(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — October 21, 2026) Police in Guangzhou have held labor rights advocate Feng Rui, known online as Xiao Wu, since September 14 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” according to the Chinese-language site Rights Defense Network (RDN).
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — October 8, 2026) Sixteen years after the announcement of Chinese literary critic Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize win on October 8, 2010, no Chinese government official has been investigated or prosecuted for Liu’s wrongful detention or for his death in detention stemming from denial (read more...)
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — September 23, 2026)Human rights defender Shi Tingfu has died in prison, less than four months before his expected January 2027 release.
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As journalist and prominent #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin approaches the end of her unjust five-year prison sentence, we, the undersigned civil society organizations, call on the Chinese authorities to ensure her immediate release and guarantee that, once released, she can carry out her journalism and human rights work without (read more...)
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We, the undersigned organizations dedicated to protecting and promoting human rights, democracy, and religious freedom, write on the occasion of your forthcoming visit to Washington, DC. We urge that ahead of your arrival you agree to release prisoners of conscience, pledge an end to transnational repression, and commit to critical (read more...)
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(Network ofChinese Human Rights Defenders, September 16, 2026) — Chinese authorities torture and ill-treat prisoners of conscience with near-total impunity, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders said today in a new report. Drawing on 209 cases of alleged torture between 2016 and 2025 across the country, and interviews with (read more...)
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