Chinese human rights website Weiquanwang has reported that lawyer-turned-citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been detained again and is being held by authorities in Shanghai, just months after her release upon completing a...
September 23 marks the tenth anniversary of prominent Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti being sentenced to life in prison on unsubstantiated charges of “separatism” for his work advocating for better treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang...
This week, China underwent its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the U.N. This ritual is a...
The Chinese government’s position on the Israel-Hamas war has evolved from non-committal to “anti-Western neutrality,” designed to vilify the U.S. and win over Arabic publics. The result of this position is reflected in...
On Thursday, the U.N. Human Rights Council voted against a motion to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang. The vote, occurring one month after then-U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet released a...
With about ten minutes to midnight on her last day as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet finally released her long-overdue report on Xinjiang. The 46-page report concluded that the Chinese government has...
On Wednesday, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) voted to ratify two conventions on forced labor. The conventions were established by the International Labor Organization (ILO), which in February...
On Monday, Amnesty International announced that it would leave Hong Kong by the end of the year, explaining that it is now “effectively impossible” for the NGO to continue operating under the National Security Law. Its departure...
The five demands put forth by protesters in Hong Kong in recent months include a full and impartial investigation into police brutality, following several incidents of violence in which protesters were injured. While the...
On Tuesday, the Washington Post’s editorial board responded to the latest flurry of...
This week brought both the first anniversary of the death of Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, and...
Amnesty International today released its global report “Death Sentences and Executions:...
Activists and others have urged U.S. President Donald Trump to raise human rights issues with...
This week, Amnesty International released its first Refugees Welcome Index, based on a global...
With China’s record of using pretrial torture to force confessions currently...
Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first state visit to the United Kingdom this week, with...
Chinese authorities’ sweeping move against dozens of rights lawyers and activists late last...
A report (PDF) published on Tuesday by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation...
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