Last week, the U.N. Human Rights Council began its 53rd session in Geneva, where country representatives will spend four weeks scrutinizing one anothers’ human rights records. China is a major presence, given the former U.N....
Civil rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi have been sentenced to 14 and 12 years in prison, respectively, on charges of “subversion of state power” after closed door trials in Linshu County, Shandong. The charges stem from...
On Saturday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet concluded her highly anticipated visit to Xinjiang. It had been hoped that Bachelet’s visit might provide some form of accountability for the millions of...
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who was jailed following his advocacy for human rights and the rule of law has been named a finalist for a prominent human rights award, the same week that reports emerged of his poor...
In its 31st annual global report, Human Rights Watch wrote of China, “This has been the darkest period for human rights in China since the 1989 massacre that ended the Tiananmen Square democracy movement.” The...
About 20 minutes of audio in which a retired Central Party School professor sternly criticizes the state of the Party under Xi Jinping, and declares the current system beyond repair, circulated widely online earlier this month....
Human Rights Watch has released their 30th annual “World Report” review of human rights by country. In the introduction to this year’s report, HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth wrote on the global threat to...
In Geneva on Tuesday, China faced its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on human rights. UN...
During his first official visit to China this week, French President Emmanuel Macron sought to...
The European Union delegation to China issued a statement on Friday ahead of International Human...
The Guardian’s Benjamin Haas reported on Friday on an unreleased U.N. Human Rights Council...
The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China issued its annual report on Thursday,...
Last Saturday was Human Rights Day, the 68th anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of...
As the world anxiously waits to measure Donald J. Trump’s campaign rhetoric against his...
The bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China has released its annual report on human...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Beijing on Monday to begin his first visit to...
Human rights lawyer and activist Teng Biao, living in the U.S. since 2014 as the situation for...
Xi Jinping’s first state visit to the United States begins on September 22 in Seattle, will...
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