Uncategorized | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

The world cannot rely on Chinese state media to know if Peng Shuai is free

November 17, 2021 Comments Off

“Peng Shuai’s latest statement – released through state media – should not be taken at face value. The Chinese government has a long history of arbitrarily detaining people involved in controversial cases, controlling their ability to speak freely, and making them give forced statements. Until Peng Shuai is free, the (read more…)

Defending Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2020)

March 29, 2021 Comments Off

The year 2020 in China was marked by an escalation of restrictions of freedom of expression and access to information, including in relation to COVID-19. Early in the year, authorities blocked Chinese people from sharing information about the emergence of COVID-19. This action effectively prevented information from reaching medical professionals, (read more…)

Chinese Journalist Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Publishing Negative Information About Communist Party

May 1, 2020 Comments Off

Originally published by Newsweek on May 1, 2020 Chinese journalist Chen Jieren was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday, for publishing negative information about China’s Communist Party. According to the South China Morning Post, a court in the central Hunan province released a statement which said that (read more…)

Cao Shunli (曹顺利)

March 1, 2019 Comments Off

“Our impact may be large, may be small, and may be nothing. But we must try. It is our duty to the dispossessed and it is the right of civil society.” – Cao Shunli, 1961-2014 Cao Shunli was a Chinese human rights defender who unwaveringly pursued her goal to (read more…)

Defending Rights in a “No Rights Zone”: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2018)

February 21, 2019 Comments Off

Introduction Chapter 1: Relentless Persecution of Human Rights Defenders 1.1 Arbitrary Detention 1.2 Enforced Disappearances 1.3 Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane, or Degrading Treatment 1.4 Reprisals for Engaging with the International Human Rights System Chapter 2: Deteriorating Conditions for Defending Human Rights 2.1 Freedom of (read more…)

Women Defenders

May 26, 2016 Comments Off

Appendix 4 to CHRD and Coalition of NGOs Report Submitted to CEDAW – October 2014

September 26, 2014 Comments Off

中国残障妇女尚未享有平等权利 Women with Disabilities Still Have Unequal Rights

Appendix 3 to CHRD and Coalition of NGOs Report Submitted to CEDAW – October 2014

September 26, 2014 Comments Off

农村妇女土地问题 Land Issue Concerning Rural Women

Appendix 2 to CHRD and Coalition of NGOs Report Submitted to CEDAW – October 2014

September 26, 2014 Comments Off

中国妇女就业歧视状况观察报告 Report Based on Observations of the Situation of Women’s Employment Discrimination

Appendix 1 to CHRD and Coalition of NGOs Report Submitted to CEDAW – October 2014

September 26, 2014 Comments Off

中国妇女在政治和公共事务决策中的代表性严重偏低 Chinese Women Seriously Unrepresented in Political and Public Decision Making.

Appendix 1 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR” – April 2014

April 15, 2014 Comments Off

Appendix 1 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR”: Discriminatory Population Policies Lead to Unequal Protection of Socio-Economic Rights (Summary in English, followed by full text in Chinese) From The Center for Equal Opportunity I. Population and family planning law restricts reproduction rights The Third Plenum of the (read more…)

Appendix 2 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR” – April 2014

April 15, 2014 Comments Off

Appendix 2 to “CHRD & Coalition NGOs Report Submitted to CESCR”: End Discriminatory Household Registration System (Hukou) (Summary in English, followed by full text in Chinese) From Beijing Yirenping Center China’s system of national household registration (or hukou system), a central element of the government’s social management, inherently discriminates against (read more…)