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“A Healthy Society Should Not Have Just One Voice” – China Must End Crackdown on Online Speech in Response to COVID-19

April 1, 2020 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders—April 1, 2020) The Chinese government must release detained citizen journalists and outspoken critics, and end the new crackdown on free expression online since the start of COVID-19 outbreak. Under the guise of fighting the novel coronavirus, authorities in China have escalated suppression online by blocking independent (read more…)

Winners Named for the 2020 Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders

March 13, 2020 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders—March 13, 2020) Human rights defenders Zhang Jianping and Wang Heying win the sixth Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders. The decision to give this year’s award to both Mr. Zhang and Ms. Wang recognizes their long-standing grassroots activism to promote protection of human rights (read more…)

JOINT OPEN LETTER – ARREST OF HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS IN BREACH OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT’S INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS

February 25, 2020 Comments Off

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, write to you in regard to the arrest of five human rights observers whilst conducting their work at assemblies in Hong Kong in November 2019 and January 2020. The arrests contravene the Hong Kong SAR government’s international human rights obligations to respect, protect and (read more…)

China’s reaction to the coronavirus outbreak violates human rights

February 12, 2020 Comments Off

By Frances Eve | Originally published in The Guardian | The WHO is ignoring Chinese government suppression of human rights regarding the coronavirus outbreak, including severe restrictions on freedom of expression.

Defending Human Rights in the Era of Dystopia: The Situation of Defenders in China (2019)

February 12, 2020 Comments Off

In 2019, human rights defenders in China and its peripheral regions braved cruel punishment in challenging the Chinese government’s human rights abuses and draconian laws. They refused to back down from the rising totalitarian rule of President Xi Jinping.

立即停止抗击新冠肺炎过程中的人权侵犯

February 4, 2020 Comments Off

（中国人权捍卫者—2020年1月31日）中国政府在应对2019新型冠状病毒爆发时必须尊重人权，包括取消审查、停止警方恐吓和任意拘留、放宽无差别的出行限制以及消除针对武汉和湖北省居民社会歧视。人权绝不能成为政府遏制新冠病毒爆发措施的牺牲品。据中国官方数据，截止到2月3日，新冠疫情已导致370人死亡，数百万人受到各种影响。媒体和互联网信息的自由流动、民间社会的参与以及便利的物资和急救人员的及时行动和调配，对于有效应对这次全球卫生紧急状况十分必要。

China: Protect Human Rights While Combatting Coronavirus Outbreak

January 31, 2020 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders—January 31, 2020) The Chinese government must respect human rights in its response to the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak, including lifting censorship, ceasing police intimidation and arbitrary detention, easing indiscriminate restrictions on movement, and countering social discrimination against Wuhan and Hubei Province residents. Human rights must not be (read more…)

China: Release Human Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping & End the Current Round of Arrests

January 15, 2020 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders—January 15, 2020) In an indication of escalation of the December rounding-up of lawyers and activists, Chinese police detained human rights lawyer Chang Weiping in Shaanxi Province. Police told Chang’s family that he was put under residential surveillance in an unknown location on suspicion of “endangering national (read more…)

Mesut Özil China row: western brands be warned, self-censorship won’t protect you

January 13, 2020 Comments Off

By Frances Eve | Originally published in The Guardian | Mesut Özil should be applauded for speaking out for the plight of Uighurs in China and helping to raise awareness of one of the worst human rights atrocities of the modern era.

Urgent Action: China Must Release Activists/Lawyers Detained for Peaceful Assembly

January 2, 2020 Comments Off

In the last few days of 2019, Chinese police detained and summoned for questioning a dozen activists and lawyers in Fujian, Shandong, Beijing, Hebei, Sichuan, and Zhejiang. The raids appear to target individuals who attended a small, private gathering in Fujian on December 13. A similar gathering took place one (read more…)

聯合國人權事務高級專員: 請譴責對香港基本自由的系統侵犯和香港警方行暴

November 25, 2019 Comments Off

（2019年11月25日）聯合國人權高級專員、聯合國負責人權事務的最高級別官員米歇爾·巴切萊特（Michelle Bachelet）必須公開譴責香港政府系統性侵犯和平集會自由和言論自由權利，並譴責香港警方不必要和過度使用武力的行為。

联合国人权事务高级专员: 请谴责对香港基本自由的系统侵犯和香港警方行暴

November 25, 2019 Comments Off

（2019年11月25日）联合国人权高级专员、联合国负责人权事务的最高级别官员米歇尔·巴切莱特（Michelle Bachelet）必须公开谴责香港政府系统性侵犯和平集会自由和言论自由权利，并谴责香港警方不必要和过度使用武力的行为。