HRIC Daily Brief

Holiday repression signals dire year for human rights in China in 2022 Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 6, 2022

One Free Press Coalition spotlights rising imprisonment of journalists in China Deustche Welle, January 3, 2022 CHRISTMAS AS USUAL: CCP D...

'Disappeared' rights lawyer Tang Jitian 'tortured' in incommunicado detention: friend Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2021

China mulls bolstering laws on women’s rights and sexual harassment The Guardian, December 21, 2021 Chinese Authorities May Put Prominent ...

Peng Shuai retracts sexual assault claims as fears over wellbeing persist The Guardian, December 19, 2021 Chinese rights lawyer incommunic...

China’s #MeToo Victims Face Abuse, Payback for Going Public The Diplomat, December 17, 2021

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...

Court in China's Guangxi jails lawyer for 'subversion' over slogan Radio Free Asia, December 14, 2021 Related: 广西律师陈家鸿煽动颠覆国...

China places lawyers, activists under house arrest on Human Rights Day Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2021 Jailed Chinese citizen journalis...

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...

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 Internation...

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...

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...

“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(S...

WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Missing Tennis Star Peng Shuai The New York Times, December 1, 2021 EU wants China to prove tennis ...

Sichuan rights activist Huang Qi's dying mother fears she will never see him again Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2021 CAPA Controversy...

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 ...

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 (Domest...

China: Journalist jailed for COVID reporting seriously ill, must be released – UN experts UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Righ...

A weird email from Chinese state TV stirred more questions about a tennis star’s safety Quartz, November 19, 2021