In the Press | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

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…)

Oenegés y legisladores de 31 países critican la sentencia en Hong Kong contra Jimmy Lai

February 9, 2026 Comments Off

Pekín, 9 feb (EFE).- La red de oenegés Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) y la Alianza Interparlamentaria sobre China (IPAC) reclamaron hoy la liberación del magnate mediático hongkonés Jimmy Lai tras ser sentenciado a 20 años de prisión por conspiración con fuerzas extranjeras y difusión de publicaciones consideradas sediciosas.

Hong Kong Court Sentences Jimmy Lai to 20 Years

February 9, 2026 Comments Off

Several international advocacy groups, including Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders, condemned the sentence. Angeli Datt, the research and advocacy coordinator of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, expressed concern that Mr. Lai’s health issues would not be treated. “Beijing has shown its willingness to let defenders die in detention, an (read more…)

China overturns Canadian man’s death sentence

February 7, 2026 Comments Off

Angeli Datt, research and advocacy coordinator at Chinese Human Rights Defenders, said that human rights experts have long suspected that Schellenberg’s death sentence was the result of geopolitical tensions between China and Canada. “It’s hard to ignore the timing of Carney’s recent visit and this development on his case,” she (read more…)

China Reverses Death Sentence for Canadian in a Small Win for Carney

February 6, 2026 Comments Off

Angeli Datt, research and advocacy coordinator at Chinese Human Rights Defenders, said that human rights experts have long suspected that Mr. Schellenberg’s death sentence was the result of geopolitical tensions between China and Canada. “It’s hard to ignore the timing of Carney’s recent visit and this development on his case,” (read more…)

Rights groups say China detained two journalists over corruption report

February 4, 2026 Comments Off

According to Chinese Human Rights Defenders, which is a coalition of Chinese and international activists and groups, Liu had planned to take a train from his home city of Chongqing to the capital Beijing on Sunday when he went missing.

Hong Kong authorities criticized for prosecuting Tiananmen crackdown commemorators

January 23, 2026 Comments Off

Organizing a candlelight vigil to call for justice for victims of a massacre and democracy in China is not a threat to national security – it is a form of expression and assembly guaranteed by international human rights law. This trial is a sham, designed to make repression appear legitimate. (read more…)

Hong Kong begins national security trial of organisers of Tiananmen Square vigil group

January 23, 2026 Comments Off

On Wednesday, Angeli Datt, research and advocacy coordinator at the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), said in a statement: “Organising a candlelight vigil to call for justice for victims of a massacre and democracy in China is not a threat to national security – it is a form (read more…)

Hong Kong begins national security trial for organisers of Tiananmen vigils

January 23, 2026 Comments Off

Angeli Datt, research and advocacy coordinator at the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, condemned the trial as a “sham”.