Activists’ Award Comes Amid Worsening Human Rights Climate in China

Gao Feng and Wen Yuqing  |  Radio Free Asia Chinese activists Chen Jianfang and Li Xiaoling have won a prestigious human rights award in memory of a human rights campaigner who died in police detention after being denied access to adequate medical care. The award, which comes amid an ever-widening crackdown on human rights advocates […]

A Human Rights Lawyer Lifts the Communist Party’s Spell

A Human Rights Lawyer Lifts the Communist Party’s Spell

Teng Biao  |  Epoch Times Teng Biao completely renounces the Chinese Communist Party On March 14, 2016, at the UN’s Palais des Nations in Geneva, I joined a forum to commemorate the second anniversary of the death in custody of human rights defender Cao Shunli. I couldn’t help but vent my anger at what a […]

Detained Chinese Feminist Wins New Human Rights Honor

Wong Lok-to  |  Radio Free Asia Detained activist Su Changlan, who has been in pre-trial detention for more than two years, on Tuesday received a prestigious human rights award from a coalition of Chinese human rights groups. Su, 45, is the third recipient of the Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders, in honor […]

China Reforms to Curb Torture Don’t Go Far Enough – Human Rights Watch

<!–[CDATA[Paul Eckert  |  Radio Free Asia Measures introduced by China over the past six years to curb torture and mistreatment of criminal detainees have not done enough to reduce abuses,  the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday in report that urged more systemic changes. HRW said measures introduced in 2009 after a […]

Human Rights Nomination a Boost For Chinese Activism

Cao Shunli, who died in Chinese police custody after being denied medical treatment, was nominated for the 2014 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
The award recognizes activists “who have shown deep commitment to human rights in the face of great personal risk,”

UN Experts Slam China for Death of Activist Cao Shunli

The human rights defender Cao Shunli death in custody in China was raised by NGO’s in United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council,
Cao died, according to family and friends, because authorities denied her medical treatment
Inside the Council Chinese representatives filmed and took pictures of NGO’s members in contravention of the Council’s rules.