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.
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…… 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.
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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…)
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…… 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.
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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.
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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