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China: Sichuan public security detain journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao

February 4, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — February 4, 2026) On February 1, Chengdu Public Security Bureau officers detained renowned journalist Liu Hu while he was traveling to Beijing. On February 2, Liu’s family learned that Chengdu authorities had placed Liu under criminal detention on suspicion of “making false accusations” (read more…)

Rights groups say China detained two journalists over corruption report

February 4, 2026 Comments Off

According to Chinese Human Rights Defenders, which is a coalition of Chinese and international activists and groups, Liu had planned to take a train from his home city of Chongqing to the capital Beijing on Sunday when he went missing.

Alert: Chinese authorities denying activists access to adequate medical treatment

January 27, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders— January 27, 2026) Human rights activists wrongfully detained by Chinese authorities are being denied adequate medical care in prison and then blocked from receiving treatment after they are released.

Hong Kong authorities criticized for prosecuting Tiananmen crackdown commemorators

January 23, 2026 Comments Off

Organizing a candlelight vigil to call for justice for victims of a massacre and democracy in China is not a threat to national security – it is a form of expression and assembly guaranteed by international human rights law. This trial is a sham, designed to make repression appear legitimate. (read more…)

Hong Kong begins national security trial of organisers of Tiananmen Square vigil group

January 23, 2026 Comments Off

On Wednesday, Angeli Datt, research and advocacy coordinator at the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), said in a statement: “Organising a candlelight vigil to call for justice for victims of a massacre and democracy in China is not a threat to national security – it is a form (read more…)

Hong Kong begins national security trial for organisers of Tiananmen vigils

January 23, 2026 Comments Off

Angeli Datt, research and advocacy coordinator at the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, condemned the trial as a “sham”.

Alert: China jails three for “picking quarrels” in ongoing assault on free expression

January 22, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 22, 2026) In the past month, courts in China convicted a pro-democracy activist, a renowned writer, and a former police officer on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” imposing sentences between 2.5 and 3.5 years. CHRD finds no publicly available evidence that the (read more…)

Hong Kong: Drop Charges Against Tiananmen Vigil Organizers, End Sham Trial

January 21, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—January 21, 2026) A democracy group and its leadership that organized Hong Kong’s now-banned vigil for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre are set to face trial on January 22. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and its former (read more…)

Alert: Online Secondhand Bookstore in China Removes Titles about Ethnic Groups

January 16, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—January 16, 2026) A popular online secondhand bookstore called Confucius Old Books has reportedly removed some old Chinese-language books about Tibet, Southern Mongolia and the Uyghur region according to the Rights Defense Network (RDN).

Alert: Chinese authorities seek to levy national security charges, escalating crackdown

January 9, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 9, 2026) On January 6, Sichuan police detained at least ten people associated with the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu from their homes or the church premises in a coordinated raid. Six remain in custody and have been criminally detained, according to a (read more…)

CHRD submission to WGEID on short-term enforced disappearances

December 19, 2025 Comments Off

In October 2024, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) and the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) issued the Joint statement on so-called “short-term enforced disappearances”that described them as a “grave human rights violation.” This follows a 2016 statement ahead of the International Day of the Victims of (read more…)

Chinese man documenting rights abuses in China detained by ICE, may be deported to Uganda

December 18, 2025 Comments Off

Heng Guan is a Chinese citizen from central China. In 2020, he read about mass detentions and other human rights abuses against Uyghurs in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, and he decided to go see for himself. The video he put on social media in 2021 provided valuable confirmation (read more…)