(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…)
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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.
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(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…)
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Held in Thailand immigration detention since January 2026, Bai risks persecution if returned to China
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人权捍卫者网络：悼念不应以政府许可为前提
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(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…)
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China’s new “ethnic unity” law took effect on Wednesday, amid growing international concern about its potential use as a legal justification for silencing dissent beyond China’s borders.
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—July 1, 2026) Chinese authorities’ ongoing prosecution of individuals based on their religious belief is marred by multiple violations of fair trial rights. A lawyer representing a detained member of a house church—an unregistered Christian congregation—has been denied access to case files; other lawyers have (read more…)
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—June 25, 2026) The Chinese government’s new “ethnic unity” legislation, which comes into effect on July 1, permits violations of human rights, particularly ethnic minorities’ rights to culture and way of life. The new legislation, which was adopted by the National People’s Congress in March (read more…)
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—June 2, 2026) Ahead of the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, CHRD pays tribute to the victims and survivors of the Chinese government’s violent military assault against unarmed protesters in 1989. Chinese authorities have never investigated or prosecuted perpetrators, and that impunity emboldens the (read more…)
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非政府组织“人权捍卫者网络”（CHRD）5月21日发布报告说，中国一些地方仍存在企业非法雇用童工，以及中等职业学校学生被安排强制实习等问题。报告指出，部分未成年人在实习或工作期间长时间劳动、上夜班，甚至面临人身安全风险。该组织呼吁中国政府暂停将强制实习作为中职学生毕业的硬性要求，并要求相关企业公开人权尽责调查结果。
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