Originally published by RFA on September 24, 2020 Police in Hong Kong have arrested prominent democracy campaigner Joshua Wong in connection with an “unauthorized assembly” during last year’s protest movement. “Joshua is arrested when reporting to Central Police Station at about 1pm today,” a tweet from Wong’s Twitter account read (read more…)
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Originally published by VOA on 22 September, 2020 A court in Beijing Tuesday gave Chinese property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang, who once referred to China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, as a “clown,” an 18-year prison sentence and a fine of $620,000 after finding him guilty of corruption, bribery, embezzlement of public (read more…)
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Shanghai police criminally detained citizen journalist and activist Zhang Zhan (张展) on May 15, 2020, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” She had initially gone missing on May 14 in Wuhan. On June 19, 2020, Pudong New Distict Procuratorate approved the formal arrest of Zhang. She is being (read more…)
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Haidian District police in Beijing criminally detained Chen Zhaozhi for “fabricating and deliberately disseminating fake information” on March 11 over his online speech about the COVID-19 pandemic. Chen’s family hired a lawyer when he was first seized, but the lawyer’s requests for visit were denied until April 23, 2020. On (read more…)
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過去八週以來，中國共產黨在香港實施了《國家安全法》，當局已行使了該法律，全面升級鎮壓香港居民的人權及香港法治體系。
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过去八周以来，中国共产党在香港实施了《国家安全法》，当局已行使了该法律，全面升级镇压香港居民的人权及香港法治体系。
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Eight weeks since the Chinese Communist Party imposed the National Security Law on Hong Kong, authorities have deployed it in an escalated crackdown in violation of Hong Kong residents’ human rights and the city’s rule of law system.
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We, the 71 undersigned organizations dedicated to the promotion of universal human rights and/or the fight against corruption, welcome the United Kingdom’s successful promulgation of its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations and initial tranche of 49 sanctions designations, as well as the United States’ recent actions under the Global Magnitsky (read more…)
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Originally published by The Telegraph on August 16, 2020 China is suspected of orchestrating a sinister campaign to suppress prominent critics living in Britain from speaking out against the ruling Communist Party by harassing, intimidating, and surveilling them while they are in the UK, the Telegraph can reveal. Simon Cheng (read more…)
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We at CHRD stand firmly by our research report “China: Massive Numbers of Uyghurs & Other Ethnic Minorities Forced into Re-education Programs,” released two years ago, on August 3, 2018.
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Originally published by Latin Times on August 2, 2020 Sanctions have been imposed by the United States on a top Xinjiang-based company and its two officials for allegedly abusing the human rights of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in the area. According to a report, the top-ranking company Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps or XPCC (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on July 31, 2020 Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam on Friday announced the postponement of elections to the Legislative Council (LegCo) by one year, in a move that was immediately slammed by pro-democracy lawmakers as questionable, and tantamount to a political coup. Lam said (read more…)
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