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艺术家高兟因创作讽刺毛泽东雕塑获刑三年

August 26, 2026 Comments Off

据高兟妻子透露，中国一家法院周二判处这位已移居纽约的著名艺术家三年有期徒刑，理由是他曾在逾15年前创作了涉嫌亵渎毛泽东的雕塑。

高兟案判決結果周二公布：高兟因“損害英雄烈士榮譽”被判刑三年

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

一家人權組織向法新社證實：中國藝術家高兟因創作針對中國前領導人毛澤東的諷刺性雕塑，被控“損害英雄烈士名譽和榮譽”，周二（8月25日）被判處三年有期徒刑。

Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering ‘heroes and martyrs’

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

Gao Zhen, a prominent Chinese artist known for provocative sculptures of the former leader Mao Zedong, has been sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of slandering China’s “heroes and martyrs”. The sentencing came two years after he was detained while visiting the country with his family, (read more…)

Chinese dissident artist jailed for 3 years over Mao sculptures, family and rights group say

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

BEIJING, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of former leader Mao Zedong, was handed the maximum three-year sentence for “defaming national heroes and martyrs” by a Chinese court on Tuesday, his wife and a rights group said.

How China turned the ‘war on terror’ against the Uyghurs

August 20, 2026 Comments Off

China recently passed the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which took effect July 1, 2026. The U.S.-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders said that, rather than promoting unity as Chinese authorities claim, the law reinforces restrictions on “freedoms of language, education, practice of religion, culture, expression and assembly,” citing Volker (read more…)

A New – and Old – China Human Rights Agenda at the United Nations

July 29, 2026 Comments Off

Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won re-election to hold that post for another four years. Several governments objected to the process; 144 others, including China, voted in support of a second term for him.

“被旅游”、禁公祭：六四“天安门母亲”，今年无处悼亡人

July 9, 2026 Comments Off

人权捍卫者网络：悼念不应以政府许可为前提

Criticism Grows as China’s Ethnic Unity Law Takes Effect

July 1, 2026 Comments Off

China’s new “ethnic unity” law took effect on Wednesday, amid growing international concern about its potential use as a legal justification for silencing dissent beyond China’s borders.

BBC World Service Interview on China’s Ethnic Unity Law

July 1, 2026 Comments Off

https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NewshourChina.mp3

When Internships Enable Child Labor in China

May 22, 2026 Comments Off

A 16-year-old vocational student arrived at a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, for an internship. He worked 11-hour shifts – days and nights, weekdays and weekends – processing car parts. A 17-year-old began an internship at a technology company’s factory in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, logging more than 10 hours a (read more…)

Report: China’s Lax Enforcement of Child Labor Laws

May 21, 2026 Comments Off

The Chinese government is failing to protect children under 18 from hazardous work conditions in mandatory vocational internships, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, or CHRD, said today in a new report. Despite domestic legislation prohibiting unsafe work conditions for minors, child labor abuses persist in regions throughout the (read more…)

Trump’s lack of focus on human rights in China is big departure for US diplomacy

May 15, 2026 Comments Off

“These are very, very difficult times for human rights defenders,” said Sophie Richardson, the co-executive director of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, an NGO. “I don’t think any democratic government has really kept pace in its interventions with Beijing.”