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Winners Named for the 2025 Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders

March 12, 2025 Comments Off

Two jailed human rights defenders, Quan Shixin (全世欣) and Shi Tingfu (史庭福), are the recipients of the 11th Annual Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders. The 2025 award recognizes Quan and Shi for their courageous human rights activism. Despite the risks they faced from state reprisals, their efforts (read more…)

全世欣、史庭福荣获2025年“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”

March 12, 2025 Comments Off

经“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”发起机构公开向社会征集推荐名单并表决，决定将2025年第十一届“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”颁发给中国大陆人权捍卫者、良心犯全世欣女士和史庭福先生。

China: Systematic Arbitrary Detentions May Be Crimes Against Humanity

March 5, 2025 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – March 5, 2025) Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained thousands and convicted 1,545 prisoners of conscience in the past six years for peacefully advocating or exercising human rights, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said today in a new report.

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…)

Joint Civil Society Statement following the Fifth Anniversary of the ‘Xiamen Gathering’ Crackdown

February 12, 2025 Comments Off

Following the fifth anniversary of the ‘Xiamen Gathering’ crackdown, Chinese Human Rights Defenders and 37 other civil society organizations and activists across the world signed a joint statement, reaffirming our solidarity with Chinese human rights defenders and lawyers persecuted for advocating for human rights.

“厦门聚会案”五周年联合声明

February 12, 2025 Comments Off

在“厦门聚会”镇压五周年后，人权捍卫者与全球其他37个公民社会组织及活动人士共同签署了一份联合声明，声援因倡导人权而遭受迫害的中国人权捍卫者和律师。

China’s Draft Internet ID Measure Threatens to Tighten Online Censorship

February 5, 2025 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) and ARTICLE 19 issued an analysis of the proposed Internet ID Measure in China. Although not yet adopted, if enacted, the measure will further restrict online freedom of expression and access to information, hinder the work of human rights defenders, breach international human rights standards, (read more…)

CHRD Joins other human rights groups endorsing a new policy memo: Prioritizing Human Rights in United States Policy toward China: A Guide for the Trump Administration

February 3, 2025 Comments Off

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses interrelated threats to the United States’ national security, economic interests, and human rights. But for decades, policymakers have elevated national security and economic interests over human rights. This has led to worse outcomes in all three areas, particularly for people across China. The Trump (read more…)

Sophie Richardson Joins Chinese Human Rights Defenders Network

January 2, 2025 Comments Off

(January 2, 2025) – Sophie Richardson, a veteran human rights advocate and a leading scholar of Chinese politics, human rights, and foreign policy, has been named the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ Co-Executive Director, the organization said today. Dr. Richardson assumes the position on January 2, 2025.

Beijing Must End Punishment of “Blank Paper” Protesters

November 25, 2024 Comments Off

On the two-year anniversary of Chinese authorities’ crackdown on the peaceful “Blank Paper” demonstrations, Chinese Human Rights Defenders calls on Beijing to release all wrongfully detained protesters. We urge the international human rights community to press the Chinese government to fulfill its human rights obligations to protect freedom of peaceful (read more…)

Joint Letter Calling for Gao Zhen’s Release: Upholding Human Rights and Freedom of Expression

November 18, 2024 Comments Off

The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned by the arrest of Gao Zhen and call for his unconditional and immediate release. His detention is not just a violation of his rights but a blatant abuse of power and an attack on the fundamental human freedoms of all Chinese people who have (read more…)