*Higgins, David (June 22, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008035420/http://www.sarasotamagazine.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=365 "Memory and ideology: Washington's newest statue is the Victims Of Communism Memorial"]. Sarasota Magazine website. Retrieved from October 8, 2007 archive at Internet Archive on May 22, 2015.
*Radosh, Ronald (February 2000). [http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=2526 "''The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression''"]. First Things [journal] website. Retrieved July 19, 2014.</ref> See: [[Atheism and communism]] ]]
[[Human rights]] are the basic [[rights]] and [[freedom]]s to which all humans are entitled, entirely by virtue of their status as human beings(see: [[Atheism and human worth]]).
Below are some resources relating to notable instances of '''atheism and human rights violations'''.
[[File:Martyred in the USSR Poster.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The above photograph shows the Russian Nikolai Khmara, a new Baptist convert in the [[Soviet Union]], after his arrest by the [[KGB]]. He was tortured to death and his tongue cut out.<ref>Double references:
*Gonzales, Kevin (January 29, 2013 or bef.). [http://martyredintheussr.com/ "Martyred in the USSR Militant Atheism in the former Soviet Union, Russian Orthodox church, religious persecution, atheist"] Martyred in the USSR website. See [[Martyred in the USSR: Militant Atheism in the former Soviet Union]].
*Hoover, Peter with Petrov, Serguei V. (2005). [http://www.anabaptists.org/books/russians/trs-1.html "Anabaptists: The Russians' Secret -- Speaking without a Tongue".] ''The Russians' Secret: What Christians Today Would Survive Persecution?'' Anabaptists.org website/books/Russians (Shippensburg, PA: Benchmark Press, 1999), ch. 1, pp. 1-3.</ref>]]
In the atheistic [[communism|communist]] regime of the [[Soviet Union]], torture was frequently employed to extract false confessions which were subsequently used to establish that individuals were "enemies of the people" - particularly under the [[Militant atheism|militant atheist]] [[Joseph Stalin]]'s regime.<ref>[[Alexander Solzhenitsyn|Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr]] (1973). ''[[The Gulag Archipelago]], 1918-1956'', trans. Thomas P. Whitney and Harry Willetts (New York: Harper & Row, 1985).</ref>
In the Soviet Union, many [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox]] priests and laymen experienced religious persecution in the form of torture and being sent to prison camps, [[Atheism and forced labor|labor camps]] or mental hospitals.<ref>Multiple references:
=== Atheistic, Chinese communism and torture ===
According to a 2012 Worldwide Independent Network/Gallup International Association (WIN/GIA) poll, 47% of Chinese people were convinced atheists, and a further 30% were not religious. In comparison, only 14% considered themselves to be religious.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130524174009/http://www.winmr.com/web/files/news/14/file/14.pdf ''Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism''] (July 27, 2012). PDF file (Worldwide Independent Network/Gallup International), p. 3. Republished at ''Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research and Opinion Poll'' website. Archived at ''Internet Archive'' website on May 24, 2013.</ref> See: [[China and atheism]]
The Chinese communist regime has used beatings, harassment and torture to suppress religion in China and continues to use these practices.<ref name="Amnesty1">Multiple references:
{{cquote|More than 200,000 North Koreans, including children, are imprisoned in camps where many perish from forced labor, inadequate food, and abuse by guards, according to [[Human Rights Watch]]. The isolated, secretive nation has no media, functioning civil society, or religious freedom, and pervasive problems include arbitrary arrest, lack of due process, and torture.<ref>Koonse, Emma (May 6, 2015). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/north-korean-defector-who-spent-28-years-in-prison-camp-details-starvation-torture-and-cannibalism-in-the-dprk-138746/ "North Korean defector who spent 28 years in prison camp details hunger, torture, and cannibalism in the DPRK"]. The Christian Post website/CP World.</ref>}}
== Atheism and slavery /forced labor ==
'''See also:''' [[Atheism and slavery]] and [[Atheism and forced labor]]
[[China]], [[North Korea]] and [[Vietnam]] practice [[state atheism]](see: [[State atheism]]).
== Atheistic According to the Global Slavery index website: "The Global Slavery Index estimates that on any given day in 2016 there were over 3.8 million people living in conditions of modern slavery in China, political prisoners and forced labor a prevalence of 2.8 victims for every thousand people in prisons ==the country. This estimate does not include figures on organ trafficking."<ref>[https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2018/findings/country-studies/china/ China - prevalence of slavery]</ref>
See alsoAccording to the Global Slavery Index website: [[Atheism and repressive prisons]] "The newly released 2018 Global Slavery Index names North Korea and [[Atheism and forced laborEritrea]] as the two nations with the world’s highest rates of modern slavery, emphasizing how conflict and government repression contribute to the crime.<ref>[[Atheism and communism]https://www.freedomunited.org/news/2018-global-slavery-index-north-korea-worlds-worst-offender/ 2018 Global Slavery Index: North Korea World's Worst Offender]</ref>
[[File:Flag of In 2019, the PRC.png|thumbnail|200px|left|According to [[CNN]]website Global Slavery Index estimated that there are 421, hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist 000 slaves in modern [[China]]Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=[https://www.cnnglobalslaveryindex.comorg/SPECIALS2018/1999findings/china.50regional-analysis/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984asia-10and-09 |accessdatethe-pacific/ Global Slavery Index =2013-03-20}}Asia and the Pacific]</ref>]]
Most atheists Due to political repression, government corruption and the persecution of the religious, a portion of the individuals in China, North Korea and Vietnam, are under government run forced labor (see: [[East AsiaAtheism and forced labor]]ns (). For more information, please see: *[[Asian atheismAtheism and slavery]] *[[Atheism and forced labor]] === Atheistic China, political prisoners and forced labor in prisons === See also: [[Atheism and repressive prisons]] and [[Atheism and forced labor]] and [[Atheism and communism]] [[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|200px|right|According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands)of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref>]]
[[China]] has the world's largest [[atheism|atheist]] population.<ref>Double references:
*[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf "Top 20 Countries With Largest Numbers of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)"] (November 28, 2007). ''The Largest Atheist/Agnostic Populations''. Chris & Terri Chapman website (March 19, 2013 or bef.), first publication date at website from archive at Internet Archive.
