Slide Show | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

Joint Statement: Respect Freedoms of Expression, Press and Assembly in China – Stop violent crackdown and arrests of peaceful protesters

December 7, 2022 Comments Off

We, the undersigned, call on the Chinese government to strictly abide by its obligations under the Chinese Constitution and the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as well as its commitment as a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political (read more…)

China Must End Reprisals against Protestors, Investigate Urumqi Fire, Free Detainees

December 2, 2022 Comments Off

We at CHRD are seriously concerned that detained protestors are at high risk of being forcibly disappeared and subjected to torture and deprivation of due process rights.

中国政府须结束对抗议者的报复，调查乌鲁木齐火灾，释放被拘留者

December 2, 2022 Comments Off

中国警方正在对中国各地的街头抗议者进行系统性报复。全国各地过去几天的集会示威，呼吁结束不人道的“清零政策”、哀悼11月24日乌鲁木齐公寓火灾受害者以及要求政治变革。

China: End ideological “Zero COVID” and put human life and dignity first

November 16, 2022 Comments Off

CHRD urges the Chinese government to scrap any unnecessarily burdensome and harmful measures and immediately end the “Zero COVID” policy.

Global Financial leaders Must Speak Up for Human Rights Ahead of HK Summit

October 26, 2022 Comments Off

On November 1-3, over 30 influential global finance players will be in Hong Kong for the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit. CHRD calls on these bankers to bring up the deteriorating human rights situation in Hong Kong as a matter of the utmost urgency.

As Party Congress looms, dissidents languish and Party ramps up ideological control

October 5, 2022 Comments Off

In the lead of to the Party Congress, many human rights defenders (HRDs) who have been prominent voices of a vision for a democratic China that respects international human rights principles have languished in pre-trial detention.

China must protect the rights of detained human rights defenders Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing

September 19, 2022 Comments Off

CHRD and a coalition of 24 human rights NGOs urge for the release of Chinese investigative journalist Huang Xueqin, and labor rights advocate Wang Jianbing, who was taken away by police exactly one year ago for allegedly ‘inciting subversion of state power’.

Unconscionably Delayed UN Report Rebukes China’s False Narrative on Xinjiang

September 1, 2022 Comments Off

CHRD welcomes the report assessing the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights but regrets the unconscionable delay in issuing the report.

Civil society call to end enforced disappearances in China

August 30, 2022 Comments Off

On the International Day of the Disappeared, the international community must recognize and respond to the widespread use of enforced disappearances in the People’s Republic of China.

China: End Mistreatment of Defenders with Disabilities and Advocates for Disability Rights

August 12, 2022 Comments Off

CHRD urges the Chinese government to end torture and mistreatment of detained or jailed human rights defenders with disabilities, lift restrictions on civil society organizations, and comply with its treaty obligations to protect disability rights.

China’s Heavy-Handed Push to Prevent a UN Report on Xinjiang

August 2, 2022 Comments Off

The release of the UN Human Rights Office’s Xinjiang report is an important step in ensuring that the facts of the Chinese government’s atrocities in the region are recorded and documented so that justice may eventually be served. It should be issued immediately.

China Must Free Human Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping: Unfair Trial A Travesty of Justice

July 26, 2022 Comments Off

The July 26 trial of lawyer Chang Weiping in China is yet another incidence of travesty of justice. The Chinese government, in light of its international obligations to protect human rights, must immediately and unconditionally release Chang Weiping.