Jason | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

How one man went from China’s Communist party golden child to enemy of the state

April 17, 2023 Comments Off

Xu Zhiyong’s dream is for China to become a democratic country that is “beautiful, free, fair and happy.” It is a simple wish, yet in the eyes of the authorities, his vision is dangerous and subversive. The 50-year-old human rights lawyer and champion of social equality was sentenced to 14 years in jail earlier (read more…)

A UN review shows the limits of China’s loud microphone communications strategy

April 17, 2023 Comments Off

In a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress on March 7, 2023, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said, “China is moving closer to the center of the world stage. … But we don’t have enough microphones, and our voice is not loud enough. Some are still hogging (read more…)

Free Xu Zhiyong, Ding Jiaxi, and All Prisoners of Conscience Immediately

April 10, 2023 Comments Off

(The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 10, 2023) We condemn the Chinese government’s sentencing of Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong, two of China’s most notable human rights defenders. “Their sentencing once again demonstrates the Chinese government’s hostility to peaceful advocacy of democracy and human rights, and marks a (read more…)

China jails two human rights lawyers for ‘subversion’

April 10, 2023 Comments Off

Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, including one who had called for leader Xi Jinping to resign, have been jailed for more than 10 years, an advocacy group and one of the men’s wives said.

“厦门聚会案”判决出炉丁家喜许志永刑期逾十年

April 10, 2023 Comments Off

“厦门聚会案”的两位主要被告丁家喜跟许志永在被关押超过三年后，週一被山东省一个法院以“顛復国家政权罪”判处12年与14年的刑期。家属痛批中国当局的作法，而专家也说，这显示任何在中国提倡自由与民主的人，都会受到严厉的打击。

China Sentences Human-Rights Activists to Prison for Subversion

April 10, 2023 Comments Off

SINGAPORE—A Chinese court sentenced two of the country’s most prominent human-rights activists to prison terms of more than a decade each for subversion, slamming the door on an era of activism that briefly carved out space for liberal values in the authoritarian country.

CHRD Civil Society Report Submitted to CEDAW

April 8, 2023 Comments Off

The Chinese government has failed to take effective measures to eliminate gender-based violence against women. As a State party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Chinese government is flouting its obligations under the Convention, which requires States to effectively address and provide (read more…)

CHRD提交给联合国消除对妇女歧视委员会第85届会议的民间社会报告

April 8, 2023 Comments Off

中国政府没有采取有效措施来消除针对妇女的性暴力。作为《消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约》的缔约国，中国政府无视《公约》规定的义务，《公约》要求各国有效解决针对妇女和女童的基于性别的暴力（GBV）并提供有实际意义的补救措施。事实上，中国官方人员经常实施这种暴力—-从警察对女性人权维护者的性虐待到新疆的 “计划生育 “官员为防止维吾尔族人生育而实施的强制堕胎和绝育。

A Nuanced Approach to China Needs Human Rights at the Core

April 7, 2023 Comments Off

Foreign policy pundits have been calling for a rethink to counter Washington’s alleged groupthink. There’s a certain truth in that. But one element has been missing from the mainstream of the new doves on China: human rights. Without this, their words can end up sounding hollow—especially to the victims.

WILL THE HUI BE SILENTLY ERASED?——A groundbreaking report on the Chinese government’s campaign to eliminate Hui Muslim identity and the crisis of survival for the Hui and Islam in China

March 22, 2023 Comments Off

The Hui are the second largest minority group in China, with a population of 11.4 million.1 Although this is greater than the population of Portugal, the Hui are an unfamiliar group to most outside of China. Yet over centuries, they have persisted in maintaining distinct communities and practices centered around (read more…)

WILL THE HUI BE SILENTLY ERASED?——A groundbreaking report on the Chinese government’s campaign to eliminate Hui Muslim identity and the crisis of survival for the Hui and Islam in China

March 22, 2023 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders— March 22, 2023) The Hui are the second largest minority group in China, with a population of 11.4 million.1 Although this is greater than the population of Portugal, the Hui are an unfamiliar group to most outside of China. Yet over centuries, they have persisted in maintaining distinct (read more…)

“Persisting in Resisting” ——Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2022)

March 15, 2023 Comments Off

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, which recognizes the key role of human rights defenders (HRDs) in the realization of human rights and provides that each State has a responsibility and duty “to protect, promote and implement all human (read more…)