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.

2011-09-07

HRIC Blocked from EU-China Human Rights Dialogue Seminar

2011-08-24

Writer Lü Gengsong Released from Prison; Refuses Conditions of Deprivation of Political Rights

2011-08-03

Court Upholds Four-year Term for Guangxi Village Chief Who Fought Land Expropriation

2011-07-29

UN Human Rights Committee Raises Concern over the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Its Review of Kazakhstan

2011-07-28

Imprisoned Journalist Ordered to Serve Eight More Years

2011-07-28

Petitioner Mao Hengfeng Released from Reeducation-Through-Labor in Serious Condition

2011-07-27

HRIC Calls for Full and Transparent Investigation of July 18 Incident in Hotan

2011-07-21

China through Different Lenses: HRIC Photo Contest Winners

2011-07-05

Guangxi Rights Defense Lawyer Yang Zaixin Formally Arrested

2011-06-27

Hu Jia Released

2011-06-24

Ai Weiwei's Release: International Community Must Press for More Releases and Systemic Reforms

2011-06-16

How Will the Shanghai Cooperation Organization “Harmonize” Central Asia?

2011-06-11

Earthquake Activist Freed after Three Years in Prison; Other Rights Defenders to Be Released This Month

2011-06-10

On the Eve of the Tenth Anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, States Must Account for Human Rights Impact

2011-06-03

For All Families of June Fourth Victims: Justice Must Accompany Compensation

2011-06-01

SCO Member State Kazakhstan’s Return of Uyghur Refugee to China Demonstrates Disregard of International Human Rights Obligations

2011-05-30

“The Souls of Those Killed during June Fourth Shall Not Be Defiled; Their Families Shall Not Be Dishonored”: Essay by the Tiananmen Mothers

2011-05-06

Invocation of Terrorism and SCO Cooperation in Response to Question about Freedom of Travel Raises Serious Human Rights Concerns

2011-05-05

Activist Free after Ten-Year Term; Three Writers to Be Released This Month

2011-05-04

SCO Member States Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Prevent Uyghur Activists from Attending Conference in United States

2011-04-29

Lengthy Prison Terms and Heavy Fines for Baihutou Village Chief and Land Rights Activists

2011-04-22

Clarification

2011-04-13

Family and Friends Fear Danger for Imprisoned Guangxi Village Chief

2011-04-04

Silencing the People Is More Dangerous than Damming a River

2011-03-30