“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, […]
2016 Human Rights Report for China by Gao Zhisheng Read More »
“He was forced to take medicine. They stuffed the pills into his mouth… After taking the pills he felt pain in his muscles and his vision was blurred… He was beaten. He endured gruelling questioning while being denied sleep for days on end…” Wang Qiaoling describing the torture of her husband, lawyer Li Heping “Even
No Ifs, No Buts: Torture Should Be Universally Condemned Read More »
Li Heping’s reunion with his family on 9 May 2017 was a moment for celebration; the celebration of an innocent man’s reunion with his long-suffering family and the celebration of the end of a period of torture, interrogation and imprisonment. But the joy of Li Heping’s reunion with his family is tempered by continuing concerns
Li Heping’s Release – A Moment to Celebrate or a Continuing Case of Concern? Read More »
When leaders of the G20 nations arrive in Zhejiang Province, China, next week for the G20 summit, they will be greeted by a different skyline than they might have seen five years ago. The sky scrapers and shopping malls that have become the hallmark of China’s phenomenal economic growth will still be there, but the
It has been a year since over 300 human rights lawyers, activists, as well as those connected to them (including their friends and family), were detained by the Chinese government. That’s equivalent to one person harassed or disappeared every day since last July. Some of these lawyers have since vanished into China’s prison system. Others
The Lawyers That Were Left Read More »
Saturday 4 June will mark 27 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre, also referred to as the Tiananmen Square Protests, or simply the June Fourth Incident. On 3 June 1989, Chinese army tanks rolled into Beijing’s famous square and began to fire at unarmed protesters who had been camping out there for weeks to call
In China, the Cross is Once Again a Symbol of Dissent Read More »
In October 2014, the Chinese Communist Party announced that rule of law would be a top priority for the country. However, just one year later, over 150 lawyers and 150 more colleagues, family members and other activists had been questioned, detained, or disappeared in a crackdown which began on 9 July 2015. Journalists and legal
The Importance of China’s Rights Lawyers to the Chinese Church Read More »
