Chinese Rights Activists Win Prizes

France and Germany awarded Chinese activist Li Wenzu a rights prize on Wednesday. The two governments claimed Li had made an “exceptional contribution” to human rights in China

China’s Rights Activists Face Torture, Detention, ‘Disappearance’: Report

Tam Siu-yin and Shi Shan | Radio Free Asia China’s human rights activists continue to speak out on behalf of victims of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s abuses of power, despite the threat of arbitrary detention, torture, and forced ‘disappearance,’ an overseas rights group said on Thursday. “2018 was another year of harsh reprisals against […]

‘China’s Gandhi’ Jailed For Five Years in Guangzhou Three Verdict

Yang Fan  |  Radio Free Asia Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Friday handed down jail terms of up to five years to the “Guangzhou Three” rights activists for subversion, after they sought to launch a civil disobedience campaign to protect human rights. The Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court sentenced former rights lawyer […]

Germany's Angela Merkel Meets With Rights Activists, Dissidents During China Trip

<!–[CDATA[Xin Lin  | Radio Free Asia German Chancellor Angela Merkel wrapped up a two-day visit to China on Friday after meeting with nine human rights activists and political dissidents. The Chancellor, who is currently under fire in Europe over her open-border policy on refugees, met with a group that included human rights lawyers, writers, and […]

Chinese Rights Activists Step Up Calls For Action Ahead of President's Trip

<!–[CDATA[Yang Jiadai and Lin Ping  |  Radio Free Asia As Chinese President Xi Jinping gears up for his first state visit to the United States since assuming the presidency in 2013, calls are growing for U.S. and Chinese officials to make meaningful progress on human rights following a series of harsh crackdowns by his administration […]

Disappeared Beijing Journalist ‘Silenced’ Ahead of Anniversary

Gao Yu, an independent journalist from Beijing and a two-time winner of the International Women’s Media Foundation “Courage in Journalism Award”, disappearance.
Gao wasn’t shown up at an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on the 1989 student-led pro-democracy and had been out of contact since then