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CHRD Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of Huang Yunmin, Citizen of PR China – February 3, 2020

February 17, 2020 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and (read more…)

CHRD Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of Zhang Haitao – January 13, 2020

January 31, 2020 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on torture and (read more…)

CHRD Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of Huang Xueqin – December 19, 2019

January 10, 2020 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Communiqué on Behalf of HUANG Xueqin, Citizen of the People’s Republic (read more…)

CHRD Communiqé Alleging Arbitrary Detention of four PR China Citizens in Connection with 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Crackdown – October 31, 2019

November 14, 2019 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on torture and (read more…)

CHRD Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of Zhao Haitong – October 21, 2019

November 14, 2019 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Communiqué on Behalf of ZHAO (read more…)

CHRD Communiqué Allegeding Arbritrary Detention of Zhang Shaojie – October 16, 2019

November 14, 2019 Comments Off

Zhang Shaojie, a Christian pastor in Nanle County, Henan Province, had for years helped disadvantaged groups defend their rights and interests. In particular, he had accompanied members of his congregation from the “Three-Self” Patriotic Protestant Church to travel to Beijing to “petition” (present grievances) to central government officials over a (read more…)

联合国特别程序就陈建芳案致函中国政府

October 23, 2019 Comments Off

任意拘留问题工作组、强迫或非自愿失踪问题工作组、促进和保护见解和言论自由权问题特别报告员、人权捍卫者处境问题特别报告员

Communiqué on CHENG Yuan, LIU Dazhi, WU Gejianxiong – September 19, 2019

October 2, 2019 Comments Off

Communiqué on Behalf of CHENG Yuan, LIU Dazhi, WU Gejianxiong, Citizens of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention and Deprivation of Rights to Expression, Assembly, and Association

CHRD Follow-Up Report Submitted to Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

September 17, 2019 Comments Off

CHRD Assessment of China’s Implementation of Recommendations made in CERD’s Concluding Observations (2018)

16 NGOs Call on UN Member States to Hold China Accountable at Human Rights Council for Persecuting Rights Defenders

September 9, 2019 Comments Off

A group of NGOs have sent a letter to UN members states calling for action at the 42nd Session of the Human Rights Council over the Chinese government’s jailing of many human rights defenders protecting economic, social and cultural rights, and closure of civil society organizations promoting equal protection of (read more…)

Communiqué on He Fangmei – August 26, 2019

September 5, 2019 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on the right (read more…)

CHRD Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detentions of 3 Labour Rights Defenders in PR China – July 11, 2019

July 23, 2019 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Working Group on enforced and involuntary disappearances Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of (read more…)