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How China turned the ‘war on terror’ against the Uyghurs

August 20, 2026 Comments Off

China recently passed the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which took effect July 1, 2026. The U.S.-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders said that, rather than promoting unity as Chinese authorities claim, the law reinforces restrictions on “freedoms of language, education, practice of religion, culture, expression and assembly,” citing Volker (read more…)

China: Case of Activist Forcibly Disappeared Passes Grim Milestone

August 12, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—August 12, 2026) Chinese authorities should immediately clarify the legal status of human rights defender Yin Xu’an and release him unconditionally. On August 11, 2025, authorities forcibly seized Yin from a stretcher outside a Beijing apartment as he was being rushed to hospital for urgent (read more…)

UN Body Finds China’s Detention of Programmer “Arbitrary”

July 30, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 30, 2026) – CHRD welcomes the adoption of an opinion by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) that found the Chinese government’s imprisonment of computer programmer Niu Tengyu to be arbitrary, in violation of his rights to liberty, a fair (read more…)

A New – and Old – China Human Rights Agenda at the United Nations

July 29, 2026 Comments Off

Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won re-election to hold that post for another four years. Several governments objected to the process; 144 others, including China, voted in support of a second term for him.

China: New Detention in Lhasa, Ongoing Cases Show Persistent Repression

July 23, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — July 23, 2026) Chinese authorities apprehended activist Zhang Yi on July 1 after he showed a photo of the Dalai Lama to a Tibetan at Sera Monastery in Lhasa. In recent days Zhang’s family received a notification stating that the Lhasa Public Security (read more…)

CHRD Joins 50+ Groups Urging Thailand Not to Deport Journalist Bai Zhaodong

July 20, 2026 Comments Off

Held in Thailand immigration detention since January 2026, Bai risks persecution if returned to China

“被旅游”、禁公祭：六四“天安门母亲”，今年无处悼亡人

July 9, 2026 Comments Off

人权捍卫者网络：悼念不应以政府许可为前提

China: On Crackdown Anniversary, Draft Law Requires Party Loyalty for Lawyers

July 9, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—July 9, 2026) Chinese authorities are proposing an amendment to the Lawyers Law that threatens lawyers’ ability to ensure access to justice. Lawyers will be required to “uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China” and its “socialist rule of law,” while law firms (read more…)

BBC World Service Interview on China’s Ethnic Unity Law

July 1, 2026 Comments Off

https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NewshourChina.mp3

China: Authorities Deny Fair Trial Rights in Religious Prosecutions

July 1, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—July 1, 2026) Chinese authorities’ ongoing prosecution of individuals based on their religious belief is marred by multiple violations of fair trial rights. A lawyer representing a detained member of a house church—an unregistered Christian congregation—has been denied access to case files; other lawyers have (read more…)

China: New “Ethnic Unity” Law Legalizes Discrimination, Repression

June 25, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—June 25, 2026) The Chinese government’s new “ethnic unity” legislation, which comes into effect on July 1, permits violations of human rights, particularly ethnic minorities’ rights to culture and way of life. The new legislation, which was adopted by the National People’s Congress in March (read more…)

China: Tiananmen Anniversary Highlights Systemic Labor Rights Abuses

June 1, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—June 2, 2026) Ahead of the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, CHRD pays tribute to the victims and survivors of the Chinese government’s violent military assault against unarmed protesters in 1989. Chinese authorities have never investigated or prosecuted perpetrators, and that impunity emboldens the (read more…)