Press Releases and Statements

2009-09-01

Xie Changfa (谢长发) Receives Severe Sentence of 13 Years’ Imprisonment for Organizing Political Party

2009-08-28

UN Expert Body Calls for Greater Protections for Ethnic Groups, Rural Inhabitants, and Rights Defenders in China

2009-08-18

Gongmeng Officially Shut Down, Founder Formally Arrested

2009-08-17

Uneven Justice in Case of Policemen and Commander Found Guilty in Death of Detained Man

2009-08-12

Police Beat and Detain Supporters of Sichuan Earthquake Critic Morning before Trial

2009-08-10

UN Expert Body Wraps Up Dialogue with China on Anti-Discrimination Efforts

2009-08-07

At United Nations, China to Answer Broad Range of Concerns over Racial Discrimination

2009-08-05

Authorities Kidnapped and Prevented Court Appearance by Witness for Huang Qi’s Case

2009-08-04

Xu Zhiyong in Custody Seven Days; Still No Official Explanation

2009-07-31

China’s Anti-Discrimination Efforts to be Scrutinized by UN on August 7 and 10

2009-07-29

Raid of Public Interest Group Reveals Degree of Information Control

2009-07-24

Examples of Cases Involving Charges Related to State Secrets from 2007 to Present

2009-07-24

China Considers State Secrets Law Revision

2009-07-24

Resources on the Draft Revision of the <em>Law on Guarding State Secrets</em>

2009-07-24

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets (Revised Draft) (2009) Full Text and Explanation

2009-07-17

Law Research Center Is Shut Down as Authorities Tighten Control on Civil Society Groups

2009-07-16

Environmental Activist Sun Xiaodi Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor; Daughter to Year-and-a-Half

2009-07-10

Environmental Activist Sun Xiaodi and Daughter Face Reeducation-Through-Labor (RTL)

2009-07-09

Relative of Earthquake Victim Receives Three-Year Sentence with Five-Year Suspension

2009-07-01

Police Accused of Killing Detained Man: They Were Ordered to Use Violence

2009-06-24

HRIC Strongly Condemns the Formal Arrest of Liu Xiaobo by Chinese Authorities

2009-06-12

Rights Defense Lawyer Li Subin Sues Beijing and Henan Judicial Authorities

2009-06-11

Chinese Lawyer Challenges Filtering Software Order and Requests Public Hearing

2009-06-08

Chinese Government Orders Computer Manufacturers to Pre-install Filtering Software

2009-06-04

Xie Changfa (谢长发) Receives Severe Sentence of 13 Years’ Imprisonment for Organizing Political Party

UN Expert Body Calls for Greater Protections for Ethnic Groups, Rural Inhabitants, and Rights Defenders in China

Gongmeng Officially Shut Down, Founder Formally Arrested

Uneven Justice in Case of Policemen and Commander Found Guilty in Death of Detained Man

Police Beat and Detain Supporters of Sichuan Earthquake Critic Morning before Trial

UN Expert Body Wraps Up Dialogue with China on Anti-Discrimination Efforts

At United Nations, China to Answer Broad Range of Concerns over Racial Discrimination

Authorities Kidnapped and Prevented Court Appearance by Witness for Huang Qi’s Case

Xu Zhiyong in Custody Seven Days; Still No Official Explanation

China’s Anti-Discrimination Efforts to be Scrutinized by UN on August 7 and 10

Raid of Public Interest Group Reveals Degree of Information Control

Examples of Cases Involving Charges Related to State Secrets from 2007 to Present

China Considers State Secrets Law Revision

Resources on the Draft Revision of the <em>Law on Guarding State Secrets</em>

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets (Revised Draft) (2009) Full Text and Explanation

Law Research Center Is Shut Down as Authorities Tighten Control on Civil Society Groups

Environmental Activist Sun Xiaodi Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor; Daughter to Year-and-a-Half

Environmental Activist Sun Xiaodi and Daughter Face Reeducation-Through-Labor (RTL)

Relative of Earthquake Victim Receives Three-Year Sentence with Five-Year Suspension

Police Accused of Killing Detained Man: They Were Ordered to Use Violence

HRIC Strongly Condemns the Formal Arrest of Liu Xiaobo by Chinese Authorities

Rights Defense Lawyer Li Subin Sues Beijing and Henan Judicial Authorities

Chinese Lawyer Challenges Filtering Software Order and Requests Public Hearing

Chinese Government Orders Computer Manufacturers to Pre-install Filtering Software

Chinese Rights Defense Lawyers Under All-out Attack by the Authorities

HRIC Publications