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危文元、王蓉文共同荣获2026年“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”

March 13, 2026 Comments Off

经“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”发起机构公开征集提名、并由发起机构表决，决定将2026年第十二届“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”颁发给中国大陆人权捍卫者危文元女士和王蓉文女士。 2026年3月14日是曹顺利女士在她被任意羁押期间受折磨而被夺去生命十二周年纪念日。3月14日被大陆维权人士设定为“人权捍卫者日”。

Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of Gao Zhen for Exercising Artistic Freedom, Requesting Urgent Action and WGAD Review

March 12, 2026 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Defenders Communiqué Alleging Violations of Human Rights of Gao Zhen, a Citizen of the People’s Republic of China Requesting Urgent Action and Review by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights Special Rapporteur (read more…)

China: Authorities should drop charges against and free artist Gao Zhen

March 12, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—March 12, 2026) Chinese Human Rights Defenders learned this week that the Sanhe City Court in Hebei Province has postponed—for the third time—the trial of wrongfully detained artist Gao Zhen. Gao, who will soon turn 70, has been held for more than 18 months in (read more…)

Tibetans protest worldwide as China tightens grip on Tibetan identity

March 10, 2026 Comments Off

Sixty-seven years after the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, Tibetans across the world continue to march, protest and speak out to keep their cause alive. But activists and rights advocates warn that global awareness of conditions inside Tibet remains limited, even as concerns grow over cultural erasure, language restrictions and tightening control (read more…)

China examina una ley para promover la «unidad étnica» entre sus grupos minoritarios

March 6, 2026 Comments Off

…… La ONG Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) denunció en febrero que recientes cambios legales en China eliminan disposiciones que permitían utilizar lenguas minoritarias como idioma de enseñanza en las escuelas y consolidan una tendencia a sustituirlas por el mandarín como lengua principal de instrucción.

Joint statement: States must address the human rights crisis in Hong Kong

March 6, 2026 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Defenders supported a joint statement delivered by ARTICLE 19 during the Item 2 General Debate at the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

China: Reinstate Pension Benefits to Freed Prisoners of Conscience

March 2, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—March 2, 2026) New CHRD research shows that Chinese authorities are denying retirement-age prisoners of conscience their pension benefits following their releases from wrongful detention.

Rights groups urge UN High Commissioner Volker Turk to address alleged China crimes at UNHRC

February 25, 2026 Comments Off

Washington DC [US], February 25 (ANI): Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) has joined Chinese Human Rights Defenders and 24 other civil society organisations in urging Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to use his February 27 speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to outline (read more…)

United Nations Rights Chief Should Address Beijing’s Deepening Repression

February 24, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—February 24, 2026) Twenty-six civil society organizations are calling on United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk to use his February 27 address to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to detail his office’s efforts to investigate alleged Chinese government crimes against (read more…)

China’s Erasure of Ethnic Minority Languages

February 21, 2026 Comments Off

How is the Chinese government marking international mother language day on February 21? By legalizing the erasure of mother languages.

Two Zhejiang activists sentenced to three years in prison for remembering Lu Xiaobo

February 18, 2026 Comments Off

A Hangzhou court sentenced Zou Wei and Zan Aizong for meeting on the Qiantang River on 13 July 2024, the seventh anniversary of Liu’s death, to commemorate the intellectual, one of the promoters of Charter 08, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for his nonviolent commitment to (read more…)

Alert: Chinese court imprisons two defenders for commemorating Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

February 17, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—February 17, 2026) On February 13, 2026, a Chinese court sentenced two human rights defenders to prison on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Activist Zou Wei and writer Zan Aizong had participated in a seaside commemoration of Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, who (read more…)