(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – July 5, 2024) Nine years after the Chinese government launched its sustained assault on human rights lawyers, CHRD renews urgent calls on Beijing to cease its campaign to crush the human rights legal profession in China. We stand with the victims of the government’s rights (read more…)
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The Chinese government’s rejection of recommendations to end its deepening human rights crisis reflects its disdain for international human rights reviews at the United Nations, the undersigned human rights nongovernmental organizations said in a joint statement released on June 25, 2024.
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 31, 2024) Ahead of the 35th anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Massacre, CHRD urges the Chinese government to release 27 individuals involved in the pro-democracy movement as participants, supporters, or advocates for accountability. The 27 are currently in detention or prison on the (read more…)
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（CHRD，2024 年 5 月 31 日）在 1989 年六四天安门大屠杀 35 周年之际，CHRD 强烈要求中国政府释放目前被拘押的27 名89年民运的参与者、支持者、继续追求公正拒绝遗忘的行动者。
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We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are deeply concerned about this case and call for the immediate and unconditional release of Yu Wensheng and his wife, activist Xu Yan, as they have been detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their human rights including the right to freedom of expression.
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我们，以下署名的民间社会组织，对此案深表关注，并呼吁立即无条件释放余文生及其妻子、人权活动人士许艳，因为他们只是因为和平行使包括言论自由在内的人权而被拘留。
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We, the undersigned organizations, firmly oppose the passage of the Safeguarding National Security Bill, commonly referred to as “Article 23,” set to be enforced in Hong Kong this Saturday, March 23. We condemn the Hong Kong S.A.R. government’s plan to dismantle Hong Kong’s autonomy under the guise of “national security,” (read more…)
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Ten years ago, Chinese human rights defender Cao Shunli died in custody. She had pressed the Chinese government to consult civil society when preparing for its UPR, and shared information on extralegal detention and torture with the UN. She was wrongfully detained trying to leave China for Geneva in September (read more…)
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31 human rights organisations released a joint statement on the 10-year anniversary of ‘deadly reprisals’ against Chinese activist Cao Shunli.
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A group of human rights defenders, “Support ‘The Chained Woman’ Focus Group,” is the recipient of the 10th Annual Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders.
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We, the undersigned, representing civil society and human rights organizations across the world, condemn the Hong Kong government’s plans to introduce domestic security legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law.
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Xi Jinping and Collective Punishment of Human Rights Defenders’ Families
April 15, 2024 Comments Off on Xi Jinping and Collective Punishment of Human Rights Defenders’ FamiliesFor two years Chinese authorities secretly detained the newborn baby, her siblings, and their parents. Their whereabouts and wellbeing remained unknown to family members or lawyers until word began to trickle out in July 2022: the baby and her sister, then 6 years old, had been kept in a psychiatric (read more…)
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