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Why the wives of China’s persecuted human-rights lawyers shaved their heads

January 6, 2019 Comments Off

Originally published by Quartz on December 19, 2018 Among the most visible advocates of human rights in China are the wives of those languishing in prison. Four wives of human-rights lawyers shaved their heads this week to protest the government’s persecution of their husbands, who were arrested during a concerted crackdown against 300 activists (read more…)

What China’s economic miracle left behind

January 6, 2019 Comments Off

Originally published by Nikkei Asian Review on December 12, 2018 HONG KONG — In his 10,000-word essay decrying China’s increasing authoritarianism, Xu Zhangrun studiously avoided mentioning President Xi Jinping by name. But his readers — and China’s censors — did not need it spelled out for them. “After 40 years (read more…)

Chinese Media: China Is ‘Blazing a Trail of Human Rights Development’ Unlike Any Country

January 6, 2019 Comments Off

Originally published by Breitbart News on December 12, 2018 The Chinese government published a paper on Wednesday entitled “Progress in Human Rights Over the 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up in China.” As the loaded title implies, the paper is extremely flattering to China’s marvelous achievements in human rights and evidently (read more…)

Travesty of Justice: Free Rights Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Now

December 26, 2018 Comments Off

Short of immediate and unconditional release, there will be no justice for Wang Quanzhang, who has been subjected to 3.5 years’ secret detention, enforced disappearance, torture, and now, a close-door trial in Tianjin on December 26, which ended without a verdict being announced.

Pre-Christmas Crackdown on Christians as China Escalates Religious Persecution

December 20, 2018 Comments Off

Chengdu authorities shut down the Early Rain Covenant Church and detained over a hundred church members and their pastor, Wang Yi, during a raid beginning December 9, in one of the largest crackdowns on underground Christian churches since new regulations went into effect.

Zi Su (子肃)

June 30, 2021 Comments Off

Zi Su (子肃), a retired professor who formerly taught at a Chinese Communist Party School, was detained in his hometown of Chengdu, Sichuan Province in April 2017 just hours after he released an open letter arguing that President Xi Jinping was unsuitable to serve as the leader of the Chinese (read more…)

OPEN LETTER: RESPONSE TO GOOGLE ON PROJECT DRAGONFLY, CHINA AND HUMAN RIGHTS

December 11, 2018 Comments Off

We are writing to ask you to ensure that Google drops Project Dragonfly and any plans to launch a censored search app in China, and to re-affirm the company’s 2010 commitment that it won’t provide censored search services in the country.

OPEN LETTER FROM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF A TARGETED, GLOBAL EU HUMAN RIGHTS SANCTIONS REGIME

December 11, 2018 Comments Off

We, the 90 undersigned organizations dedicated to the promotion of universal human rights and/or the fight against corruption, write to voice our strong support for the Foreign Affairs Council to initiate a process aimed at establishing an EU-wide program for the imposition of targeted sanctions on individuals and entities deemed (read more…)

Stand Up for All the Rights and Freedoms without Discrimination

December 10, 2018 Comments Off

The values and principles underpinning the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by member states of the United Nations seventy years ago, on December 10, is under intensified assault today.

9 Things You Should Know About the Muslim Re-Education Camps In China

December 8, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Social News Daily on November 19, 2018 After denying the existence of internment camps in China for far too long, they’ve now not only admitted to their existence, but they are calling them “re-education camps.” These holding centers are specifically for Uyghur people, which are a predominantly Muslim group (read more…)

Burning Crosses and Bibles: China’s Crackdown on Underground Churches

December 8, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Albawaba News on November 14, 2018 Early in the morning of September 5, hundreds of police officers raided a church in Nanyang City in the Henan Province of China. After breaking in, they found the church’s cross and all of its bibles and hymns, piled them outside, (read more…)

Chinese authorities can now recognise you by how you walk

December 8, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Alphr on November 9, 2018 China has, for quite some time now, been implementing AI-powered means to keep track of its citizens. Now, though, it’s latest tracking tool has sparked up controversy as it’s capable of recognising an individual purely by how they walk. This gait-recognition technology is (read more…)