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艺术家高兟因创作讽刺毛泽东雕塑获刑三年

August 26, 2026 Comments Off

据高兟妻子透露，中国一家法院周二判处这位已移居纽约的著名艺术家三年有期徒刑，理由是他曾在逾15年前创作了涉嫌亵渎毛泽东的雕塑。

高兟案判決結果周二公布：高兟因“損害英雄烈士榮譽”被判刑三年

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

一家人權組織向法新社證實：中國藝術家高兟因創作針對中國前領導人毛澤東的諷刺性雕塑，被控“損害英雄烈士名譽和榮譽”，周二（8月25日）被判處三年有期徒刑。

Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering ‘heroes and martyrs’

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

Gao Zhen, a prominent Chinese artist known for provocative sculptures of the former leader Mao Zedong, has been sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of slandering China’s “heroes and martyrs”. The sentencing came two years after he was detained while visiting the country with his family, (read more…)

Chinese dissident artist jailed for 3 years over Mao sculptures, family and rights group say

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

BEIJING, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of former leader Mao Zedong, was handed the maximum three-year sentence for “defaming national heroes and martyrs” by a Chinese court on Tuesday, his wife and a rights group said.

How China turned the ‘war on terror’ against the Uyghurs

August 20, 2026 Comments Off

China recently passed the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which took effect July 1, 2026. The U.S.-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders said that, rather than promoting unity as Chinese authorities claim, the law reinforces restrictions on “freedoms of language, education, practice of religion, culture, expression and assembly,” citing Volker (read more…)

China: Case of Activist Forcibly Disappeared Passes Grim Milestone

August 12, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—August 12, 2026) Chinese authorities should immediately clarify the legal status of human rights defender Yin Xu’an and release him unconditionally. On August 11, 2025, authorities forcibly seized Yin from a stretcher outside a Beijing apartment as he was being rushed to hospital for urgent (read more…)

UN Body Finds China’s Detention of Programmer “Arbitrary”

July 30, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 30, 2026) – CHRD welcomes the adoption of an opinion by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) that found the Chinese government’s imprisonment of computer programmer Niu Tengyu to be arbitrary, in violation of his rights to liberty, a fair (read more…)

A New – and Old – China Human Rights Agenda at the United Nations

July 29, 2026 Comments Off

Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won re-election to hold that post for another four years. Several governments objected to the process; 144 others, including China, voted in support of a second term for him.

China: New Detention in Lhasa, Ongoing Cases Show Persistent Repression

July 23, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — July 23, 2026) Chinese authorities apprehended activist Zhang Yi on July 1 after he showed a photo of the Dalai Lama to a Tibetan at Sera Monastery in Lhasa. In recent days Zhang’s family received a notification stating that the Lhasa Public Security (read more…)

CHRD Joins 50+ Groups Urging Thailand Not to Deport Journalist Bai Zhaodong

July 20, 2026 Comments Off

Held in Thailand immigration detention since January 2026, Bai risks persecution if returned to China

“被旅游”、禁公祭：六四“天安门母亲”，今年无处悼亡人

July 9, 2026 Comments Off

人权捍卫者网络：悼念不应以政府许可为前提

China: On Crackdown Anniversary, Draft Law Requires Party Loyalty for Lawyers

July 9, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—July 9, 2026) Chinese authorities are proposing an amendment to the Lawyers Law that threatens lawyers’ ability to ensure access to justice. Lawyers will be required to “uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China” and its “socialist rule of law,” while law firms (read more…)