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Earth Day: China Must Protect Human Rights To Effectively Protect the Environment

April 20, 2017 Comments Off

The Chinese government must protect human rights to make meaningful progress in environmental protection. Basic rights like freedom of expression, assembly, association and press are fundamental to any genuine attempt to effectively respond to serious threats to the environment and public health, CHRD said today, to mark this year’s Earth (read more…)

Alert: Trial & Verdict Announcements in 4 Cases at End of March

March 28, 2017 Comments Off

Human rights defenders Su Changlan, Chen Qitang, Chen Yunfei, and Xia Lin face court hearings on March 30-31 as authorities continue the government’s political persecution of rights activists and lawyers.

Su Changlan Named 2017 Recipient of Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders

March 13, 2017 Comments Off

Activist Su Changlan, detained in Guangdong since October 2014, has been named the third recipient of the Cao Shunli Memorial Award.

China: Investigate Torture Allegations of Detained Lawyer Xie Yang, Hold Torturers Accountable

January 24, 2017 Comments Off

CHRD calls on the Chinese government to promptly and impartially investigate torture allegations made by detained human rights lawyer Xie Yang (谢阳), and reiterates our persistent demand for the unconditional and immediate release of all incarcerated rights lawyers.

China: Release Activist Chen Yunfei, End Persecution of Free Expression

December 23, 2016 Comments Off

China must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Chen Yunfei (陈云飞) instead of putting Chen on trial, which is scheduled for December 26 at the Wuhou District Court in Chengdu. The court notified his lawyer, Liu Zhengqing (刘正清), that Chen will stand trial on the charge of “picking quarrels (read more…)

China: Free Rights Lawyer Jiang Tianyong, Investigate His Enforced Disappearance and Torture

December 16, 2016 Comments Off

After forcibly disappearing the human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong for 25 days, Chinese authorities finally confirmed that he is in police custody under “compulsory criminal measures.” CHRD asks the Chinese government to immediately release Jiang Tianyong, on the grounds that his detention is clearly arbitrary.

China Must Release Jiang Tianyong, Liu Feiyue & Huang Qi, Honor Commitment Made at UN to Protect Rights

November 30, 2016 Comments Off

CHRD urges the Chinese government to release three prominent civil society leaders whose cases of deprived liberty further signal the escalation of President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on human rights activism.

A Mid-term Assessment of China’s Implementation of 2013 UPR Recommendations

November 22, 2016 Comments Off

Three years after the October 2013 UPR review of China, Chinese NGOs have released a report assessing China’s implementation of the recommendations put forward by UN Member States. The report finds large discrepancies between the government’s promises and its actions. Human rights conditions and safeguards in China have slightly improved (read more…)

UN Member States: Vote “No” and End China’s Membership on UN Human Rights Council

October 25, 2016 Comments Off

CHRD urges UN Member States to vote against China’s re-election to the Human Rights Council on October 28 at the UN headquarters in New York. States should vote according to international human rights standards, and take into consideration China’s rapidly deteriorating human rights situation.

China: Overturn Unjust Verdict & Release Lawyer Xia Lin

September 22, 2016 Comments Off

CHRD denounces the Chinese government’s politically-motivated punishment of human rights lawyer Xia Lin, who was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment on trumped-up charges on September 22.

China: End Enforced Disappearances & Provide Redress to Victims

August 29, 2016 Comments Off

Since President Xi Jinping took power, Chinese authorities have stepped up the practice of forcibly disappearing human rights lawyers and other rights defenders. On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, CHRD urges the government to end the use of enforced disappearance to persecute those they want to (read more…)

G20 Heads of State Must Not Ignore China’s Worsening Human Rights

August 15, 2016 Comments Off

Foreign heads of state at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou in September can advance a goal of building economic cooperation by raising human rights concerns with Chinese leaders, just as China’s government is perpetuating the worst human rights crackdown in the country since 1989.