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“Development Without Women” Is Unsustainable & Unjust: China Must End Discrimination & Violence Against Women

November 30, 2017 Comments Off

Women in China face widespread discrimination and violence both in their public and personal lives, a grim reality to consider as the UN this week marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and International Women Human Rights Defenders Day.

释放江天勇停止对人权律师的镇压

November 22, 2017 Comments Off

（中国人权捍卫者2017年11月21日星期二）中国政府必须立即释放优秀的人权律师江天勇。今天江律师在长沙市中级人民法院被宣判为两年有期徒刑，罪证是他的捍卫人权和法治的行为。 2017年8月，长沙中级人民法院开庭审理江律师，无论是从诉讼的程序上还是刑法实体上看，一切都是在弄虚作假，是在强行构陷江律师入罪。从对江天勇的关押到对其不公平的审理和判决，种种迹像显示了当局对公民权利的侵犯肆无忌惮，这其中有强迫失踪，阻挠家属聘请的律师为其辩护，不顾无罪推定原则，通过官媒进行污蔑江律师。这是持续近两年的镇压律师运动中，最新的一起针对人权律师下达的判决。从习近平执政以来，对人权律师的镇压运动于2015年达到峰值。

Free Jiang Tianyong & End Suppression on Lawyers

November 21, 2017 Comments Off

China must immediately release prominent rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, who received a two-year prison sentence on November 21, 2017 in retaliation for his defence of human rights and rule of law. His conviction is the latest in Xi Jinping’s ongoing attack on rights lawyers, which has raged since 2015.

709 Defense Lawyer Li Yuhan Criminally Detained

November 1, 2017 Comments Off

Liaoning police detained human rights lawyer Li Yuhan (李昱函) on suspicion of unknown criminal charges. Li has been out of contact since October 9, since being taken away by police. She is being held in an unknown location and is at high risk torture and mistreatment.

[CHRB] China: Stop Detaining Activists & Silencing Political Expression Around 19th CCP Congress (9/28-10/17/2017)

October 17, 2017 Comments Off

Prior to CCP’s 19th Congress, Chinese police have seized activists and tightened control over political expression online, with CHRD documenting 14 criminal detentions and two cases of enforced disappearance.

[CHRB] Ongoing Suppression of HRDs: Li Xiaoling Arrested; Lawyer Liu Yao Loses Appeal Over 20-Year Sentence; Gao Zhisheng Still Missing (9/22-27/2017)

September 27, 2017 Comments Off

Guangdong activist Li Xiaoling (李小玲) was arrested after she commemorated the Tiananmen Massacre. Guangdong rights lawyer Liu Yao (刘尧) lost his appeal over a 20-year sentence. Gao Zhisheng (高智晟) is in custody in Beijing after disappearing from house arrest on August 13.

Human rights issues ignored during BRICS summit in China

September 25, 2017 Comments Off

By Frances Eve & Cathal Gilbert | From 3-5 September, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met at the ninth BRICS summit. The venue was Xiamen – a gleaming port city which symbolises China’s rise as the new economic and political force in the world. It (read more…)

Free Activist Zhen Jianghua, Stop Criminalizing Human Rights Advocacy

September 21, 2017 Comments Off

Chinese authorities must release activist Zhen Jianghua (甄江华), who is being held incommunicado on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power,” and end the rampant criminalization of human rights activities.

Justice for Cao Shunli: Sanctions Sought to Hold Chinese Officials Accountable for Torture

September 13, 2017 Comments Off

On the fourth anniversary of Cao Shunli’s, CHRD again calls for justice for her, urging the US government to use the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to hold accountable those responsible for her torture and death.

China Is Risking the Lives of Political Prisoners by Denying Them Medical Care

September 11, 2017 Comments Off

By Frances Eve | Dozens of political detainees and prisoners have reported being deprived of adequate medical treatment. Deliberately depriving prisoners of medical care is a life-threatening form of torture, and appears to be commonly used against political prisoners on China.

China Must End Legalized Enforced Disappearances

August 28, 2017 Comments Off

To mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30, CHRD calls on the Chinese government to end the legalized practice of involuntary or enforced disappearance of human rights defenders and their family members by repealing “residential surveillance at a designated location.”

Sham Trial of Activist Wu Gan Targets Free Expression

August 14, 2017 Comments Off

The Chinese government must release activist Wu Gan immediately and unconditionally. Its persecution of Wu, including his trial on August 14, punishes him for his exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly.