human rights | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

China Must Honor Olympics Pledge to Protect Human Rights of Its Citizens

March 14, 2008 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 7, 2008) – Teng Biao (滕彪), an outspoken Beijing-based human rights lawyer, was abducted in the evening of March 6. He has not been seen since. Li Heping (李和平), another Beijing-based human rights lawyer, was rear-ended by a police car following his while he was (read more…)

An Open Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

August 25, 2005 Comments Off

The Honorable Louise Arbour The High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Office at Geneva 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Dear Ms. Arbour: We the undersigned, citizens of the People’s Republic of China, are delighted and honored at the prospect of your visit (read more…)