Dear Secretary Blinken, We write on behalf of 42 nongovernmental organizations that report on and advocate for human rights in China, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang regarding your forthcoming trip to Beijing starting on June 18. At a time when the Chinese government is committing widespread and grave human rights (read more…)
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虽然《消除一切针对妇女的歧视公约》委员会有督促中国政府落实具体的工作去推进反家暴，但是执行情况如何，各地是否有政策或措施出台？针对这一疑问笔者对近年来各地的政策进行了搜集分析整理。 国家和地方政策反家暴政策内容及其存在的问题主要体现在以下几个方面：
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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…)
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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…)
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(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…)
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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.
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“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。
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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.
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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…)
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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。
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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.
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Chinese Ambassador’s Comments Reveal China’s Willful Misreading of Soviet History
April 27, 2023 Comments Off on Chinese Ambassador’s Comments Reveal China’s Willful Misreading of Soviet HistoryLu Shaye, China’s controversial ambassador to France, caused a diplomatic uproar over the weekend, as he implied that post-Soviet countries did not really have a right to exist in international law.
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