CHRD condemns the guilty verdict, with a suspended three-year sentence, handed down to prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强) by the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court today. The ruling makes a mockery of the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “rule of the country with law” and China’s criminal justice (read more…)
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Human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强), well-known in China as a staunch defender of free speech, will be tried in Beijing on December 14, 2015, according to his lawyers. The charismatic Pu, 50, has been detained for over 19 months without trial, and is accused of “picking quarrels and instigating (read more…)
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Courts in Guangdong sentenced four activists to prison in late November, with the flurry of punishments sparking international criticism over the unfair trials and mistreatment of the detainees. In another case, veteran dissident journalist Gao Yu (高瑜) has had her sentence reduced to five years, and will be able to (read more…)
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To mark this year’s International Human Rights Day, we invite you to join CHRD’s “Free 10 by 12/10” Campaign for the release of 10 human rights defenders who have been detained or imprisoned in China. Each day from December 1 through to Human Rights Day on December 10, we will (read more…)
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The Chinese government has systematically failed to prevent torture, hold torturers accountable, and respect the rights of torture victims, a report by CHRD and a coalition of Chinese human rights defenders finds. Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment remain persistent and widespread in China. Authorities often ignore (read more…)
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CHRD finds a Chinese court’s sentence of the Buddhist leader Wu Zeheng (吴泽恒) to life in prison excessively harsh and grossly unjust. The decision, which was announced in a closed-door hearing in Guangdong on October 30, highlights the wider religious suppression occurring in China over the past few years. This (read more…)
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Since this spring, the Chinese government has repeatedly denied requests from activists seeking detailed information on data that it submitted to the UN on state agents who have been prosecuted for crimes related to torture. For their efforts, the Chinese activists have faced reprisals—in the form of police harassment and (read more…)
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Jiangsu activist Shen Aibin (沈爱斌) recently came forward with details of the inhumane tactics used by Chinese police to extract a confession from him in 2013 after he and other human rights defenders rescued petitioners from a “black jail” in the city of Wuxi. Shen’s case, by no means an (read more…)
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“人权捍卫者联网”声明 （2015年7月30日）《中华人民共和国国家安全法》于2015年7月1日由全国人大常委通过生效，这部法律相当于在法律上护航中国政府对民间异议与公民自由的全面压制，举凡政治、少数民族与宗教层面无不包罗。这部法律对“国家安全”的定义宽泛潦草，其中有关条文将异议观点、宗教信仰、网络资讯以及对中国的所谓“网络主权”挑战一一入罪。除此以外，它还法定了一系列公民与团体必须遵从的“义务”清单，疏忽者可能需负刑责。
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Since President Xi Jinping came to power in March 2013, there has been a surge in incidents of violent assaults against human rights lawyers in retaliation for their work defending clients in politically “sensitive” cases. CHRD has documented 23 incidents involving 32 lawyers in this time period. Some lawyers have (read more…)
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Since July 2015, CHRD has requested UN independent experts of the Human Rights Council to conduct inquiries on behalf of six human rights defenders in China who have allegedly been subjected to rights violations. In the communications, CHRD documented Chinese authorities’ use of torture, forced disappearance, arbitrary detention, and obstruction (read more…)
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（2015年5月28日人权捍卫者联网讯）中国政府应叫停《境外NGO管理法》草案或删除草案中所写的，有关侵犯自由结社的基本人权条款和赋予警方极大权力打压公民社会维权活动的条款。《管理法（缩写）》不但严重限制境外非营利机构在中国的运作 (包括港澳台)，国内ＮＧＯ亦成为被打压对象。 “《境外ＮＧＯ管理法》一旦实施，将“严重摧残”中国独立的民间团体”某中国ＮＧＯ负责人告诉人权捍卫者联网。
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