Holiday repression signals dire year for human rights in China in 2022
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 6, 2022
Thursday, January 06, 2022
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Tuesday, January 04, 2022
Access to Justice (司法公正)
One Free Press Coalition spotlights rising imprisonment of journalists in China
Deustche Welle, January 3, 2022
CHRISTMAS AS USUAL: CCP DETAINS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
China Digital Times, December 30, 2021
Concerns grow for health of rights lawyer, dissident detained in Xiamen crackdown
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2021
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
'Disappeared' rights lawyer Tang Jitian 'tortured' in incommunicado detention: friend
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2021
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China mulls bolstering laws on women’s rights and sexual harassment
The Guardian, December 21, 2021
Chinese Authorities May Put Prominent Activists Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi On Trial Around End-of-Year Holidays, PEN America and China Human Rights Defenders Warn
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 20, 2021
Monday, December 20, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Peng Shuai retracts sexual assault claims as fears over wellbeing persist
The Guardian, December 19, 2021
Chinese rights lawyer incommunicado after writing to Li Keqiang over travel ban
Radio Free Asia, December 17, 2021
Friday, December 17, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China’s #MeToo Victims Face Abuse, Payback for Going Public
The Diplomat, December 17, 2021
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Dissident couple stand trial over criticism of Beijing, foreign media interviews
Radio Free Asia, December 15, 2021
著名人权律师、北京道衡律师所主任梁小军被中共当局正式吊销律师执照(License of Liang Xiaojun, well-known human rights lawyer and director of Beijing Daoheng Law Firm, is formally revoked)
Weiquanwang, December 16, 2021
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Court in China's Guangxi jails lawyer for 'subversion' over slogan
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2021
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广西律师陈家鸿煽动颠覆国家政权罪成判囚三年(Guangxi human rights lawyer Chen Jiahong is sentenced to 3 years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power”)
Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2021
Monday, December 13, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China places lawyers, activists under house arrest on Human Rights Day
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2021
Jailed Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan explains motivations in pre-arrest videos
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2021
广西维权律师陈家鸿律师煽颠案将于2021年12月14日上午开庭宣判(Guangxi Human Rights lawyer Chen Jiahong's incitement case will be tried on December 14, 2021)
Weiquanwang, December 13, 2021
天津公开退党第一人、维权人士张兰英涉嫌“寻衅滋事”案将于2021年12月17日在天津市南开区法院开庭审理(Rights activist Zhang Lanying—the first person in Tianjin to quit the CPC—will be tried at Nankai District Court, Tianjin, for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" on December 13)
Weiquanwang, December 13, 2021
Thursday, December 09, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Group of Chevening scholars call on China to release detained #MeToo, labour activists
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2021
民主人士陈云飞以“强制猥亵罪”被判刑四年 外界哗然(Democracy activist Chen Yunfei’s 4-year sentence for "indecency" causes public uproar)
Radio Free Asia, December 8, 2021
Wednesday, December 08, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
彭博中国籍员工被拘留满一年 至今仍下落不明(Bloomberg Chinese employee has been detained for one year with her whereabouts still unknown)
Radio France Internationale, December 7, 2021
Tuesday, December 07, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Court in China's Chengdu jails veteran rights activist on 'trumped-up charge'
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2021
中國異議人士郭飛雄傳失聯 在美癌末妻籲中方放行 (Chinese dissident Guo Feixiong is reportedly out of contact; wife in U.S. suffering from late-stage cancer urges China to let him go)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2021
Monday, December 06, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
