During HRC55, CSW delivered an oral statement, raising its concerns over Vietnam’s targeted violations against religious and ethnic minorities and China’s crackdown on religion or belief groups and human rights defenders.
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Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been disappeared for six years. CSW and other NGOs call for his immediate release and to end the practice of enforced disappearance.
Gao Zhisheng has been kidnapped, tortured and detained on and off by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime since 2006. In 2019, his wife Geng He told the International Service for Human Rights that being disappeared has become “the norm in his life”. In that same interview, she added, “My children and I have never experienced the
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The wife of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who is believed to have been forcibly disappeared since August 2017, has called on the Chinese government to return his remains, as she believes he may have been “persecuted to death.” Gao Zhisheng is a Chinese human rights lawyer who was notable for frequently taking on human
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As millions of people across China prepare to celebrate the Spring Festival, hundreds of human rights defenders remain separated from their families. The Spring Festival marks the lunar new year, and for many in China, it is traditionally a time to be with family and friends. However, many human rights lawyers, journalists and activists are
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As in previous years, the period between Christmas and New Year saw human rights violations against religious communities, activists and lawyers in China. There were also several developments outside China which could impact the human rights situation in the country. On Christmas Day, China Aid reported that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had banned all
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Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has authored a 40-page document detailing human rights abuses and related social issues in China during 2016. This is the first comprehensive human rights commentary written by a human rights lawyer still living in China. Gao Zhisheng is a prominent human rights lawyer who is best known for his
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“While immersed in drafting a Constitution for China, I set aside some time to write a report on Chinas human rights in 2016, only to find that this project is constrained to a great extent by the Chinese characteristics of my current situation: blockage of my social media accounts whenever I attempt to use them,
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China Aid Association reports that Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been kidnapped by the authorities. China Aid Association has issued a report alleging that Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been kidnapped by the authorities, following the publication of interviews revealing that he was tortured in prison. Two interviews with Gao, recorded
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The younger brother and father-in-law of Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng were allowed to visit him at Shaya Prison in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on 12 January, the first family visit he has received since March 2012. In a phone conversation with Human Rights in China (HRIC), Gao’s wife Geng He reported that Gao’s
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