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  • A scene from the unofficial primaries held in July 2020, which the authorities characterize as “subversion of state power” under the National Security Law. (Photo: Studio Incendo)
Hong Kong Arrests of 55: Time to Test Article 4 of National Security Law
Sharon Hom: “This is the moment to hold the authorities’ feet to the fire, a test, and an opportunity to give Article 4 real teeth to provide rights protections guaranteed in the international obligations of the mainland Chinese and Hong Kong SAR governments.”
January 8, 2021
HRIC Law Bulletin
HRIC’s submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights regarding academic freedom in Hong Kong
HRIC’s submission describes overarching challenges to the right to education and academic freedom in Hong Kong and highlights specific concerns regarding the effective implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR, art. 13).
December 18, 2020
HRIC Report
Transcripts of Remarks on Xinjiang and Hong Kong by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commission for Human Rights
On the December 9, at her year-end press conference at the Human Rights Council, UN High Commission for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet spoke out on the serious human rights violations in Xinjiang and expressed concerns regarding what she called the “rapidly shrinking civic and democratic space in...
December 11, 2020
HRIC Bulletin
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Too Soon to Concede the Future: The Implementation of The National Security Law for Hong Kong--An HRIC White Paper
Against the troubling rights erosion made possible by the NSL and the political abandonment by the Hong Kong SAR government of its people are: the institutional and normative safeguards inherent in Hong Kong’s judicial and legal system, and the safeguards provided by international human rights...
October 16, 2020
Press Release
  • UN Human Rights Council
As China Seeks Reelection to UN Human Rights Council, States and Civil Society Condemn Its Human Rights Abuses
During the UN Human Rights Council’s 45th session that concluded yesterday in Geneva, Council member states and civil society organizations voiced urgent concerns about China’s serious and ongoing human rights abuses, centering on two sets of actions that have prompted international outcry:...
October 8, 2020
HRIC Bulletin
HRIC joins 320 NGOs in global call for international human rights monitoring mechanisms on China
An open letter to: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, UN Member States. We, the undersigned organizations, join together to call for an international mechanism to address the Chinese government’s human rights violations, and urge you to...
September 9, 2020
Open Letter
UN Legal Experts Urge China to Review, Reconsider National Security Law to Comply with Its International Obligations
In a joint communication to the Chinese government, seven United Nations independent human rights experts presented a legal assessment of the National Security Law for Hong Kong (NSL). They also detailed their numerous concerns that the law does not comply with the government’s international legal...
September 6, 2020
HRIC Law Bulletin
The Toronto Star: Ottawa remains silent as pressure mounts to help victims of China's crackdown in Hong Kong
From The Toronto Star : Ottawa remains silent as pressure mounts to help victims of China's crackdown in Hong Kong . . . . . “ Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China , gave a forceful defence of the need for Western countries not to give up and prematurely declare Hong Kong a lost...
August 17, 2020
HRIC in the Media
Radio Free Asia (RFA): 香港为何向黎智英开刀？蓬佩奥深表担忧 (Why did Hong Kong attack Jimmy Lai? Pompeo expresses deep concern)
From Radio Free Asia (RFA) , “ 香港为何向黎智英开刀？蓬佩奥深表担忧 (Why did Hong Kong attack Jimmy Lai? Pompeo expresses deep concern) ”: Human Rights in China senior advisor, Gao Wenqian , explains why Hong Kong went after Jimmy Lai first. “First, Next Media is the only Hong Kong media company that can take a...
August 10, 2020
HRIC in the Media
Joint statement by FIDH & HRIC: Arrests of pro-democracy figures under the national security law condemned
Sharon Hom, HRIC Executive Director: “Hong Kongers continue to exercise their rights in the closing civil society space and express resistance in creative, diverse ways. The international community must stand in solidarity with the people of Hong Kong.”
August 11, 2020
Joint Statements

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