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‘709 Crackdown 2.0’

July 10, 2023 Comments Off

A joint statement is calling for urgent global attention to the Chinese government’s new wave of repression against human rights lawyers unfolding over the past three months.

8 Years After ‘709,’ Persecution of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Continues

July 9, 2023 Comments Off

Starting on July 9, 2015, the Chinese government launched an unprecedented nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers. In the following few months, police interrogated and detained over 300 lawyers and paralegal assistants and raided three law firms. Dozens of lawyers and legal assistants and activists were detained, and 15 were eventually (read more…)

Joint Letter Urges Freeing of Activist He Fangmei’s Children

July 8, 2023 Comments Off

Their three young children have been left without parental care, and their families have been refused permission to visit them. We are deeply concerned about the safety and wellbeing of these children.

Open Letter to President Biden on Sanctioned John Lee’s Potential Entry Into the U.S.

June 30, 2023 Comments Off

Dear President Biden, We, the undersigned Hong Kong diaspora organizations and our allies, write to express grave concern about reports that the United States government is considering granting a sanctions waiver to allow John Lee, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, to enter the U.S. for (read more…)

Joint Letter to US Secretary of State on His Visit to China

June 14, 2023 Comments Off

Dear Secretary Blinken, We write on behalf of 42 nongovernmental organizations that report on and advocate for human rights in China, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang regarding your forthcoming trip to Beijing starting on June 18. At a time when the Chinese government is committing widespread and grave human rights (read more…)

Verdict against Chang Weiping Epitomizes China’s Torture Problem

June 8, 2023 Comments Off

The Chinese government’s mishandling of Chang Weiping’s case so far has epitomized the government’s multiple failures to abide by its treaty party obligations under the international Convention against Torture and demonstrated an unwillingness to end its systematic torture in China.

34th anniversary of June 4th: Chinese State Bolsters Enforced Amnesia

June 2, 2023 Comments Off

CHRD reiterates its calls on the Chinese government to allow independent investigation of the massacre, seeking truth and justice for victims and their surviving family members, and holding criminally accountable those responsible for opening fire on unarmed civilians.