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Blind legal activist escapes house arrest
Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng reportedly escaped house arrest in Dongshigu village in Shandong province, on Sunday 22 April, and is now safe in Beijing, according to China Aid. News agencies report that in a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, released following his escape, Chen Guangcheng makes a…
Gao Zhisheng’s family allowed to visit him
Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who is currently in prison in China’s Xinjiang province, was allowed a visit from his brother and father-in-law on Saturday 24 March, according to Associated Press. Gao had not been seen since April 2010. However, in December 2011 the authorities announced that he had…
Tulip Prize jury emphasises human rights
At today’s official ceremony to award the Dutch Government’s Human Rights Defenders Tulip Prize for 2011 to Chinese legal activist Ni Yulan, the chair of the jury stressed the importance of highlighting China’s human rights record in spite of economic considerations. Ms Cisca Dresselhuys, Chair of the Human Rights Defenders…
Lawyer Ni Yulan awarded Tulip Prize
Chinese legal activist, Ni Yulan, has been announced as the winner of the 2011 Dutch Government’s Human Rights Defenders Tulip Prize. She was nominated by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and China Aid. Ni Yulan’s work as a housing rights activist, defending Beijing residents whose homes were demolished to make way…
CSW calls for release of Pastor Shi Enhao
As the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue gets underway today in Beijing, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is calling for the release Pastor Shi Enhao, Deputy Leader of the Chinese House Church Alliance, who disappeared on 12 June after being released from administrative detention. He was taken away by police to an…
Shi Weihan released from prison
Shi Weihan reunited with family On 9 February 2011, Shi Weihan, a bookshop owner who addressed the shortage of Bibles in rural China by printing Bibles and Christian literature, was released from prison. He served a three-year sentence for ‘illegal business operations’ and was fined over £14,000 (150,000 yuan). China…
Sentence upheld for Chinese Christian
CSW has learnt that an appeal in the case of Alimujiang Yimiti has resulted in his 15-year sentence being upheld by the Higher People’s Court of Xinjiang, China. The Uyghur convert from Islam to Christianity has been detained since 12 January 2008. He has been convicted of “instigating separatism and…
CSW and China Aid host human rights lawyers
CSW AND CHINA AID HOST HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and China Aid will host prominent Chinese human rights lawyers Mr Li Subin and Ms Wu Chenglian, who will give evidence at the European Parliament’s Subcommittee Meeting on Human Rights in China on 15 July…
CSW calls for release of prisoners of conscience
Twenty-one years on from the Tiananmen Square massacre Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) remains deeply concerned about the state of human rights in China. Of particular concern to CSW are the cases of Alimujiang Yimiti, serving a fifteen-year prison sentence, and missing Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who disappeared for…
CSW urges China to resume human rights dialogue
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today called for the immediate resumption of the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue. The dialogue, which provides an opportunity for frank discussion regarding human rights concerns between the UK Foreign Office and the Chinese Ministry for Foreign Affairs, was due to take place on 11 January. CSW…