（中国人权捍卫者—2020年1月31日）中国政府在应对2019新型冠状病毒爆发时必须尊重人权，包括取消审查、停止警方恐吓和任意拘留、放宽无差别的出行限制以及消除针对武汉和湖北省居民社会歧视。人权绝不能成为政府遏制新冠病毒爆发措施的牺牲品。据中国官方数据，截止到2月3日，新冠疫情已导致370人死亡，数百万人受到各种影响。媒体和互联网信息的自由流动、民间社会的参与以及便利的物资和急救人员的及时行动和调配，对于有效应对这次全球卫生紧急状况十分必要。
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Originally published by Los Angeles Times on February 3, 2020 BEIJING — Masked men in hazmat suits came in the night and knocked on Fang Bin’s door in Wuhan, China, demanding to put him in quarantine. “You went to such a dangerous place, couldn’t you have been infected?” one of them asked. (read more…)
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Originally published by The Guardian on February 03,2020 By Lily Kuo A man stands next to a cart in a snow-covered field in Inner Mongolia, trying to carve a path. A drone hovers in the distance and a voice calls out: “Uncle, why are you still going out without a face mask? Don’t laugh. Hurry (read more…)
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Originally published by Los Angeles Times on February 03,2020 By Sarah Cook As reports of new coronavirus infections soar, it’s becoming clear that Chinese government leaders have been putting their political interests ahead of public health. This is not a surprise but a long-established pattern. In recent days, medical experts have found evidence that the origin (read more…)
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Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on torture and (read more…)
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders—January 31, 2020) The Chinese government must respect human rights in its response to the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak, including lifting censorship, ceasing police intimidation and arbitrary detention, easing indiscriminate restrictions on movement, and countering social discrimination against Wuhan and Hubei Province residents. Human rights must not be (read more…)
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Originally published by The Telegraph on January 26, 2020 China’s status as a major superpower clearly places it outside the “normal actions” of the World Health Organization, experts have warned, as the country’s coronavirus outbreak continues to spread. The novel virus has been detected in nearly every province in China and in at (read more…)
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Originally published by Daily Mail on January 25, 2020 Experts are questioning why Chinese authorities have suddenly leaped into action, weeks after the first coronavirus case was reported. Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch (HRW) has been left concerned about China’s transparency in light of the quarantine of victims (read more…)
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Chongqing police detained activist Pan Bin in June 2017. He eventually received a 4-year prison sentence after being tried in November 2018. Pan had been accused of helping organize petitioners to present their grievances to government officials, but his incarceration is also likely tied to his pro-democracy advocacy, including as (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on January 17, 2020 Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have release women’s rights activist and independent journalist Sophia Huang, also known as Huang Xueqin, on “bail,” ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations at the end of the month, rights groups said. (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on January 15, 2020 China is continuing a nationwide crackdown on rights activists, detaining lawyer Chang Weiping at an unknown location, while pressing “terrorism” charges against Zhang Baocheng, activists told RFA. Chang was detained by police in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi and placed (read more…)
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders—January 15, 2020) In an indication of escalation of the December rounding-up of lawyers and activists, Chinese police detained human rights lawyer Chang Weiping in Shaanxi Province. Police told Chang’s family that he was put under residential surveillance in an unknown location on suspicion of “endangering national (read more…)
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