A Chinese citizen journalist who was jailed after reporting from the frontlines of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan is to face trial for a second time, according to human rights activists and media freedom groups.
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—September 17, 2025) After over a year in pre-trial detention, Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan is reportedly to face trial on Friday, September 19 at the Pudong New District Court in Shanghai.
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Uighurs and rights advocates on Tuesday decried lame global action over a damning 2022 UN report detailing torture and sweeping abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. Members of China’s Uighur minority joined non-governmental organizations on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, to urge UN High Commissioner (read more…)
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—August 28, 2025) Closing statements in Hong Kong authorities’ politicized prosecution of pro-democracy activist and former media owner Jimmy Lai concluded today. The three judges hearing the case are expected to hand down a verdict before the end of the year.
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—August 27, 2025) Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the most recent arrest of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan for her online writing and activism, CHRD is calling for her immediate and unconditional release, and for the Chinese government to end its restrictions on journalism and (read more…)
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The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders has co-signed a letter to Li Qiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China, calling for an end to the unfair trial and the release of human rights lawyer Xie Yang.
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The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, together with 72 other human rights organizations, calls on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai. A 77-year-old British citizen, Lai’s health has dangerously deteriorated after more than 1,680 days in detention in Hong Kong.
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—August 12, 2025) Ahead of the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, CHRD calls on the Chinese government to clarify his whereabouts and status, and to publicly commit to ending its practice of forcibly disappearing human rights defenders. Gao has (read more…)
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—July 30, 2025) On July 30, 2025, the Changsha Intermediate Court in Hunan Province tried human rights lawyer Xie Yang behind closed doors on charges of “inciting subversion of state power.” Those charges stem from Xie Yang’s remarks online and to foreign journalists about political (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) has documented deepening repression under Chinese President Xi Jinping since he assumed power in late 2012, including significantly curtailing the human rights of seven million Hong Kong people. Although Beijing’s tactics there include an attempt to gut Hong Kong’s legal protections for human rights, it (read more…)
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China’s national online ID service went into affect earlier this month, promising to increase user privacy by reducing the amount of data collected by private-sector companies, but privacy and digital rights activists continued to criticize the measures as increasing government control over citizens’ online lives.
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In Argentina, a Bold Step for Global Justice: Holding the Chinese Government Accountable for Atrocities Against Uyghurs
July 31, 2025 Comments Off on In Argentina, a Bold Step for Global Justice: Holding the Chinese Government Accountable for Atrocities Against UyghursAt a time when authoritarian governments are assaulting international human rights law as never before, Argentina’s highest criminal court has taken an extraordinarily positive step. On June 18, the Federal Court of Criminal Cassation held that a case brought by Uyghurs against Chinese government officials for alleged crimes against humanity and genocide should proceed. (read more…)
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