China: immediately release #MeToo activist and fellow civil society advocate

September 21, 2021       Comments Off on China: immediately release #MeToo activist and fellow civil society advocate

 

Human Rights Defenders, September 21, 2021) One journalist and one activist have gone missing for two days. Colleagues and friends fear that police took them into custody in Guangzhou. CHRD urges Chinese authorities to investigate their whereabouts and, if confirmed, release them immediately and unconditionally.

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The Chinese government should have investigated a lawyer’s torture allegations, not tortured him again

September 16, 2021       Comments Off on The Chinese government should have investigated a lawyer’s torture allegations, not tortured him again

 

CHRD condemns the Chinese government’s latest alleged torture of Chang Weiping and urges the international community to hold China to account for its blatant disregard of its human rights obligations

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Hong Kong: Drop Charges Against Vigil Organizers

September 16, 2021       Comments Off on Hong Kong: Drop Charges Against Vigil Organizers

 

CHRD joined 61 other groups in calling on the Hong Kong government to drop all charges against leaders of the civic group that had been holding annual mass vigils in Victoria Park commemorating the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre.

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Persecution of the Hong Kong Alliance makes a mockery of NSL promises

September 9, 2021       Comments Off on Persecution of the Hong Kong Alliance makes a mockery of NSL promises

 

CHRD condemns the ongoing persecution against the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Patriotic Democratic Movement of China (“the Hong Kong Alliance”), and in particular, the arrest on Thursday of chairman Lee Cheuk-yan, vice-chairs Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho on the charge of “inciting subversion”, which could carry a (read more…)

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Germany must stop deportation of Chinese Activist Liu Bing

August 6, 2021       Comments Off on Germany must stop deportation of Chinese Activist Liu Bing

 

CHRD urgently urges the German government not to return activist Liu Bing to China, where he is at risk of torture and ill-treatment, as well as detention and unfair trial.

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Chinese Authorities Must Release Three NGO Staff Sentenced by Changsha Intermediate Court, End Crackdown on Rights Advocacy

July 23, 2021       Comments Off on Chinese Authorities Must Release Three NGO Staff Sentenced by Changsha Intermediate Court, End Crackdown on Rights Advocacy

 

CHRD condemns the Changsha Municipal Intermediate Court’s secret sentencing of three mainland Chinese NGO workers Cheng Yuan (程渊), Liu Dazhi (刘大志), and Wu Gejianxiong (吴葛健雄). The verdicts were issued behind closed doors on July 20, according to information pieced together by Cheng Yuan’s wife, Shi Minglei. Concluding a legal process (read more…)

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China: End Persecution of Free Speech with Frivolous Crimes

July 21, 2021       Comments Off on China: End Persecution of Free Speech with Frivolous Crimes

 

An overview of the legal proceedings of three cases of human rights defenders in pre-trial detention demonstrates how the Chinese government counters dissent using the ever-stretchable criminal charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.

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The Chinese government must end its reprisals against agricultural entrepreneur and philanthropist Sun Dawu and his associates

July 14, 2021       Comments Off on The Chinese government must end its reprisals against agricultural entrepreneur and philanthropist Sun Dawu and his associates

 

CHRD condemns the prosecution of Sun Dawu, a prominent agricultural entrepreneur and philanthropist, as a blatant attempt to punish Sun for his support of human rights defenders.

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