China: Release Lawyer Gao Zhisheng, Forcibly Disappeared Since 2017

August 13, 2025       Comments Off on China: Release Lawyer Gao Zhisheng, Forcibly Disappeared Since 2017

 

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—August 12, 2025) Ahead of the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, CHRD calls on the Chinese government to clarify his whereabouts and status, and to publicly commit to ending its practice of forcibly disappearing human rights defenders. Gao has (read more…)

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China: Halt Sham Trial and Release Human Rights Lawyer Xie Yang

July 30, 2025       Comments Off on China: Halt Sham Trial and Release Human Rights Lawyer Xie Yang

 

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—July 30, 2025) On July 30, 2025, the Changsha Intermediate Court in Hunan Province tried human rights lawyer Xie Yang behind closed doors on charges of “inciting subversion of state power.” Those charges stem from Xie Yang’s remarks online and to foreign journalists about political (read more…)

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Beijing’s human rights violations should be on the agenda at EU-China Summit

July 22, 2025       Comments Off on Beijing’s human rights violations should be on the agenda at EU-China Summit

 

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—July 22, 2025) CHRD and 16 partners wrote to European Union (EU) leaders ahead of the EU-China Summit to call for human rights to be prioritized at the bilateral discussions. The group called for the EU to announce new strategies at the summit, to be (read more…)

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Joint NGO letter ahead of EU-China Summit

July 17, 2025       Comments Off on Joint NGO letter ahead of EU-China Summit

 

Ahead of the upcoming EU-China Summit in China on July 24–25, 17 organizations wrote to President Costa and President von der Leyen, urging them to prioritize human rights and use the Summit as an opportunity to ensure justice for victims and survivors of Beijing’s violations. We call on the EU (read more…)

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China: Quash Wrongful Sentence of Beijing Bridge Protester

July 8, 2025       Comments Off on China: Quash Wrongful Sentence of Beijing Bridge Protester

 

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—July 8, 2025) Sources yesterday reported that Peng Lifa, who has been forcibly disappeared for more than two years, has now been handed a sentence of nine years on charges including “arson” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Peng was detained on October 13, 2022, (read more…)

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中国政府镇压律师不受究责，助长十年高压统治

July 7, 2025       Comments Off on 中国政府镇压律师不受究责，助长十年高压统治

 

（2025年7月7日）－中国政府大举镇压人权律师十年后，关切此事的各国政府和联合国应当针对中国政府压迫公民社会展开独立的国际调查。中国当局严重侵犯律师与人权捍卫者的权利，但至今未被追究责任，导致中国政府更加明目张胆实施日益普遍且有系统的人权侵犯。据联合国指出，其中在维吾尔地区实施的迫害行为可能构成危害人类罪。

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Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression

July 7, 2025       Comments Off on Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression

 

(July 7, 2025) Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers, concerned governments and the United Nations should establish an independent, international investigation into Beijing’s persecution of civil society. No Chinese authorities have been held accountable for grave rights abuses against lawyers and human rights defenders, (read more…)

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China’s New Internet ID System a Threat to Online Expression

June 25, 2025       Comments Off on China’s New Internet ID System a Threat to Online Expression

 

(25 June 2025) New Chinese government Internet identification requirements will further constrict online anonymity, Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) and ARTICLE 19 said today.  The new mechanism, developed by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), goes into full effect on July 15.

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