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>See: [[China and atheism]] [[East Asia]] contains about 25 percent of the world’s population. China’s population represents 20 percent of the people on earth.<ref>[http://www.sbts.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/10/Pages-from-SBJT-V15-N2_Terry.pdf The Growth of Christianity in East Asia]</ref> Razib Khan points out in ''Discover'' magazine, "most [[secular]] nations in the world are those of East Asia, in particular what are often termed “[[Confucianism|Confucian]] societies.” It is likely therefore that the majority of the world’s [[Atheism|atheists]] are actually East Asian."<ref>[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/11/most-atheists-are-not-white/ Most atheists are not white & other non-fairy tales], Discover magazine</ref> See: [[Asian atheism]] and [[Global atheism]]
In 1955, [[China|Chinese]] [[communism|communist]] leader Zhou Enlai declared, "We Communists are atheists".<ref>Noebel, David, The Battle for Truth, Harvest House, 2001.</ref> In 2014, the Communist Party of China reaffirmed that members of their party must be atheists.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/19567-china-s-communist-party-reaffirms-marxism-maoism-atheism China’s Communist Party Reaffirms Marxism, Maoism, Atheism], ''New American'', 2014
*[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/china-communist-party-atheism-zhejiang-ban-religious-members-christianity_n_6599722.html China's Communist Party Bans Believers, Doubles Down On Atheism]</ref> See: [[Atheism and communism]]
In 2016, the ''International Business Times'' reported:
*[[Atheism and repressive prisons]]
*[[Atheism and forced labor]]
*[[Atheism and slavery]]
*[[Atheism and communism]]
== China and involuntary organ harvesting of prisoners ==
Several researchers — for example, Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas, former Canadian parliamentarian David Kilgour, and the investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann estimate that tens of thousands of [[Falun Gong]] prisoners in [[communism|communist]] [[China]] have been killed to supply a financially lucrative trade in human organs and cadavers, and that these human rights abuses may be ongoing concern.<ref>[http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/slaughter-mass-killings-organ-harvesting Review of: Ethan Gutmann, “''The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting and China’s Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem''”, (Prometheus Books, 2014).]</ref>
== Communist China and the consumption of powdered baby flesh ==
''See also:'' [[Atheists eat babies meme#Atheistic China and baby eating|Communist China and baby eating]] and [[Atheists eat babies meme]]
[[Image:Baby.jpg|right|thumb|250px|In 2014, ''The Washington Times'' reported: "China’s one child policy, baby trafficking, and sex trafficking of [[North Korean]] women aren’t the worst human rights violation happening in the country. [[abortion|Aborting]] innocent and healthy unborn children and eating them to boost one’s stamina and sexual health is.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/31/chinese-cannibalism-infant-flesh-outrages-world/ Chinese cannibalism of infant flesh outrages the world], ''Washington Times'', 2014</ref>]]
In 2014, ''The Washington Times'' reported:
{{Cquote|China’s one child policy, baby trafficking, and sex trafficking of North Korean women aren’t the worst human rights violation happening in the country. Aborting innocent and healthy unborn children and eating them to boost one’s stamina and sexual health is.
South Korean customs officials recently seized thousands of pills filled with powdered human baby flesh arriving from China. Since August 2011, South Korean officials have intercepted more than 17000 pills smuggled from China.
South Korean officials became aware of a horrific practice of eating aborted fetuses after Seoul Broadcasting System showed a documentary on Chinese doctors who performed abortions and then ate the fetuses. One Chinese doctor on the documentary took out fetuses from his refrigerator.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/31/chinese-cannibalism-infant-flesh-outrages-world/ Chinese cannibalism of infant flesh outrages the world], ''Washington Times'', 2014</ref>}}
For additional information, please see:
*[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140702/South-Korea-customs-officials-thousands-pills-filled-powdered-human-baby-flesh.html Thousands of pills filled with powdered human baby flesh discovered by customs officials in South Korea], ''The Daily Mail'', 2012
*[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/horrifyingly-ground-baby-pills-are-real-thing/328490/ Horrifyingly, Ground Baby Pills Are a Real Thing] by Alexander Abad-Santos, ''The Atlantic'', May 7, 2012
*[https://abcnews.go.com/Health/chinese-made-infant-flesh-capsules-seized-korea/story?id=16296176 Chinese-Made Infant Flesh Capsules Seized in S. Korea], ''ABC News'', 2012
=== Atheist controlled communist China and doctors eating aborted baby flesh ===
See: [[Atheism, Chinese doctors and baby eating]]
== Soviet Gulags, political prisoners and forced labor ==
For information about forced labor in Soviet prison camps, please see: [[Atheism and forced labor#Atheistic communism and forced labor|Atheistic communism and forced labor]]
== Atheism and forced labor/slavery ==
*[[Atheism and forced labor]]
*[[Atheism and slavery]]
== Mass rape of German women by the Soviet army ==
*[[Atheism and its anti-civilizational effects]]
*[[Atheism and authoritarianism]]
*[[Atheism and sociopathy]]
*[[Atheism and violence]]