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Lawyers urge China court to explain detention of Falun Gong defender
April 5, 2013 by Max Slater
A group of prominent Chinese lawyers signed a letter on Friday calling on the Jinjiang People's Court to explain why it detained a lawyer who defended the Falun Gong, which is banned in China. An online statement from the court said that Wang Quanzhang, a lawyer representing Falun Gong.... [more]
UN rights expert condemns China 'retaliation' against activist's relative
December 9, 2012 by Brandon Gatto
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders on Friday urged China to end retaliatory efforts against Chen Guangcheng, a blind human rights lawyer who successfully fled the communist country earlier this year, by immediately releasing the activist's nephew. According to the Office of the.... [more]
UN rights chief urges China to address human rights situation in Tibet
November 3, 2012 by Max Slater
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday called on China to remedy long-held frustrations in Tibet that have led to recent extreme protest tactics, including self-immolation. Pillay expressed concern that the Chinese government is suppressing Tibetans' freedom of expression and.... [more]
US House panel questions China organ transplants from executed inmates
September 13, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday held a hearing to discuss the Chinese government's practice of harvesting organs from executed inmates. The hearing included testimony by three witnesses supporting allegations that the government has deliberately executed political prisoners.... [more]
HRW urges China authorities to halt deportation of Myanmar refugees
September 6, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Chinese government to halt the deportation of Myanmar refugees. In a letter sent to the Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs, the rights group said that the return of at least 4,000 ethnic Kachin refugees from Myanmar is a violation of international.... [more]
HRW: China must stop forced returns of Myanmar refugees
August 24, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on China to stop forcibly returning thousands of Kachin refugees to northern Myanmar. HRW reported that Chinese authorities repatriated more than 1,000 Kachin refugees to Myanmar last week and plan to deport another 4,000 in the near future. HRW claims.... [more]
Report: China psychiatric facilities detaining patients involuntarily in violation of human rights
August 22, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Chinese psychiatric facilities are detaining hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens against their will each year, and many detainees face abuse and human rights violations in the facilities, a human rights group said in a report released on Wednesday. The report by Chinese Human Rights.... [more]
Advocacy group reported China delayed Tibet writer's trial [this day at law]
August 13, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On August 13, 2010, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) reported that Chinese authorities had delayed the trial of Tibetan writer Tra Gyal. Gyal had been arrested in April 2010 after signing a letter critiquing the Chinese government's relief efforts in the wake of the earthquake in western.... [more]
Chinese Government's Oppressive Policies Draw Ire from the Public [comment]
August 3, 2012 by Stephen Krug
JURIST Guest Columnist Phelim Kine, Senior Researcher of the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch, says that the increasing public challenges to the Chinese government's authority will only continue until its policies reflect a basic respect for human rights and the right of the citizenry to.... [more]
China court dismisses fraud charges against human rights lawyer
July 27, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
A Chinese intermediate court on Friday dismissed fraud charges against Ni Yulan, a human rights lawyer with disabilities, resulting in a two-month reduction to her two-year and eight-month sentence while upholding convictions against the lawyer for causing a disturbance. Ni had assisted victims of.... [more]
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