Originally published by The Diplomat on April 29, 2016 Earlier this month, China celebrated “national security education day” – a large part of which involved reminding Chinese citizens to be on the lookout for foreign threats, whether in the form of actual spies or just nefarious foreign influences. Against this backdrop, (read more…)
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Originally published by The National on April 2, 2016 WHAT’S THE STORY? AN anonymous letter calling on the president of China to resign has switched a spotlight on his increasing intolerance of dissent. Already drawing criticism for his restrictive policies on free speech, President Xi Jinping’s response to the letter is (read more…)
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Originally published by Terra on April 8, 2016 Un tribunal del sur de China condenó hoy a cárcel a cuatro activistas por su apoyo a la conocida como la “revolución de los paraguas”, las históricas protestas prodemocracia que se vivieron en Hong Kong a finales de 2014 y que pusieron en (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 22, 2016 Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Friday tried the latest in a string of next-generation rights activists for subversion after he posted a number of political essays online. Chen Qitang, better known by his pseudonym Tian Li, stood (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 1, 2016 China’s new law regulating charities is a further blow to its rights activists, and could restrict any non-government group from raising funds to help some of the country’s most vulnerable people, an overseas-based rights group said. The Charities Law was adopted by (read more…)
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Originally published by The guardian on April 28, 2016 A Chinese government offensive against civil society that campaigners describe as the worst in nearly three decades has intensified with Beijing’s approval on Thursday of a controversial new law that gives security forces control over foreign NGOs operating in the country. Campaigners (read more…)
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Originally published by BBC on April 28, 2016 China has passed new laws on foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) state media said, amid criticism. The full text was not immediately available, but previous drafts stated that NGOs would have to submit to police supervision and declare sources of funding. Critics say the laws (read more…)
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Submission to: High Commissioner for Human Rights Chair-Rapporteur of Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Chair-Rapporteur of Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the (read more…)
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Originally published by The Guardian on April 15, 2016 A well-known Chinese civil rights lawyer has been taken into police custody after sharing information about the Panama Papers on social media, human rights groups have said. Ge Yongxi, an outspoken attorney known for defending underground church leaders and political and social activists, (read more…)
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Submission to: Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits updated information on the enforced disappearances (read more…)
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Submission to: Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits updated information on the enforced disappearances (read more…)
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Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (read more…)
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