Zhang Chunlei, an elder of Love (Ren’ai) Reformed Church in Guiyang in China’s Guizhou province, has been placed in criminal detention after a police raid on 16 March 2021. On the morning of 16 March, local police and officials from the Religious Affairs Bureau stormed a privately rented property in Guiyang where a group of […]
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The charges against human rights lawyer Chang Weiping have been changed from ‘inciting subversion’ to ‘subversion’, it emerged last week. Both charges are frequently used to target human rights defenders in China. Chang Weiping has been in detention since 22 October 2020. Prior to his detention, he represented clients in cases related to freedom of
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Despite the dangers, there are countless individuals in China who remain determined to take a stand for justice and share the facts. We consider the story of just one of these incredibly brave individuals: Christian human rights defender Zhang Zhan.
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On 3 March the China-focused information platform SupChina published translated extracts from a 16-hour discussion in a “room” on the app Clubhouse called “Is there a concentration camp in Xinjiang?” The room attracted an incredible 4,000 participants, but the truly remarkable thing about the conversation was that it brought together Uyghurs and Han Chinese people
The European Union (EU) is expected to apply sanctions later this month against four individuals and one entity in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in connection with human rights abuses against the Uyghur people. Diplomats speaking to the Wall Street Journal and EU Observer said the sanctions, which will be applied under the EU’s Global
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Introduction There has been a critical deterioration in the overall protection of human rights in China from 2013 to date. The realisation of the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in China remains a mixed picture, and conditions vary according to religion, location, ethnicity, attitudes of local officials, and other factors. However, overall,
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