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Hong Kong begins national security trial of organisers of Tiananmen Square vigil group

January 23, 2026 Comments Off

On Wednesday, Angeli Datt, research and advocacy coordinator at the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), said in a statement: “Organising a candlelight vigil to call for justice for victims of a massacre and democracy in China is not a threat to national security – it is a form (read more…)

Hong Kong begins national security trial for organisers of Tiananmen vigils

January 23, 2026 Comments Off

Angeli Datt, research and advocacy coordinator at the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, condemned the trial as a “sham”.

Alert: China jails three for “picking quarrels” in ongoing assault on free expression

January 22, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 22, 2026) In the past month, courts in China convicted a pro-democracy activist, a renowned writer, and a former police officer on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” imposing sentences between 2.5 and 3.5 years. CHRD finds no publicly available evidence that the (read more…)

Hong Kong: Drop Charges Against Tiananmen Vigil Organizers, End Sham Trial

January 21, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—January 21, 2026) A democracy group and its leadership that organized Hong Kong’s now-banned vigil for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre are set to face trial on January 22. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and its former (read more…)

Job Opening: Development Officer

January 21, 2026 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights DefendersLocations negotiable; full timeJanuary 20, 2026 The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) is seeking applicants for the position of Development Officer. The development officer will work in close cooperation with the co-Executive Directors. Key responsibilities: Identifying and cultivating new sources of individual, foundation, and government (read more…)

Alert: Online Secondhand Bookstore in China Removes Titles about Ethnic Groups

January 16, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—January 16, 2026) A popular online secondhand bookstore called Confucius Old Books has reportedly removed some old Chinese-language books about Tibet, Southern Mongolia and the Uyghur region according to the Rights Defense Network (RDN).

Alert: Chinese authorities seek to levy national security charges, escalating crackdown

January 9, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 9, 2026) On January 6, Sichuan police detained at least ten people associated with the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu from their homes or the church premises in a coordinated raid. Six remain in custody and have been criminally detained, according to a (read more…)

CHRD submission to WGEID on short-term enforced disappearances

December 19, 2025 Comments Off

In October 2024, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) and the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) issued the Joint statement on so-called “short-term enforced disappearances”that described them as a “grave human rights violation.” This follows a 2016 statement ahead of the International Day of the Victims of (read more…)

Chinese man documenting rights abuses in China detained by ICE, may be deported to Uganda

December 18, 2025 Comments Off

Heng Guan is a Chinese citizen from central China. In 2020, he read about mass detentions and other human rights abuses against Uyghurs in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, and he decided to go see for himself. The video he put on social media in 2021 provided valuable confirmation (read more…)

Alert: Chinese authorities target writer, artist for critical cultural expression

December 17, 2025 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—December 17, 2025) Chinese authorities are arbitrarily detaining an artist and a writer in retaliation for artwork and books critical of the government. The laws invoked in both cases violate the Chinese government’s obligations under international human rights law.

Joint NGO letter to UK government following conviction of Jimmy Lai

December 16, 2025 Comments Off

Today, British citizen Jimmy Lai has been found guilty in his trial in Hong Kong, on two national security law charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious material. He faces a sentence of up to life imprisonment. He has been imprisoned (read more…)

人權日：27組織促港府釋放國安被告鄒幸彤和李卓人 CHRD籲中國放長期判刑犯

December 11, 2025 Comments Off

人權備受打壓的香港，其居民日益成為國際組織在世界人權日爭取釋放的對象。在是世界人權日的今(10日)天，國際特赦組織聯合國際工會聯合會等27個關注人權狀況的組織發表聯合聲明，呼籲港府撤銷以《港區國安法》控告多年來舉辦悼念六四活動的支聯會之前主席李卓人和前副主席鄒幸彤，並立即釋放二人。