Chinese Authorities Still Locking up Critics in Psychiatric Facilities: Report
“Some of these dissidents, petitioners, and human rights defenders haven’t broken the law at all, but have been declared mentally ill and held in a psychiatric hospital, with no due process or approval needed from the authorities,” Wang said.
Protest for Freedom “Remember Zhang Qing, Free Guo Feixiong”
“The various abuses of the Communist Party tramples on human rights and dignity. We must protest for the freedom of Guo Feixiong and boycott the Genocide Olympics.”
Human Rights Lawyers Shine in China, But Need the World to Notice
Stephen Gregory | Epoch Times Rep. Chris Smith seeks to marshal U.S. support for rights defenders WASHINGTON—Four Chinese women sat at a long oaken table in a hearing room on Capitol Hill on the afternoon of May 19 and asked the world to pay attention. Their husbands have been detained in China because of their […]
Gao Zhisheng’s Account of Torture Available in English
China Aid Midland, Texas – On the eve of an important event honoring the sacrifice of numerous prominent human rights lawyers, China Aid is pleased to announce the availability for purchase of a book written by persecuted rights attorney Gao Zhisheng. Written in secret and kept away from officials who closely monitor him, Gao Zhisheng’s […]
Group to Probe China’s Human Rights Violations Under U.S. Law
Ding Wenqi | Radio Free Asia Chinese rights activists on Tuesday launched a new group that will collect data on officials who violate human rights, under a recently expanded law targeting corruption and human rights abuse globally. The China Human Rights Accountability Center will collect data on human rights violators and corrupt officials, putting pressure […]
China Confirms It Took Lawyer Jiang Tianyong Into Custody
Larry Ong | Epoch Times A new video mocks the rights lawyer who vanished last month and taunts his supporters; his family has also recently been harassed by police Jiang Tianyong, a well-known Chinese human rights lawyer, has sought to hold the Chinese communist regime accountable for its own laws since 2005. For taking on the […]
Preparing for Fair Trial in China—an Interview With Human Rights Lawyer Tang Jitian
Zheng Yan | Epoch Times For years, Beijing-based human rights lawyer Tang Jitian defended casualties of the Chinese Communist Party’s repression—victims of forced land acquisition and building demolition, practitioners of Falun Gong, and other Chinese petitioners. In time, the Party came for Tang, a native of Dunhua in the northeastern province of Jilin. His law license […]
Lawyer Xia Lin Will be Sentenced and It Will Have Nothing to Do With the Law
Guo Yushan | China Change This article was first published on Chinachange.org on September 22, 2016 On September 22, after nearly two years in detention and a trial in August, lawyer Xia Lin, my friend, will finally face his sentence. Whatever he’s been charged with, it’s clear to everyone that it was only because he […]
A Year After Sentencing Gao Yu, China is Asked to let her Receive Treatment in Germany
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) joins Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese human rights lawyer who has been living in the United States for the past four years, in urging the Chinese authorities to allow journalist Gao Yu to travel to Germany to receive medical treatment. RSF is relaying the video in which Chen calls […]
Beijing’s Hand Seen in Visa Issue Keeping Rights Activists Out of Religious Freedom Conference
RFA’s Cantonese and Uyghur services Some notable civil rights activists, known to be a thorn in side of the People’s Republic of China. blamed Beijing’s influence for visa troubles that kept them out of Taiwan for an international conference on religious freedom this week. Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who has worked on human rights […]