New Wave of Persecution Against Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Must Sound the Alarm
China Human Rights Defenders, December 6, 2021
维权人士郭飞雄妻子在美病危 国际呼吁北京准许郭探视 (Wife of rights defender Guo Feixiong is critically ill in the U.S.; international community urges Beijing to allow Guo to visit her)
Voice of America, December 6, 2021
四川维权人士陈云飞昨被当局构陷获刑4年 (Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei was sentenced to 4 years in prison yesterday)
Weiquanwang, December 4, 2021
Friday, December 03, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
“为张展发出更强的声音”(Campaign: "Raise a stronger voice for Zhang Zhan”)
Deutsche Welle, December 3, 2021
上海万文英:酷刑及黑监狱报告——黑监狱50天,我被看守打断两根以上肋骨(Shanghai petitioner Wan Wenying has been detained in a black jail for 50 days and tortured, with at least two ribs broken)
Weiquanwang, December 3, 2021
Wednesday, December 01, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Missing Tennis Star Peng Shuai
The New York Times, December 1, 2021
EU wants China to prove tennis star Peng Shuai is safe
Deustche Welle, November 30, 2021
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What the Peng Shuai Scandal Is Really About
The Atlantic, November 30, 2021China’s Silence on Peng Shuai Shows the Limits of Beijing’s Propaganda
彭帅事件揭示中国宣传机器并非万能
The New York Times, December 1, 2021
Monday, November 29, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Sichuan rights activist Huang Qi's dying mother fears she will never see him again
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2021
CAPA Controversy Continued: Li Xuezheng Won’t Be Silenced
What's on Weibo, November 27, 2021
许志永律师梁小军被告知吊销执照 (Liang Xiaojun, Xu Zhiyong's lawyer, is told his license is suspended)
Radio France Internationale, November 27, 2021
郭飞雄妻子自感时日不多 希望中国释放丈夫 (Wife of Guo Feixiong is gravely ill, hopes China will release her husband)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2021
中国持不同政见诗人王藏夫妇被控“煽动颠覆”一案再度延期审理 (Dissident poet Wang Zang and his wife's “inciting subversion” trial is postponed again)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
紧急关注:谢阳律师11月23日晚上在上海失联 (Urgent update: Lawyer Xie Yang lost contact in Shanghai on the night of November 23)
Weiquanwang, November 23, 2021
黄琦母亲癌症晚期病情恶化 盼见儿最后一面 (Mother of jailed activist Huang Qi is suffering from last stage cancer—seeing her son is her last wish)
Radio Free Asia, November 24, 2021
After 4 Years as Pawn in China-US Game, Seattle Man Is Home
The Diplomat, November 24, 2021
「彭帥事件」連鎖效應 專家聚焦北京「強迫失蹤」作法 (The ripple effect from Peng Shuai's disappearance: Experts focus on Beijing's “enforced disappearance”)
Deutsche Welle, November 24, 2021
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
欧盟今再敦促中国释放张展 (EU again urges China to release Zhang Zhan)
Radio France Internationale, November 23, 2021
江西“国保”凌驾于法律之上,律师要求会见肖青山遭拒 (Domestic security denies lawyer's visit to rights activist Shao Qingshan)
Weiquanwang, November 22, 2021
Monday, November 22, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China: Journalist jailed for COVID reporting seriously ill, must be released – UN experts
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, November 22, 2021
Immediately release sick Chinese journalist, rights experts urge
联合国人权专家敦促中国政府释放公民记者和人权捍卫者张展
UN News, November 22, 2021
UN urges China to free seriously ill journalist jailed over Wuhan Covid reporting
Agence France-Presse, November 20, 2021
联合国呼吁中国当局立即释放公民记者张展(UN calls on Chinese authorities to immediately release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2021
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Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado on China
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, November 19, 2021联合国人权事务高级专员发言人玛塔·乌尔塔多对中国的评论
Human Rights in China (Chinese translation), November 19, 2021
Peng Shuai's call with Olympic chief not enough to ease concerns: WTA
Reuters, November 22, 2021
国际奥委会被斥配合中共玩宣传特技表演 漠视彭帅遭张高丽性侵指控(IOC is criticized for cooperating with CPC to in propaganda, ignoring Peng Shuai's allegations of sexual assault by CPC senior official)
Voice of America, November 22, 2021
China’s disappeared: high-profile figures who have gone missing in the past decade
The Guardian, November 19, 2021
七国人权官员会见许艳 关注余文生一案(Human rights officials from 7 countries meet with Xu Yan, expressing concern for her husband Yu Wensheng)
Radio Free Asia, November 22, 2021