• Human Rights in China
    The Chinese Communist Party governs China as an authoritarian, one-party state. The Party sharply curbs freedom of expression, association, and religion. It equates criticism of the Party with “subversion” and rejects judicial independence and media freedom. The Party also extensively censors the Internet and maintains highly repressive policies in the ethnic minority regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. Chinese citizens have become more and more rights-conscious and increasingly challenge official abuses including, land seizures, forced evictions, and corruption. A small rights defense (weiquan) movement persists despite risks including surveillance, detention, arrest, enforced disappearance, and torture. The Chinese government's growing global influence also poses increasing challenges to key international human rights norms and institutions.
  • China: 12 Win Prestigious Free Speech Prize
    Twelve writers, journalists, and activists from China have won the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award for 2012 in recognition of their efforts to promote free expression despite government persecution for their work.
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  • China: 12 Win Prestigious Free Speech Prize
    Dec 20, 2012
    Twelve writers, journalists, and activists from China have won the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award for 2012 in recognition of their efforts to promote free expression despite government persecution for their work.
  • Nobel Laureates Urge Incoming Chinese President Xi Jinping to Release Liu Xiaobo and Wife Liu Xia
    Dec 5, 2012
  • China: Trial of Activist’s Nephew Unfair
    Nov 30, 2012
    The hasty and unfair trial of the nephew of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng in China’s Shandong province appears intended to punish Chen for defying the Chinese government.
  • China: Tibetan Immolations, Security Measures Escalate
    Nov 29, 2012
    The self-immolation of seven Tibetans since November 26, 2012, highlights the failure of Chinese authorities to address Tibetan grievances.
  • Human Rights Now
    Nov 15, 2012

    As China's newly appointed chairman Xi Jinping took power Thursday, the leadership transition itself remains opaque: Not only have the Chinese people been excluded from the process, it is virtually impossible to understand what the leadership selection process entailed, given the lack of information about intra-party fighting, or glean a sense of what the new leader of the world's largest country cares about.

  • Election 2012: Rights and Responsibility
    Nov 5, 2012
    The candidates may disagree on some human rights issues, but the next president will face challenges that transcend partisan lines.
  • China: End Unlawful Practice of House Arrest
    Oct 24, 2012
    The Chinese government should end the unlawful house arrest of the prominent activist Hu Jia.
  • China: Chen Kegui’s Case Tests Rule of Law
    Oct 15, 2012

    The transfer of the case against Chen Kegui, nephew of the prominent blind activist Chen Guangcheng, by Shandong officials indicates that officials there continue to persecute members of the Chen family despite commitments in May to investigate such abuses.

  • Let a Hundred Volunteers Bloom
    Oct 12, 2012

    As China’s once-in-a-decade leadership transition begins in Beijing next month, the government’s treatment of high-profile critics such as the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo will invariably garner attention inside the country and abroad. The persecution of such dissidents certainly merits discussion, but it must not obscure a larger phenomenon: the emergence of widespread populist activism in China.

  • China: Joint Statement by International Support Committee to Liu Xiaobo
    Oct 12, 2012
    Liu Xiaobo is currently serving an 11-year sentence in prison for defending freedom and democracy and participating in the drafting of the Charter, a manifesto endorsed by more than ten thousand Chinese citizens, advocating the plurality of political parties, the independence of the judiciary and respect of human rights.
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