Last week, a Chinese PhD student at University College London was found guilty by a British court of raping ten women, and detectives suspect there may be dozens more victims. The incident highlights the ongoing barriers to...
Activists have long attempted to use legal systems to seek accountability for Uyghur forced labor and other potential crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. At the international level, China has effectively used its leverage to...
In the span of a week, court cases targeting individuals from a variety of backgrounds have demonstrated the repressive and arbitrary nature of the Chinese judicial system. Journalists, activists, intellectuals, and monks from...
At the halfway point of the COP27 international climate-change summit, there are encouraging signs that China and the U.S. may put aside geopolitical tensions in order to collectively stave off existential catastrophe for the...
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...
A Beijing court has rejected an appeal in a landmark #MeToo case, upholding a 2021 judgment that found Zhou Xiaoxuan, better known as Xianzi, had insufficient evidence to prove that Zhu Jun, a powerful CCTV host, sexually...
On Wednesday, the two most senior judges of the UK Supreme Court resigned from their overseas positions on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal, the city’s highest court. The two judges’ resignations further challenge the...
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is facing calls to step down over her handling of an...
Last Sunday saw as many as a million people march against proposed changes to the Hong...
Proposed amendments to Hong Kong extradition laws sparked protests by as many as a million people...
Last weekend, Kunshan police issued a formal statement regarding the death of Liu Hailong, who got...
When rights activist and former lawyer Jiang Tianyong stood trial for inciting subversion last...
Reuters’ Christian Shepherd reports that rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong was arrested last week...
People’s Daily Online reports the arrest of two police officers over the death of Lei Yang,...
A series of high-profile overturned convictions—some posthumous—has provoked public outrage in...
As American politicians wrestle over Supreme Court nominations following the death of conservative...
South China Morning Post’s Jun Mai reports the acquittal of accused murderer Chen Man after 21...
In 1996, 18-year-old Huugjilt, known as Hu Ge in Mandarin, was found guilty by the Inner Mongolia...
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