Jason | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

Joint NGOs Statement Marking the 2nd Anniversary of the Publication of UN OHCHR Assessment on Atrocity Crimes in the Uyghur Region

August 28, 2024 Comments Off

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, write to mark the second anniversary of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)’s publication of its Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China. That landmark August 2022 report, based on Chinese government (read more…)

Joint statement to the 56th session of the UN Human Rights council

July 5, 2024 Comments Off

Mr. President, This is a joint statement, in solidarity with the victims of human rights violations committed by the Chinese government.

Beijing Must Stop Relentless Punishment of Human Rights Lawyers

July 5, 2024 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – July 5, 2024) Nine years after the Chinese government launched its sustained assault on human rights lawyers, CHRD renews urgent calls on Beijing to cease its campaign to crush the human rights legal profession in China. We stand with the victims of the government’s rights (read more…)

Chinese Government Rejects Key Human Rights Recommendations in Latest UN Review

June 25, 2024 Comments Off

The Chinese government’s rejection of recommendations to end its deepening human rights crisis reflects its disdain for international human rights reviews at the United Nations, the undersigned human rights nongovernmental organizations said in a joint statement released on June 25, 2024.

人权律师余文生夫妇身陷囹圄外界吁中共放过精神病院里的儿子

June 14, 2024 Comments Off

华盛顿 — 直言不讳针砭时弊的中国人权律师余文生和妻子许艳被捕一年多，被控煽动颠覆国家政权罪，不久前从北京送进江苏省苏州市看守所。近日，一位律师到苏州会见了余文生。美国之音通过知情者了解到，余文生并不担心他自己的政治案子，但是担心刚满19岁的独子余镇洋。消息人士称，患有严重抑郁症的余镇洋已试图自杀十多次，至少两次送医急救。人权组织和海外人士呼吁中共当局基于人道理由立即释放余文生夫妇，以便他们能够照顾孩子并挽救他的生命。

Still in prison 35 years after Tiananmen Square

June 3, 2024 Comments Off

While China is systematically erasing the memory of the brutal repression of student protests on 4 June 1989, 14 prominent participants of that movement are still behind bars, rearrested for their struggle for democracy. Chinese Human Rights Defenders issued an appeal for their release. In Hong Kong there is concern (read more…)

China: Free Jailed Tiananmen Participants, Supporters, and Advocates for Justice

May 31, 2024 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 31, 2024) Ahead of the 35th anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Massacre, CHRD urges the Chinese government to release 27 individuals involved in the pro-democracy movement as participants, supporters, or advocates for accountability. The 27 are currently in detention or prison on the (read more…)

释放狱中89民运参与者、支持者、及追求公正拒绝遗忘的行动者

May 31, 2024 Comments Off

（CHRD，2024 年 5 月 31 日）在 1989 年六四天安门大屠杀 35 周年之际，CHRD 强烈要求中国政府释放目前被拘押的27 名89年民运的参与者、支持者、继续追求公正拒绝遗忘的行动者。

China Punishes Activists and Families to Quash Dissent, Report Says

April 18, 2024 Comments Off

China is imposing “collective punishment” on activists and their families, in violation of its own Constitution and international law, according to a US-based advocacy group that cited emblematic cases also taken up by UN rights watchdogs based in Geneva.