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Joint Analysis of the Measures on the Administration of Law Firms and Administrative Measures for the Practice of Law by Lawyers of the People’s Republic of China

May 22, 2019 Comments Off

To: Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Submitted by: China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group (CHRLCG) Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) Executive Summary This submission focuses on amendments between 2016 and 2018 to two Chinese administrative regulations, the Measures on the (read more…)

A Review of the Implications of ‘Residential Surveillance in a Designated Location’ on the Fulfillment by China of its International Human Rights Obligations and Commitments

May 16, 2018 Comments Off

To: The Working Group on arbitrary detentionThe Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearancesThe Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defendersThe Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishmentThe Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers The Special Rapporteur on the (read more…)

Cao Shunli (曹顺利)

March 1, 2019 Comments Off

“Our impact may be large, may be small, and may be nothing. But we must try. It is our duty to the dispossessed and it is the right of civil society.” – Cao Shunli, 1961-2014 Cao Shunli was a Chinese human rights defender who unwaveringly pursued her goal to (read more…)

《在“无权区”捍卫人权》: 中国人权捍卫者状况年度报告（2018）

February 25, 2019 Comments Off

国际民间机构“中国人权捍卫者网络”（CHRD）发布的《2018年年度人权捍卫者状况报告：在“无权区”捍卫人权》表明，中国人权捍卫者在极度萎缩的公民空间中仍然做出了卓越的努力去促进和保护人权。

Defending Rights in a “No Rights Zone”: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2018)

February 21, 2019 Comments Off

Introduction Chapter 1: Relentless Persecution of Human Rights Defenders 1.1 Arbitrary Detention 1.2 Enforced Disappearances 1.3 Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane, or Degrading Treatment 1.4 Reprisals for Engaging with the International Human Rights System Chapter 2: Deteriorating Conditions for Defending Human Rights 2.1 Freedom of (read more…)

China: Release Liu Feiyue and Decriminalize Human Rights Activism

January 29, 2019 Comments Off

A Chinese court sentenced Liu Feiyue, director of the NGO Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, to 5 years in prison on “inciting subversion of state power” charge today, following an August trial.

Free Wang Quanzhang: Prison Sentence a Gross Injustice & Blatant Political Persecution of a Human Rights Lawyer

January 28, 2019 Comments Off

The Chinese government must release Wang Quanzhang immediately and unconditionally, end the harassment of his family, compensate Wang and his family for the harm done to them.

China: Release Huang Qi, Respect Right to Fair Trial

January 14, 2019 Comments Off

Mianyang City Intermediate Court held a secret trial of HRD Huang Qi, who is seriously ill, on two charges related to “state secrets” in violation of Huang’s right to freedom of expression.

China: Incommunicado detention must go, say UN experts

October 24, 2018 Comments Off

UN experts raise the alarm about the use of ‘residential surveillance in a designated location’, affirming the use of enforced disappearance to muzzle dissent and punish human rights defenders in China.

China: Massive Numbers of Uyghurs & Other Ethnic Minorities Forced into Re-education Programs

August 3, 2018 Comments Off

The number of Xinjiang residents, especially ethnic Uyghurs, who are either detained in re-education camps or forced to attend day/evening “education sessions” for “de-radicalization” and indoctrination purposes in Xinjiang, may have possibly reached as high as a combined total of two to three million by June 2018.

Criminal Arrests in Xinjiang Account for 21% of China’s Total in 2017

July 25, 2018 Comments Off

The number of ethnic minorities who have been put under criminal prosecution in Xinjiang has skyrocketed in recent years, according to the Chinese government’s official data, under the pretext of “counter-terrorism,” “anti-separatism,” and “de-extremism” efforts.

Chen Jianfang & Li Xiaoling Named 2018 Recipients of Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders

March 14, 2018 Comments Off

Human rights defenders Chen Jianfang and Li Xiaoling have been named the co-recipients of the fourth Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders. The two women defenders are recognized for their contributions in promoting human rights at the grassroots level in China. March 14 marks the fourth anniversary of (read more…)