The mass detention of peaceful Uyghur intellectuals demonstrates the hidden human rights atrocity beneath the Chinese government’s absurd narrative that its suppression is necessary for “fighting terrorism”. The international community must speak out and take strong actions with a renewed sense of urgency
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Vaccine safety advocates vanished; detained defenders allege torture; rights lawyers debarred, a 90-yaer protester detained, and more
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Mass Arrests in Hong Kong Under National Security Law Targets Democrats; Former Journalist Zhang Jialong Sentenced; Journalist Li Xinde Imprisoned for Five-Years; Administrative Punishment on Lawyers Widens; Strong Human Rights Safeguards Must be Included in EU-China Investment Agreement
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Chinese courts put a number of human rights defenders on trial around the holiday season in an apparent bid to avoid international scrutiny.
Read more![[Briefing] Year’s End Brings No Letup in China’s Persecution of Rights Activists and Citizen Reporters](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CEF6951F-30B3-4D73-9397-0DB2B9E74794-336x300.jpg)
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan will face trial; independent photojournalist Du Bin under criminal detention; rights activist Ou Biaofeng sent to residential surveillance in undisclosed location; and housing activist Ge Zhihui, with disabilities, stood on trial.
Read more![[Briefing] More Entrepreneurs Prosecuted in Crackdown on Outspokenness in Private Sector; HK National Security Crackdown Extends Further](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/25-Nov-CHRB-slide-show-336x300.png)
Activist Zhou Weilin Tried Behind Closed-Doors; Activist Zhang Baocheng Sentenced; Guangzhou National Security Police Launch New Crackdown; Entrepreneur Sun Dawu Detained; Chongqing Businessman Sentenced to 20 Years; Hong Kong Legislators Disqualified, Opposition Resigns; HK National Security Police Enter CUHK Campus; Three Days of Arrests of HK Dissidents
Read more![[Briefing] Disappeared Human Rights Lawyer Denied Bail; Hong Kong Politicians and Journalists Arrested](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nov-5-2020-Flash-collage-1-336x300.png)
Disappeared human rights lawyer Chang Weiping will not be released on bail; labor activist Ling Haobo had received an 18-month prison sentence; Hong Kong Police Force arrested 8 pro-democracy politicians and 3 journalists.
Read more![[Briefing] Police Forcibly Disappear Rights Lawyer, Activist & Pastor; Publisher Geng Xiaonan Arrested](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/EkS2i1RXsAIks2e-336x300.jpg)
Geng Xiaonan Arrested; He Fangmei Disappeared; Chang Weiping Disappeared into RSDL; Pastor Missing; Activist Yuan Bing Forced to Submit to Miometric Data Collection after Prison Release; CCP Official Accused of “Slandering” the Party
Read more![[Briefing] Chinese Courts Punish Peaceful Expression while Environmental Activists Detained and 12 Hongkongers Charged](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Li-Genshan-336x300.png)
7-year prison sentence for selling Christian books online; Ren Zhiqiang sentenced to 18-years for criticizing Xi Jinping; Chen Jianfang reportedly sentenced to 3-years for tribute to Cao Shunli; environmental activists arrested in Ningxia after accusing police of sheltering poachers
Read more![[Briefing] NGO Staffers and Xi Jinping Critic Put on Trial While Publisher Detained](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screenshot-2020-09-11-at-11.07.37-336x300.png)
Secret trial of Changsha Funeng NGO workers held on unknown date; police detain publisher Geng Xiaonan and her husband Qin Zhen for “illegal business activity”; outspoken businessman Ren Zhiqiang tried but no verdict pronounced
Read more![[Briefing] Crackdown on Free Expression: Blogger, Poet, Activist & Citizen Journalist in Custody](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screenshot-2020-09-08-at-13.10.51-336x300.png)
Court Rejects Blogger’s Appeal Against 4-Year Sentence; Missing Poet and his Wife Confirmed to be Under Arrest; Labor Activist Secretly Tried and Sentenced; Citizen Journalist Awaits Appeal Against 9-Year Sentence
Read more![[Briefing] Reports of Torture; Teachers Fired for Political Views; Graduate Student Expelled for Online Comments Written Overseas](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screenshot-2020-07-21-at-09.03.51-336x300.png)
etails of torture in Chinese detention facilities in 2 HRD cases; mainland teacher fired for comments on Korean War, Hong Kong teachers face retaliation; graduate student expelled for online comments about Nanjing Massacre written while in US.
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