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[CHRB] Guangzhou’s New Restrictions on NGOs & UN Experts Call For Release of Detained Chinese Journalist (10/17-30/2014)

October 30, 2014 Comments Off

Draft rules on the prohibition of “illegal” civil society organizations in Guangzhou were released on October 20, leading to protests from civil society organizations. CHRD launched a focus campaign tracking the suppression of individuals after they supported the protests demanding genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong. The UN Working Group (read more…)

[CHRB] Discrimination against Women in China under UN Review; More Detained for Backing Hong Kong Protests (10/10-16/2014)

October 16, 2014 Comments Off

On October 23, the UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) will review China’s implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. CHRD jointly submitted a report assessing the conditions in key areas of women’s rights with a coalition of Chinese NGOs. (read more…)

China detains over 40 people for supporting H.K. protests

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Kyodo News International on October 10, 2014 China has detained over 40 mainlanders over the past two weeks for supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, according to reports compiled by human rights activists and lawyers. The detainees come from a cross-section of Chinese society, ranging from artists and democracy (read more…)

Hong Kong government cancels talks with protesters

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by USA Today on October 9, 2014 BEIJING — Saying “constructive dialogue” is impossible, Hong Kong’s government canceled plans for much-anticipated talks with protesters in an unprecedented civil disobedience movement that has paralyzed parts of the city for the past two weeks. The announcement by Chief Secretary Carrie (read more…)

Poetry reading for Hong Kong protesters prompts detentions in Beijing

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by South China Morning Post on October 8, 2014 Police in Beijing detained at least seven people over a poem reading meeting last week in support of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong. They are among the dozens of people who have been reportedly detained in China as the (read more…)

China detains human rights activists for supporting Hong Kong protests

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on October 1, 2014 BEIJING, CHINA: Authorities have detained more than a dozen activists across China and questioned as many as 60 others who expressed support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests in recent days, campaign groups said Wednesday. The clampdown comes with Beijing’s propaganda machine in (read more…)

Special Report: In ‘Umbrella Revolution,’ China confronts limits of its power

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Reuters on Oct 1, 2014. (Reuters) – In the heart of Mong Kok, one of the most densely populated districts on earth, an abandoned Hong Kong police van is enveloped in the student-led demonstrations paralyzing swathes of the city. Along with yellow ribbons and flowers, symbols of (read more…)

China imprison prominent Uyghur scholar for life

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by NewsPakistan.PK on September 26, 2014 Life imprisonment and confiscation of all his property. This is the statement that a Chinese court has imposed for “encouraging separatism ” Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, 44 years and a very moderate line defender of the rights of their ethnicity. With this conviction, harder (read more…)

China jails outspoken Uighur scholar for life

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by USA TODAY on September 23, 2014 BEIJING — A court in China on Tuesday found a prominent scholar from the country’s Uighur minority group guilty of “separatism” and sentenced him to life in prison, his lawyer said. Ilham Tohti, 44, was convicted of advocating for separatism for Xinjiang, (read more…)

Film paying tribute to Cao Shunli

October 8, 2014 Comments Off

“Her spirit is not dead. [Cao Shunli] is still with us.” Fellow Activist Cao Shunli, a Chinese activist who paid the ultimate price for defending human rights. Her pursuit of justice for the dispossessed gave her strength and courage to devote her life to help China improve its rights (read more…)

China Dream Became ‘Nightmare’ for Rights in China, Report Says

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Epoch Times on March 3, 2014 Last year was the worst for human rights since at least 2008, says an annual report from Chinese Human Rights Defenders. The signature “Chinese Dream” of the new leadership has instead become a “nightmare,” they say. “The Chinese government’s assault on activists (read more…)

Former Chinese Labor-Camp Inmates Beaten After Seeking Compensation

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on February 27, 2014 Victims of China’s “reform through labor” camp-based punishment system are being harassed and mistreated by police as they try to seek compensation, even after the system was officially abolished at the end of last year, rights activists said on (read more…)