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Chinese Authorities Block Two Activists From Attending Training on UN Human Rights Mechanisms, Disappear One

September 17, 2013 Comments Off

Authorities in China have stopped two activists from boarding their flights for a training on UN human rights mechanisms in Geneva, and one of them has since been disappeared after being taken away by security agents. These actions are further indication that the Chinese government seems to be on high (read more…)

人权捍卫者(CHRD)声明: 中国政府必须制止对律师的暴力侵害－调查酷刑事件、追究罪责、保障律师安全

April 8, 2014 Comments Off

人权捍卫者 (CHRD)对近日发生在黑龙江的多名律师及他们的声援者遭到来自警察和暴徒的暴力侵害感到震惊。这是又一起维权律师因捍卫被代理人的权利而遭到报复性攻击的恶性事件。3月21日，黑龙江省建三江市的警察关押了四名代理遭到非法羁押的法轮功学员的律师：张俊杰、江天勇、唐吉田和王成。随后，警察又抓了赶来呼吁要求释放四名律师的其他律师和公民。前后共有至少23人被行政拘留。截至目前，仍有15位公民被关押。CHRD强烈要求中国政府调查这一系列事件件中所涉及的暴力侵害、任意羁押、和对这些律师和公民实施的恐吓威胁，并追究相关人员的刑事责任。

China: The Widening Attack on Rights Activism

September 10, 2013 Comments Off

Chinese authorities have criminally detained two more activists involved in peaceful assembly while rounding up hundreds of microbloggers, as part of the government’s assault on “Western ideals” such as rule of law, a free press, and other officially disparaged “universal values.” Last week, police in Anhui Province criminally detained Zhou (read more…)

China Has Obligation to End Violence Against Lawyers

April 3, 2014 Comments Off

CHRD is alarmed at the recent violent attacks by police and thugs against dozens of lawyers and their supporters in Heilongjiang Province, in another episode of human rights lawyers being assaulted in retaliation for defending their clients. Since initially detaining four lawyers on March 21—Zhang Junjie (张俊杰), Jiang Tianyong (江天勇), (read more…)

CHRD Releases Report on Rights of the Child in China: “‘Flowers of the Country’: Mistreated and Abused”

September 3, 2013 Comments Off

Three weeks before the UN review of China’s record in protecting the rights of the child (set for September 26-27), CHRD has released its own report on the subject, “‘Flowers of the Country’: Mistreated and Abused.” The report documents ongoing violations of children’s rights in China, examines their causes, and (read more…)

Human Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Arrested, Poor Health of Great Concern

June 13, 2014 Comments Off

Prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强) has been formally arrested after more than a month in detention, charged on June 13 with “creating a disturbance” and “illegally obtaining personal information.” A notice issued by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau said that “police are conducting further investigation of other (read more…)

Chinese Government Must Be Held Accountable for Death of Activist Cao Shunli – Chinese version

March 17, 2014 Comments Off

我们沉痛哀悼一位无畏的人权捍卫者，曹顺利。她用自己的生命向中国政府对内暴力镇压人权和人权捍卫者、对外虚假承诺“保护人权”标榜“人权进步”发出她最后的一次挑战。曹顺利之死再次证明了中国政府对人权捍卫者的残酷打压、对争取民间参与联合国人权机制运作竭尽全力的报复

Chinese Government Must Be Held Accountable for Death of Activist Cao Shunli

March 14, 2014 Comments Off

We are overwhelmed with grief over the death of Cao Shunli (曹顺利), a fellow human rights defender. Cao Shunli will be remembered by those in China and elsewhere for the sacrifices that she made in unflinchingly promoting human rights, especially her leading role in a campaign to demand the Chinese (read more…)

China: End Escalating Crackdown Criminalizing Peaceful Assembly and Free Expression

July 17, 2013 Comments Off

Xu Zhiyong, a leading activist pushing for constitutional democracy and rule-of-law reform, was criminally detained on suspicion of “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order” by Beijing police on July 16. With Xu’s detention and those of two other activists on July 12 in Beijing, China’s newest crackdown on freedom (read more…)

The Chinese Government Must End Reprisals Against Activists Demanding Participation in UPR

July 4, 2013 Comments Off

On July 1, Beijing public security forces swept up and detained a large number of activists who had been taking part in a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) office, as they sought a role in participating in the drafting of the country’s national human rights (read more…)

China’s New Leaders Must Confront Hard Truths on Tiananmen

May 31, 2013 Comments Off

For nearly a quarter-century, the Chinese government has maintained an impervious approach to the truth about its 1989 military suppression against pro-democracy protests. Authorities have denied responsibility for the massacre and stonewalled public reckoning of the People’s Liberation Army’s use of force that left hundreds, if not thousands, dead and (read more…)

Chinese Authorities Must Release Activists, End Escalating Crackdown on Free Expression

April 19, 2013 Comments Off

Police in China have begun detaining activists, lawyers, and ordinary citizens in an apparently coordinated crackdown triggered by advocacy aimed against official corruption and other politically sensitive issues. Authorities have seized activists in Beijing who, under the rubric of the “New Citizens Movement,” have organized a petition drive to demand (read more…)