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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

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…)

联合国人权理事会特别程序独立专家要求中国政府就侵犯佳士工人权利事宜答问

July 9, 2019 Comments Off

联合国人权理事会特别程序独立专家要求中国政府就侵犯佳士工人权利事宜答问

Communiqué on Chen Shuqing and Lü Gengsong – June 10, 2019

June 28, 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 torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Special (read more…)

Submission to UN on Chen Jianfang – April 16, 2019

May 24, 2019 Comments Off

Submission to: Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (reprisals team) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Working Group on (read more…)

Joint Analysis of the Measures on the Administration of Law Firms and Administrative Measures for the Practice of Law by Lawyers of the People’s Republic of China

May 22, 2019 Comments Off

To: Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Submitted by: China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group (CHRLCG) Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) Executive Summary This submission focuses on amendments between 2016 and 2018 to two Chinese administrative regulations, the Measures on the (read more…)