Tag: Human rights activists

Open Letter Calls for Ratification of Human Rights Covenant (Updated)

Ahead of the National People’s Congress annual session next month, during which Xi Jinping is expected to take over as state president, a group of 100 prominent intellectuals, journalists, and lawyers have penned an open letter calling on the NPC to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The ICCPR is one of the key documents making up the United Nations’ intern

February 26, 2013 9:27 AM

China’s Dissidents: a Long, Hopeful Struggle

Following Chen Guangcheng’s remarkable escape to Beijing and then New York, CNN’s Steven Jiang describes the

November 15, 2012 3:05 PM

Chen Guangcheng to Visit Taiwan Next Year

The Associated Press reports that blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng will visit Taiwan next year and address the Legisl

September 3, 2012 4:57 PM

Chen Guangcheng Supporters Get Creative

Supporters of civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who is under a stringent form of house arrest with his family in Lin

March 2, 2012 3:27 PM

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