HRIC welcomes China's signing of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) today. This gesture implies a commitment on the part of the government to refrain from actions which violate the rights contained in the ICCPR. We hope that this will be followed quickly by concrete...

New York, 9 September 1998 High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Mary Robinson Palais des Nations 1211 Geneve 10 To the respected U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson:

A report - From principle to pragmatism: Can dialogue' improve China's human rights situation? by Human Rights in China Nine years after the brutal suppression of the 1989 Democracy Movement, international efforts to press the Chinese government to improve its human rights practices are moving...

The Harold M. Proshansky Auditorium The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, April 23, 1998, 11 a.m. Jointly sponsored by Amnesty International, Human Rights in China, Human Rights Watch, and the New York Academy of Sciences Wang Dan's Statement Ladies,...

Human Rights in China's Executive Director Xiao Qiang and Chairman Liu Qing have met with Wang Dan in Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital, where he is undergoing a complete medical evaluation. Wang Dan has also spoken with prominent dissidents Wei Jingsheng and Li Shuxian. Wang Dan is in good spirits and...

An Reporters Sans Fronti?es, Article 19, and Human Rights in China Joint Statement

Human Rights in China has sent the following open letter to the members of the National People's Congress today: Respected Delegates: As the first annual meeting of the ninth National People's Congress (NPC) opens tomorrow, Human Rights in China calls on you to demonstrate your commitment to...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) welcomes the release of veteran human rights activist and democracy champion Wei Jingsheng. Credit for securing Wei's release belongs to the years of dedicated effort that his family, international human rights organizations, journalists, governments, and countless...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the occasion of President Clinton's summit with Chinese President Jiang Zemin, seventeen exiled Chinese scholars, labor organizers and former student activists will join AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA, HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA and HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH at a PRESS CONFERENCE to present...

Human Rights in China has learned from multiple independent sources that Chadrel Rinpoche, 58, former abbot of Tashilhunpo monastery and head of the official search team for the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, is being held at Chuandong No.3 Prison in Dazu County, Sichuan. This is the first news...

On the eve of the return of Hong Kong to China, Human Rights in China calls upon the Chinese government to mark this historic occasion by releasing all prisoners of conscience currently being held in China.

12 May 1997 Amnesty International USA Human Rights in China Human Rights Watch The International Freedom to Publish Committee of the AAP The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights PEN American Center Physicians for Human Rights and Viking Penguin invite you to "Stand in for Wei Jingsheng" An event in...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) regrets the decision of the UN Commission on Human Rights to adopt a so-called no-action motion, a procedural device misused by China to block a resolution on its human rights record.

A joint release with Human Rights Watch/Asia