On the tenth anniversary of the death of Cao Shunli, the international community must honour her memory by standing up for all human rights defenders in China who have followed in her footsteps and incurred the wrath of the CCP as a result.
Under the rule of Xi Jinping the situation for almost every religion or belief community in China has deteriorated amid a worsening picture for human rights across the country, but for groups labelled ‘xie jiao’, this has been a reality for decades.
Despite the Chinese government’s boasting of its progress in promoting the rule of law, confidence in China’s legal system remains low. Religion and belief groups have witnessed how the CCP regime has been effectively strengthening its ‘rule by law’ instead.
Briefing: ‘Socialist rule of law’ in China Read More »
Being blocked from leaving China by the authorities has become common under Xi Jinping’s rule. Jiang Tianyong, Guo Feixiong and Tang Jitian’s stories show how China uses exit bans to inflict suffering on human rights defenders and their loved ones.
Lu Siwei is the latest name on a long list of Chinese nationals who have been disappeared in Southeast Asia, demonstrating the long reach of China’s authorities beyond its borders, often with the collusion of the authorities in these states, in a phenomenon known as transnational repression.
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CSW joined 60+ NGOs around the world calling for the immediate release of prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei by Lao authorities.
A Chinese human rights lawyer was expelled from a law court in Huixian, Henan Province, while defending a Falun Gong practitioner on 17 February. He was then reported to local police who interrogated him at a police station.
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A hearing has been scheduled for 29 January 2021 in Zhengzhou, Henan, concerning the proposed disbarment of Ren Quanniu, a human rights lawyer who represented Chinese Christian activist Zhang Zhan and offered legal advice to the family of one of 12 Hong Kong youths arrested at sea as they tried to flee to Taiwan. The
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Today, 9 July, marks the fifth anniversary of China’s infamous 709 Crackdown, in which over 300 lawyers, human rights defenders, and their colleagues and family members were detained, interrogated or imprisoned. The 709 Crackdown, named after the date on which it started, is regarded as one of the worst crackdowns on human rights defenders in
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