the U.S. had somehow helped him. Well, they were wrong. Someone helped him, all right—but the help came from another Source. I learned the details of Chen’s remarkable rescue from my friend, Reggie Littlejohn, founder of Women’s Rights [...]
Supernatural rescue: prayer and the escape of Chen Guangcheng
by Eric Metaxas March 4, 2013 (Breakpoint.org) - When China's blind dissident, Chen Guangcheng, escaped from house arrest last year, angry Chinese leaders were sure the U.S. had somehow helped him. Well, they were wrong. Someone helped him, all right—but the help came from another Source. I learned the details…
Chen Guangcheng: 2018 will be a pivotal year in China
by Dean Cheng WASHINGTON, D.C., February 14, 2013, (Heritage Foundation) - The Heritage Foundation had the honor of hosting noted Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng on January 30. He made several observations regarding the state of human rights in China. In Washington to accept an award from the Lantos…
Chen Guangcheng exposes China’s massive one-child industry
by Chris Gacek WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2013, (FRC.org) - Earlier this week, I wrote about a recent FRC event discussing China’s forced population control policies. This weekend, CBS’s news program, “Sunday Morning” carried a feature on the world-famous Chinese…
Chen Guangcheng: Chinese Officials Make Big Bucks Forcing Abortions
Earlier this week, I wrote about a recent FRC event discussing China’s forced population control policies This weekend, CBS’s news program, “Sunday Morning” carried a feature on the world-famous Chinese dissident and artist Ai WeiWei. The story focused on an exhibit, running until February 24, at the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. In October [...]
Chen Guangcheng’s uncle: government viciously beat my wife, son
by Kirsten Andersen LINYI, Shangdong, China, December 11, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The brother of prominent human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has spoken out after his son was sentenced to more than three years in prison for defending himself against government agents who invaded his house in the middle of the night…