Alerts & Statements | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

China: End Impunity for the 1989 Atrocities and Guarantee Right to Redress

June 2, 2014 Comments Off

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, CHRD urges the Chinese government to end the impunity for gross human rights violations during the 1989 suppression of pro-democracy protests, to stop its suppression of survivors and outspoken critics, to guarantee the victims’ right to obtain redress and (read more…)

Show Trial of Jiangxi Activists Suspended: Lawyers Demanded Releases, Calling Detentions Unlawful

October 29, 2013 Comments Off

A Chinese court had to suspend the trial of activists Liu Ping (刘萍), Wei Zhongping (魏忠平), and Li Sihua (李思华) on October 28 in Jiangxi Province after defendants and lawyers protested myriad violations of legal rights. A lawyer told CHRD that the prosecutors and the court were pushed back in (read more…)

CHRD Suggestions for UPR Recommendations to China

October 15, 2013 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 15, 2013) – In the run-up to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on China at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on October 22, 2013, CHRD suggests governments of UN member states participating in the review make robust, specific, and relevant recommendations to China.

Charter 08’s Legacy & China’s Failure to Honor Human Rights Obligations

December 9, 2013 Comments Off

December 10, 2013, marked the 5th anniversary of Charter 08—a manifesto on human rights and democracy in China—and the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Unfortunately, that day of great inspiration was marred because the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), continued to languish in (read more…)

Alert: More Lawyers & Activists Criminally Detained or Disappeared in Run-up to Tiananmen Anniversary

May 19, 2014 Comments Off

More lawyers and activists have been detained or disappeared in the run-up the June Fourth anniversary. Prominent human rights lawyers Tang Jingling (唐荆陵) and Liu Shihui (刘士辉) have been criminally detained. In Guangzhou, activist Wang Qingying (王清营) has been criminally detained as well, while activist Yuan Xinting (袁新亭), who has (read more…)

China Must Stop Excluding Civil Society From UN Human Rights Review

October 7, 2013 Comments Off

Two weeks before China undergoes a UN human rights review known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Beijing police once again suppressed demonstrations demanding civil society’s role in national preparations for UPR. On October 3 and 4, police forcibly removed more than a dozen activists who had returned to demonstrate (read more…)

Chinese Government Must Stop Intimidating Citizens Seeking Truth About June 4, 1989

May 6, 2014 Comments Off

CHRD is alarmed by reports that Beijing police have summoned intellectuals and family members of Tiananmen victims after they organized or attended a seminar on May 3 about June Fourth. It is unusual that, with still one month to go before the anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, Chinese authorities have (read more…)

China: Reverse Travesty of Justice, Free Persecuted Human Rights Defenders in Jiangxi

June 20, 2014 Comments Off

CHRD condemns the harsh punishments issued to Jiangxi activists Liu Ping (刘萍), Wei Zhongping (魏忠平), and Li Sihua (李思华) and demands their immediate release. The activists were sentenced by the Yushui County District Court in Xinyu City on June 19, over 14 months after they were first detained and more (read more…)

Cao Shunli (曹顺利) Nominated for Martin Ennals Award 2014

April 23, 2014 Comments Off

Cao Shunli (曹顺利) Selected as One of Three Final Nominees for the Martin Ennals Award 2014. This award is selected by the International Human Rights Community (See Jury Below) and given to Human Rights Defenders who have shown deep commitment and face great personal risk. The aim of the award (read more…)

Four New Citizens’ Movement Activists Sentenced in Beijing

April 18, 2014 Comments Off

Four New Citizens’ Movement Activists Sentenced in Beijing The Haidian District People’s Court announced guilty verdicts on April 18 for lawyer Ding Jiaxi (丁家喜) as well as activists Li Wei (李蔚), Zhao Changqing (赵常青), and Zhang Baocheng (张宝成) who were all tried last week in Beijing (see report). Ding was (read more…)

China: Halt Imminent Execution of Xia Junfeng

September 24, 2013 Comments Off

The Chinese government must halt the imminent execution of Mr. Xia Junfeng (夏俊峰), a street vendor who was convicted of “intentional homicide” and sentenced to death for killing two city management officers in 2009. Information received by CHRD indicates that China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) is likely to announce on (read more…)

Chinese Authorities Block Two Activists From Attending Training on UN Human Rights Mechanisms, Disappear One

September 17, 2013 Comments Off

Authorities in China have stopped two activists from boarding their flights for a training on UN human rights mechanisms in Geneva, and one of them has since been disappeared after being taken away by security agents. These actions are further indication that the Chinese government seems to be on high (read more…)