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National Security Crime “Inciting Subversion” Used in Multiple Cases Against Chinese Lawyers/Activists

June 25, 2020 Comments Off

This week, while the Chinese government is poised to impose a national security law in Hong Kong, it also prosecuted a number of mainland human rights lawyers and activists on “inciting subversion of state power” charges, exemplifying how the government uses “endangering national security” crimes, with increasing frequency, to silent (read more…)

Concerns Over China’s “Win-Win” Resolution at Human Rights Council

June 23, 2020 Comments Off

China presented a “mutually beneficial cooperation” resolution at the UN Human Rights Council, which was debated on June 22. The resolution directly taken from Chinese Communist Party propaganda and modeled on its authoritarian governance would silence criticisms of rights abuses at the council’s mechanisms.

China: Stop Using COVID-19 for Unnecessary Restrictions on Detainees’ Visitation Rights

June 22, 2020 Comments Off

CHRD has documented 12 cases of detained HRDs being denied access to their lawyers and families, including virtual meetings, on coronavirus grounds. The Chinese government must ensure their rights to legal counsel and family visitation and stop using the pandemic as the excuse to violate their rights.

Statement Regarding the Verdict of Lawyer Yu Wensheng After His Secret Trial

June 19, 2020 Comments Off

The wife of Lawyer Yu Wensheng, Xu Yan, received news from the People’s Procuratorate of Xuzhou City in the morning of 17 June 2020 that Lawyer Yu – who went through a secret trial back in May 2019 – has already been sentenced to four years in jail, in addition (read more…)

Joint NGO Open Letter Calls on China to Stop Imposing National Security Law on Hong Kong

June 18, 2020 Comments Off

CHRD joined 85 other organizations to call on the National People’s Congress to halt its moves to impose a national security law on Hong Kong.

China: Free Arbitrarily Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng

June 17, 2020 Comments Off

A Chinese court secretly handed down a four-year prison sentence to lawyer Yu Wensheng for “inciting subversion of state power.” The persecution of Yu Wensheng in reprisal for exercising and defending human rights and the grave injustices involved in this case demand his immediate and unconditional release.

National Security Crime “Inciting Subversion” Used in Multiple Cases Against Chinese Lawyers/Activists

Concerns Over China’s “Win-Win” Resolution at Human Rights Council

China: Stop Using COVID-19 for Unnecessary Restrictions on Detainees’ Visitation Rights

Statement Regarding the Verdict of Lawyer Yu Wensheng After His Secret Trial

Joint NGO Open Letter Calls on China to Stop Imposing National Security Law on Hong Kong

China: Free Arbitrarily Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng

Enforcing Amnesia, China Detained and Intimidated Activists Around 31st Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre

1989 Student Protester Chen Yunfei Secretly Detained Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary

31st Anniversary of June Fourth Massacre

Poet Wang Zang Detained by Yunnan Police for “Inciting Subversion”

Guangdong Activist Detained for Online Expression of Support to Hong Kong

Sichuan Activist Detained for Protest for Lack of Representation by “People’s Congress”