As organizations that work on issues relating to freedom and human rights in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), we are writing to express our strong opposition to the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate U.S. funding for Radio Free Asia (RFA). RFA serves as a critical source of information on (read more…)
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In its March 2023 concluding observations of its third periodic review of China, the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights asked the government for information on progress towards fulfilling four recommendations. Those recommendations were meant to have been fulfilled by March 2025. CHRD’s analysis of Beijing’s efforts follows below, (read more…)
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Two jailed human rights defenders, Quan Shixin (全世欣) and Shi Tingfu (史庭福), are the recipients of the 11th Annual Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders. The 2025 award recognizes Quan and Shi for their courageous human rights activism. Despite the risks they faced from state reprisals, their efforts (read more…)
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经“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”发起机构公开向社会征集推荐名单并表决，决定将2025年第十一届“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”颁发给中国大陆人权捍卫者、良心犯全世欣女士和史庭福先生。
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – March 5, 2025) Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained thousands and convicted 1,545 prisoners of conscience in the past six years for peacefully advocating or exercising human rights, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said today in a new report.
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人权组织「中国人权捍卫者」(China Human Rights Defenders，简称CHRD)根据本身和其他组织的资料整理後，在昨(5日)天发表名为《牢房中等待黎明：中国的任意羁押可能构成危害人类罪》的报告，指中国以任意拘留来压制批评者和惩罚人权捍卫者的范围和规模在领导人习近平治下扩大了，由2019至去年底的六年内，中国内地以不符合人权标准的罪名拘留了数千人，并将当中1422名因和平表达意见或行使人权的政治犯判处入狱；而当政治良心犯的代价亦十分高，一般良心犯的平均刑期是六年，涉及国家安全罪名的，平均刑期则增至七年，当中48人被判囚十年或以上；另有五人被判死刑或终身监禁。
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非政府组织“中国人权捍卫者（CHRD）”3月5日发布关于中国任意羁押人权捍卫者的报告，题为《牢房中等待黎明：中国的任意羁押可能构成危害人类罪》。报告综合CHRD政治犯数据库和对话基金会等其他五个关于人权捍卫者的数据库，以及对家属亲友的采访，统计并分析了2019年至2024年间在中国被判刑的人权捍卫者。据统计，六年内至少1545位人权捍卫者被羁押， 1422人被判刑，平均刑期长达6年。
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China arbitrarily detained thousands and convicted 1,545 “prisoners of conscience” in the last six years in what could constitute “crimes against humanity”, a rights group alleged. The prisoners were jailed for “peacefully exercising or advocating for human rights”, Chinese Human Rights Defenders said in a report on Wednesday.
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人權組織「中國人權捍衛者」（CHRD）周三（5日）發表名為《在監獄中等待黎明》的報告，顯示2019年至2024年間，中國以不符合人權標準的罪名，囚禁1,545名因和平表達意見或行使人權的「政治犯」；而香港情況更嚴重，香港民主委員會（HKDC）的一項統計顯示截至 去年底，一共有 1,917 名政治犯。
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TAIPEI, Taiwan – Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained thousands of people for peacefully defending or exercising their rights over the past six years and convicted 1,545 prisoners of conscience, a rights group said on Wednesday.
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非政府组织“中国人权捍卫者”(CHRD)星期三(3月5日)发表一份报告《牢房中等待黎明：中国的任意羁押可能构成危害人类罪》。内容显示，过去六年来，中国当局大规模任意羁押数千人，其中至少1545人因为和平表达意见或行使人权而遭判刑入狱。报告认为，这种行为的广泛性与系统性，可能已构成危害人类罪。
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China’s System of Mass Arbitrary Detention
March 12, 2025 Comments Off on China’s System of Mass Arbitrary Detention“Sitting in a prison cell waiting for daybreak”: this is how Chinese legal activist Xu Zhiyong described the prospect of enduring a 14-year prison sentence, handed down by a Shandong court in 2023. Xu’s “crime”? Advocating for civil liberties.
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