Special Procedures | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

December 1, 2022 – Communication from 4 UN Special Procedures to the Chinese Government regarding Huang Xueqin, Wang Jianbing, He Fangmei, Yang Maodong, and Tang Jitian

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April 2, 2021 – CHRD Follow-Up Communiqué Alleging Torture or Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of former Chinese lawyer Ding Jiaxi, activists Xu Zhiyong, Li Qiaochu, and lawyer Chang Weiping during periods of their Enforced Disappearance and Arbitrary Detention in reprisals against them for Exercising their Freedom of Expression, Peaceful Assembly and Association

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On April 2, CHRD sent a detailed communiqué to UN human rights bodies about the torture and other ill-treatment of lawyer Ding Jiaxi, legal activist Xu Zhiyong, women’s rights activist Li Qiaochu, and lawyer Chang Weiping.

CHRD Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of Three Citizen Journalists for Documenting the COVID-19 Pandemic – November 6, 2020

November 17, 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 Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (read more…)

CHRD Communiqué Alleging the Enforced Disappearance and Arbitrary Detention of lawyer Chang Weiping – October 30, 2020

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Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances 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 the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and (read more…)

October 19, 2020 – Communiqué on Qin Yongpei

November 2, 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 rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the situation of human (read more…)

CHRD Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of 2 HRDs from PRC for Online Expression – 27 July 2020

October 17, 2020 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 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 Communiqué on Behalf of Liu (read more…)

CHRD Communiqué Alleging Torture of Chinese lawyer Wang Quanzhang – August 26, 2020

October 17, 2020 Comments Off

Submission to: Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances I. Identity of the person(s) subjected to torture 1. Family Name: Wang (王) 2. (read more…)

Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of Xu Zhiyong – March 9, 2020

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Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of DING Jiaxi, ZHANG Zhongshun, DAI Zhenya – February 2020

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Communiqué on Behalf of DING Jiaxi, ZHANG Zhongshun, DAI Zhenya, Citizens of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Enforced Disappearance, Deprivation of Rights to Expression, Assembly, and Association, and Reprisals against a Human Rights Defender

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…)