Ahead of the upcoming EU-China Summit in China on July 24–25, 17 organizations wrote to President Costa and President von der Leyen, urging them to prioritize human rights and use the Summit as an opportunity to ensure justice for victims and survivors of Beijing’s violations. We call on the EU (read more…)
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China has officially launched internet identification requirements that rights groups have warned will further curtail online anonymity and increase the risks for freedom of speech in what is already one of the world’s strictest online censorship and surveillance systems.
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TOKYO — In the decade since China’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers and advocates, Beijing has enhanced the national security apparatus to further suppress civil society.
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According to anonymous sources, the dissident who publicly challenged “dictator Xi Jinping” in October 2022 and inspired the “blank paper” protest against the zero-COVID policy has been tried and convicted. Human rights groups are calling on Beijing to disclose his whereabouts and provide details about his trial. The case comes (read more…)
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—July 8, 2025) Sources yesterday reported that Peng Lifa, who has been forcibly disappeared for more than two years, has now been handed a sentence of nine years on charges including “arson” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Peng was detained on October 13, 2022, (read more…)
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In 2015, a nationwide campaign rounded up hundreds of rights advocates. Since then, suppression has become more systematic and less visible, lawyers say
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（2025年7月7日）－中国政府大举镇压人权律师十年后，关切此事的各国政府和联合国应当针对中国政府压迫公民社会展开独立的国际调查。中国当局严重侵犯律师与人权捍卫者的权利，但至今未被追究责任，导致中国政府更加明目张胆实施日益普遍且有系统的人权侵犯。据联合国指出，其中在维吾尔地区实施的迫害行为可能构成危害人类罪。
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(July 7, 2025) Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers, concerned governments and the United Nations should establish an independent, international investigation into Beijing’s persecution of civil society. No Chinese authorities have been held accountable for grave rights abuses against lawyers and human rights defenders, (read more…)
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(25 June 2025) New Chinese government Internet identification requirements will further constrict online anonymity, Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) and ARTICLE 19 said today. The new mechanism, developed by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), goes into full effect on July 15.
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Hong Kong (CNN) — China has mastered the craft of policing the internet, operating one of the world’s most extensive online censorship and surveillance regimes. With mandatory identity checks on every online platform, it has become almost impossible for users to stay anonymous.
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Ahead of the 36th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) pays tribute to the victims and survivors and calls on the Chinese government to release those jailed for participating in or commemorating the events of 1989.
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