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Fears Grow in China Over Safety of Disappeared, Pregnant Vaccine Campaigner

October 27, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on 27 October, 2020 Rights activists in China and overseas say they are increasingly concerned about the safety of He Fangmei, who ‘disappeared’ earlier this month after campaigning for compensation after her daughter was made sick by a faulty vaccine administered in the central (read more…)

Beijing Restricts Exports Related to National Security; China Joins COVAX

October 21, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by Lawfare on October 21, 2020 Beijing Restricts Exports Related to National Security On Oct. 17, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed a new law to control exports of sensitive goods, which will apply to all companies in China. The law is focused on “dual-use” goods—products that (read more…)

Beijing elected to the Human Rights Council

October 14, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by AsiaNews.it on October 14, 2020 Humanitarian organizations had called for its exclusion. Chinese accused of repressing ethnic minorities and democratic activists. Beijing defeated Saudi Arabia for the seat. Now the United Nations body is 60% composed of countries that do not respect the minimum standards of a (read more…)

Countries should reject China’s bid for UN Human Rights Council: NGO

October 12, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by Taiwan News on October 12, 2020 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Human rights groups are calling on UN member states to block China’s attempt to run for one of the open seats on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) given the regime’s appalling human rights record. On Tuesday (read more…)

Block China’s seat on human rights council over Uighurs, urges Lisa Nandy

October 10, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by The Guardian on October 10, 2020 The UN must be allowed to conduct an inquiry into possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the shadow foreign secretary says Britain must oppose giving China a seat on the UN’s human rights body this week in protest at its abuse (read more…)

Groups, Activists Campaign Against China’s Bid For UN Rights Council Seat

October 8, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by RFA on October 8, 2020 International rights groups are calling on United Nations member states not to vote to allow China to retain its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying Beijing has tried to undermine the international human rights system and continues the mass persecution (read more…)

Thousands of Articles Restored From Downed Website of Jailed Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti

October 8, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by RFA on October 8, 2020 The former website of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti containing thousands of articles has been restored seven years after it was shut down by authorities in China ahead of his 2014 arrest and sentencing to life in prison for “separatism,” according to (read more…)

China using UN to violate human rights

October 8, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by AsiaNews.it on October 8, 2020 According to Chinese Human Rights Defenders , Chinese authorities have not implemented the recommendations made by the United Nations in the area of human rights. The rights of Uyghurs, Tibetans, other ethnic minorities, Hong Kong citizens, political and civil activists, women, LGBT (read more…)

Shanghai Court Jails Award-Winning Rights Activist For Three Years

October 5, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by RFA on October 5, 2020 A court in Shanghai recently handed down a secret sentence of three years’ imprisonment to detained rights activist Chen Jianfang, a Chinese rights website reported.“We learned on Oct. 2, 2020 that Shanghai human rights defender Chen Jianfang has been sentenced to three (read more…)

Shanghai Court Jails Award-Winning Rights Activist For Three Years

October 5, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on 5 October, 2020 A court in Shanghai recently handed down a secret sentence of three years’ imprisonment to detained rights activist Chen Jianfang, a Chinese rights website reported.“We learned on Oct. 2, 2020 that Shanghai human rights defender Chen Jianfang has been sentenced to (read more…)

China brands Jewish News’ Uyghur campaign ‘deplorable slander’

October 1, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by Jewish News on 1 October, 2020 The Chinese government has reacted angrily to a Jewish News petition opposing its brutal treatment of Uyghur Muslims – signed by 150 parliamentarians and set to be delivered to Downing Street next week – branding it “deplorable slander”. Responding to the campaign launched (read more…)

Hong Kong Police Arrest Joshua Wong Over Mask Ban Protest

September 24, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by RFA on September 24, 2020 Police in Hong Kong have arrested prominent democracy campaigner Joshua Wong in connection with an “unauthorized assembly” during last year’s protest movement. “Joshua is arrested when reporting to Central Police Station at about 1pm today,” a tweet from Wong’s Twitter account read (read more…)