Press Releases and Statements

HRIC's press releases, statements, and open letters are categorized by year below. To subscribe to HRIC's press list, please e-mail releases-request@lists.hrichina.org with "SUBSCRIBE" as the subject heading.

2008-11-21

UN Committee Says China "Should Take Immediate Steps to Prevent Acts of Torture"

2008-11-18

HRIC Condemns XUAR Authorities' Plans to Force Six-Month Pregnant Woman to Undergo Abortion

2008-11-13

Guizhou Police Threaten Rights Group over Commemoration of 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

2008-11-10

UN Experts: “Serious Information Gap” on China’s Efforts to End Torture

2008-11-04

Prominent Advocate of Direct Local Elections Is Disappeared by Authorities

2008-11-03

Rights Defender Subjected to Torture in Prison is Denied Access to Lawyer

2008-10-31

Lawyers Are Dismissed by Firms for Supporting Beijing Lawyers Association Direct Election, Law Firms Are Threatened

2008-10-31

Beijing Lawyers' Appeal for Direct Elections

2008-10-23

HRIC Congratulates Hu Jia, Recipient of 2008 Sakharov Prize

2008-10-17

HRIC Calls for Press Freedom for all Journalists in China

2008-10-08

Security Forces Beat Impoverished Villagers Seeking Redress for Man-Made Disaster

2008-09-26

Sichuan Teacher, Liu Shaokun, was Released to Serve his Reeducation-Through-Labor Sentence Outside of Labor Camp

2008-09-18

Chengdu House Church Files First Suit in China Against Government Religious Authority

2008-09-16

Mao Hengfeng, Petitioner on Family Planning Issues, Reports Continued Abuse in Prison

2008-09-15

Petitioners Call Sentence Repeal a "Victory for Civilization," Thank International Media

2008-09-10

Open Letter to Meizhou Prison

2008-09-10

HRIC September Take Action: Put an End to Torture in China

2008-08-29

Authorities Relent on Reeducation-Through-Labor Sentence for Elderly Women who Applied for Protest Permit

2008-08-26

Imprisoned Democracy Activist Hu Shigen Released

2008-08-24

2008 Beijing Olympics: The Price of National Glorification

2008-08-19

Two Beijing Residents Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor After Applying for Permits to Demonstrate in Olympics "Protest Zones"

2008-08-11

In Hiding, Beijing House Church Activist Hua Huiqi Appeals for Help

2008-08-09

Bird's Nest Painting Banned

2008-08-07

Human Rights Situation in China Worsens as Bush Calls for a More Open Society

2008-08-06