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US-based dissident artist put on trial in China over satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group

March 30, 2026 Comments Off

The Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of China’s former leader Mao Zedong, has been tried over accusations of “defaming national heroes and martyrs”, his wife and a rights group have said. Gao, 69, who was detained in 2024 during a visit to China from the US, faces a (read more…)

China: An artist is being tried in secret for sculptures critical of Mao

March 30, 2026 Comments Off

According to the organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders, which called for his release, this procedure raises numerous questions. The artist, who has lived in the United States since 2022, is being targeted in particular for several works created with his brother, which offer a veiled representation of Mao Zedong. According (read more…)

Rights group condemns trial of Chinese artist whose works criticise Mao

March 30, 2026 Comments Off

The US-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said 69-year-old Gao, who is accused of slandering China’s heroes, was tried behind closed doors at a court in the northern city of Sanhe, though no verdict has yet been announced.

諷刺毛澤東的中國藝術家高兟出庭受審

March 30, 2026 Comments Off

3月30日，中國藝術家高兟在河北省三河市法院出庭受審，他被指控犯有「侵害英烈名譽罪」。中國人權捍衛者組織對此次不公開庭審提出了強烈抨擊，認為這違反了法不追溯既往原則。高兟諷刺毛澤東的藝術作品創作於近20年前，但是「侵害英烈名譽罪」在2021年才被納入中國刑法。

The Secret Trial of a Chinese Artist Accused of Mocking Mao Zedong

March 29, 2026 Comments Off

Gao Zhen, who emigrated to the United States years ago, was arrested during a visit to China and now faces up to three years in prison for artwork.

Pekín aprueba una ley para fomentar la ‘unidad étnica’ que segrega aún más a las minorías

March 14, 2026 Comments Off

…… Pero la ONG Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) denunció recientemente que los cambios legales introducidos en China eliminan disposiciones que permitían utilizar lenguas minoritarias como idioma de enseñanza en las escuelas y consolidan una tendencia a sustituirlas por el mandarín como lengua principal de instrucción.

Tibetans protest worldwide as China tightens grip on Tibetan identity

March 10, 2026 Comments Off

Sixty-seven years after the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, Tibetans across the world continue to march, protest and speak out to keep their cause alive. But activists and rights advocates warn that global awareness of conditions inside Tibet remains limited, even as concerns grow over cultural erasure, language restrictions and tightening control (read more…)

China examina una ley para promover la «unidad étnica» entre sus grupos minoritarios

March 6, 2026 Comments Off

…… La ONG Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) denunció en febrero que recientes cambios legales en China eliminan disposiciones que permitían utilizar lenguas minoritarias como idioma de enseñanza en las escuelas y consolidan una tendencia a sustituirlas por el mandarín como lengua principal de instrucción.

Rights groups urge UN High Commissioner Volker Turk to address alleged China crimes at UNHRC

February 25, 2026 Comments Off

Washington DC [US], February 25 (ANI): Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) has joined Chinese Human Rights Defenders and 24 other civil society organisations in urging Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to use his February 27 speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to outline (read more…)

Two Zhejiang activists sentenced to three years in prison for remembering Lu Xiaobo

February 18, 2026 Comments Off

A Hangzhou court sentenced Zou Wei and Zan Aizong for meeting on the Qiantang River on 13 July 2024, the seventh anniversary of Liu’s death, to commemorate the intellectual, one of the promoters of Charter 08, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for his nonviolent commitment to (read more…)

Jimmy Lai gets 20 years, but for Father Mella, Hong Kongers are with him

February 9, 2026 Comments Off

The China Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) group also reacted to the verdict, calling for the release of the 78-year-old Catholic leader and editor of Apple Daily, imprisoned under Hong Kong’s infamous national security legislation. “Given his age and the length of the sentence, Lai is at heightened risk of dying in (read more…)

Hong Kong Publisher Jimmy Lai Gets 20 Years

February 9, 2026 Comments Off

A 20-year prison sentence typically means actual imprisonment of at least 13 years and 4 months, assuming maximum remission. The sentence is thus plainly calculated to keep Lai behind bars for the rest of his life. It was assailed by human rights organizations across the globe, with Amnesty International labeling (read more…)