Press Releases and Statements

2009-04-23

Wife of Abducted Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Requests Urgent Help from U.S. Congress in Open Letter

2009-04-17

Pursuant to New Court Ruling, Shenzhen Rights Defense Lawyer Liu Yao Released after More than 400 Days in Detention

2009-04-15

Shanghai Rights Defender Harassed on Heels of National Human Rights Action Plan Release

2009-04-06

Retired Professor Attacked after Honoring Memory of Late Party Secretary Zhao Ziyang

2009-03-31

Shandong Petitioner Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor

2009-03-18

Beijing Law Firm Yitong is Shut Down for Six Months; Staff Lawyers Ordered to Turn in Licenses

2009-03-16

Labor Leader Yao Fuxin Is Released after Completing Seven-year Term

2009-03-12

Case Update: Beijing Intellectuals Yang Zili and Zhang Honghai Released after Eight Years in Prison

2009-03-11

Family of Missing Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Arrives in U.S.

2009-03-09

Guizhou Petitioner Ding Fayou Detained

2009-03-06

Beijing Lawyers Association Violates Its Own Rule in Removing Independent Candidates from Election of Representatives

2009-03-05

Chinese Authorities Tighten Grip on Rights Defenders during NPC and CPPCC Sessions

2009-02-26

In Open Letter, Tiananmen Mothers Urge China's Leaders to Investigate June 4

2009-02-23

Dissident Writer Interrogated for Publishing Critical Articles

2009-02-19

Beijing Law Firm Faces Six-Month Shutdown for Attorneys' Support of Direct Bar Election

2009-02-13

Case Update: Elderly Activist Shuang Shuying Released; Reports Abuses in Prison

2009-02-13

In Joint Letter, HRIC Urges Secretary of State Clinton to Make Human Rights Concerns a Priority in Trip to China

2009-02-11

China Rejects UN Recommendations for Substantive Reform to Advance Human Rights; HRIC Summary

2009-02-09

China's UN Human Rights Review: New Process, Old Politics, Weak Implementation Prospects

2009-02-08

Torture Account by Missing Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng

2009-02-07

Implementation and Protection of Human Rights in the People's Republic of China

2009-02-02

More than 500 Chinese Lawyers Sign Petition against Colleague’s Jail Sentence