In the Press | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

China Charity Law Hits Rights Groups Right in Their Sources of Funding

April 29, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 1, 2016 China’s new law regulating charities is a further blow to its rights activists, and could restrict any non-government group from raising funds to help some of the country’s most vulnerable people, an overseas-based rights group said. The Charities Law was adopted by (read more…)

China passes law imposing security controls on foreign NGOs

April 28, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by The guardian on April 28, 2016 A Chinese government offensive against civil society that campaigners describe as the worst in nearly three decades has intensified with Beijing’s approval on Thursday of a controversial new law that gives security forces control over foreign NGOs operating in the country. Campaigners (read more…)

China passes new laws on foreign NGOs amid international criticism

April 28, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by BBC on April 28, 2016 China has passed new laws on foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) state media said, amid criticism. The full text was not immediately available, but previous drafts stated that NGOs would have to submit to police supervision and declare sources of funding. Critics say the laws (read more…)

Panama Papers: China detains lawyer after he shares details of leaders online

April 15, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by The Guardian on April 15, 2016 A well-known Chinese civil rights lawyer has been taken into police custody after sharing information about the Panama Papers on social media, human rights groups have said. Ge Yongxi, an outspoken attorney known for defending underground church leaders and political and social activists, (read more…)

China libera al “defensor de las cruces” cristianas tras siete meses detenido

April 1, 2016 Comments Off

Originally publish by El Confidential on March 24, 2016 Pekín, 24 mar (EFE).- Las autoridades chinas han liberado a Zhang Kai, abogado conocido por protestar contra la campaña de retirada de cruces cristianas iniciada por el Gobierno en múltiples partes del país, después de siete meses detenido. El conocido popularmente como (read more…)

Human rights activist wins Int’l Women of Courage award, barred from leaving China for ceremony

April 1, 2016 Comments Off

Originally publish by Hong Kong Free Press on March 30, 2016 Chinese human rights activist Ni Yulan has been banned from leaving the country to receive an International Women of Courage award in the US. Ni told US-backed Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Monday that police in Beijing had frozen her passport and – despite seeking help from (read more…)

It’s International Women’s Day!

March 14, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Morning News USA on March 14, 2016 Today, March 8, marks the 108th International Women’s Day, which recognizes the contribution of women in shaping the world. For more than a century, the world has been celebrating this special day for women in a bid to recognize how they (read more…)

Activists Call For Release of Jailed Chinese Women

March 14, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on March 8, 2016 Rights groups called on Tuesday for the release of key women activists on International Women’s Day, as five feminists detained for planning a campaign event this time last year came under renewed pressure from police. The overseas-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) (read more…)

Terminally ill Chinese Activist Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison

March 7, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Latin American Herald Tribune on February 16, 2016 BEIJING – A court in China has sentenced an activist with terminal cancer to four years imprisonment for “disrupting social order,” a common practice in the country against critics of the government, Chinese Human Rights Defenders, or CHRD , said Friday. (read more…)

China ‘Ignores’ U.N. Treaty, Routinely Tortures Activists: Report

March 7, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on February 16, 2016 The ruling Chinese Communist Party, which has ushered in the harshest crackdown on critics yet under President Xi Jinping, has largely ignored a United Nations treaty banning all forms of torture or cruel and degrading punishment, an overseas rights group said in (read more…)

U.N. Rights Official Urges China to Release Detained Lawyers

March 7, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by New York Times on February 16, 2016 GENEVA — The United Nations’ top human rights official called on China on Tuesday to immediately and unconditionally release a group of lawyers detained starting last summer, and he expressed concern over a “very worrying pattern” of arrests and disappearances. The Chinese authorities have arrested (read more…)

Activists Sentenced to Prison for Demanding Democracy in China

March 7, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Voice Of America on January 29, 2016 A Guangzhou, China court Friday handed down guilty verdicts for three Chinese rights activists — Tang Jingling, Yuan Xinting and Wang Qingying — who now face up to five years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power.” Human rights groups (read more…)