Research Reports | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

China: Authorities Flout International Law, Enabling Child Labor

May 21, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—May 21, 2026) The Chinese government, schools, and companies are failing to protect some children under 18 from hazardous work conditions and children under 16 from illegal employment, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said today in a new report. Despite domestic legislation (read more…)

中国当局漠视国际法，纵容童工现象滋生

May 21, 2026 Comments Off

（人权捍卫者网络，2026年5月21日）非政府组织”人权捍卫者网络”（CHRD）今天发布的报告指出，中国政府部门、职业学校、以及有关企业未切实保护18岁以下未成年人，造成他们在强制实习期间因危险劳工条件受到身心伤害，也没有依法防止有关企业非法雇用16岁以下儿童。尽管中国已制定相关国内法律，并批准加入了多项国际公约，童工问题仍在全国各地许多行业中持续存在。

China: Reinstate Pension Benefits to Freed Prisoners of Conscience

March 2, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—March 2, 2026) New CHRD research shows that Chinese authorities are denying retirement-age prisoners of conscience their pension benefits following their releases from wrongful detention.

China: End Long-Term Imprisonment of Human Rights Defenders

December 9, 2025 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—December 9, 2025) On International Human Rights Day, December 10, CHRD calls on the Chinese government to end its practice of long-term imprisonment of human rights defenders (HRDs). Authorities impose prison sentences of 10 years or longer to silence peaceful dissent, and to try to (read more…)

Revised Prison Law fails to address systemic human rights concerns in Chinese prisons

October 10, 2025 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—October 9, 2025) The proposed revisions to the Prison Law entrench the Chinese government’s disdain for its international human rights obligations, especially around the prohibition of torture, and enshrine vague “national security” restrictions limiting freedom of expression and other rights.

中国：任意羁押可能构成危害人类罪

March 5, 2025 Comments Off

（人权捍卫者 – 2025年3月5日）非政府组织「人权捍卫者」（CHRD）今天发布的报告指出，在过去六年中，一共有1,545位因和平表达意见或行使人权遭中国当局羁押的良心犯被判刑入狱。

“In a Prison Cell Waiting for Daybreak”：Arbitrary Detention in China may Constitute Crimes Against Humanity

March 5, 2025 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 5, 2025) Between 2019 and 2024, Chinese authorities arbitrarily detained thousands and convicted 1,545 prisoners of conscience for peacefully exercising or advocating for human rights. They were sentenced and imprisoned on charges that stem from laws that are not in conformity with the Chinese government’s (read more…)

“如果我拒绝服从，我的家人就会被折磨！” 人权捍卫者家属遭受株连惩罚

April 15, 2024 Comments Off

中国当局使用“株连”或“连坐”来惩罚包括儿童在内的人权捍卫者的家庭。这类惩罚没有任何法律依据，但对中国及海外侨民社区的人们带来了严重的后果。

“If I Disobey, My Family Will Suffer:” Collective punishment of human rights defenders’ families in China

April 15, 2024 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 15, 2024) CHRD releases its annual report on the situation of human rights defenders (2023), “If I Disobey, My Family Will Suffer: Collective punishment of human rights defenders’ families in China.”

Briefing Paper: Strategies for Making China’s 4th UPR Effective in Stopping Atrocity Crimes

December 15, 2023 Comments Off

As United Nations Member States prepare for China’s January 2024 UPR, they should firmly and clearly focus on the goal of making positive changes inside the country at a time when rights are under severe attack.

“We strip you naked to crush your spirit!” –Gender-based State Violence & Reprisals against Women Human Rights Defenders in China

July 31, 2023 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders— July 31, 2023) Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has claimed to champion women’s equality. Chairman Mao Zedong famously proclaimed that “women hold up half the sky,” and the first PRC Constitution––adopted in 1954–– provided that “Women in (read more…)

WILL THE HUI BE SILENTLY ERASED?——A groundbreaking report on the Chinese government’s campaign to eliminate Hui Muslim identity and the crisis of survival for the Hui and Islam in China

March 22, 2023 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders— March 22, 2023) The Hui are the second largest minority group in China, with a population of 11.4 million.1 Although this is greater than the population of Portugal, the Hui are an unfamiliar group to most outside of China. Yet over centuries, they have persisted in maintaining distinct (read more…)