Slide Show | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

Chen Jianfang & Li Xiaoling Named 2018 Recipients of Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders

March 14, 2018 Comments Off

Human rights defenders Chen Jianfang and Li Xiaoling have been named the co-recipients of the fourth Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders. The two women defenders are recognized for their contributions in promoting human rights at the grassroots level in China. March 14 marks the fourth anniversary of (read more…)

CHRD releases “Repression & Resilience: Annual Report on Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2017)”

February 26, 2018 Comments Off

Chinese human rights defenders demonstrated remarkable resilience in promoting and protecting human rights in the face of government repression, says CHRD in its annual report. Repression & Resilience documents the situation of human rights defenders in China in 2017.

China Strips Rights Lawyers’ Licenses in Reprisal Against Their Push for Rule of Law

January 24, 2018 Comments Off

Chinese authorities have stripped several human rights lawyers of their law licenses in recent months, sending a strong signal that the government will continue to punish lawyers who are not cowed into silence by the “July 2015 Crackdown.”

China Must Release Wu Gan & Stop Treating Free Speech as an Act of Subversion

January 4, 2018 Comments Off

CHRD calls on the Chinese government to immediately and unconditionally release activist Wu Gan, who was handed an 8-year prison sentence in December in retaliation for exercising his right to free speech and assembly.

Small Step Toward Accountability: US Sanctions Chinese Official Over Death of Cao Shunli

December 22, 2017 Comments Off

The US Government has designated Gao Yan (高岩) for sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act for his role in the death of Chinese activist Cao Shunli in March 2014, while he was the chief of the Chaoyang District Public Security Bureau Branch in Beijing.

From Forced Evictions of Migrant Workers to Abused Children: Violations of Social & Economic Rights in China Refute the “China Development Model”

December 7, 2017 Comments Off

Stakeholders in the international human rights community must vigilantly guard against China’s aggressive global campaign to weaken core international human rights norms, says CHRD to mark this year’s Human Rights Day on December 10.

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.