HRIC Bulletin

HRIC Resigns Global Network Initiative Membership

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 22:54:59 +0000

July 13, 2016

HRIC Resigns Global Network Initiative Membership

Freedom of Expression

HRIC has resigned from the Global Network Initiative (GNI), the multi-stakeholder group founded in 2008 to advance freedom of expression and privacy in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. As a founding member and former board member of the GNI, HRIC has actively contributed...

Prosecution of the Hong Kong 47: Rule of Law on Trial

tw — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:53:06 +0000

April 22, 2022

Prosecution of the Hong Kong 47: Rule of Law on Trial

HRIC Bulletin

Hong Kong

The cases of the 47 individuals accused of “conspiracy to commit subversion”—known as the Hong Kong 47, or NSL 47, in reference to the National Security Law under which they are charged—have languished in Hong Kong’s court system for more than a year, while most of the detainees have been denied...

Olympic Athletes Speak Out

tw — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:45:42 +0000

February 25, 2022

Olympic Athletes Speak Out

HRIC Bulletin

Freedom of Expression

In the lead-up to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, a Chinese official explicitly warned athletes that, while in China, they would not be free to express themselves. Many of them did voice their concerns—before and after the Games—about human rights violations in China.

A Tribute to the Women Who Resist: On the Sixth Anniversary of the 709 Crackdown

tw — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:57:39 +0000

July 8, 2021

A Tribute to the Women Who Resist: On the Sixth Anniversary of the 709 Crackdown

HRIC Bulletin

709 Crackdown

Some of these women are lawyers and legal advocates who have chosen the difficult path of rights defense on their own. Others are family members of lawyers and legal advocates targeted by the authorities—who have been compelled to take up rights defense in order to protect their own freedom and...

Li Qiaochu

Transcripts of Remarks on Xinjiang and Hong Kong by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commission for Human Rights

tw — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:51:27 +0000

December 11, 2020

Transcripts of Remarks on Xinjiang and Hong Kong by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commission for Human Rights

HRIC Bulletin

Hong Kong

On the December 9, at her year-end press conference at the Human Rights Council, UN High Commission for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet spoke out on the serious human rights violations in Xinjiang and expressed concerns regarding what she called the “rapidly shrinking civic and democratic space in...

As China Seeks Reelection to UN Human Rights Council, States and Civil Society Condemn Its Human Rights Abuses

tw — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:21:05 +0000

October 8, 2020

As China Seeks Reelection to UN Human Rights Council, States and Civil Society Condemn Its Human Rights Abuses

HRIC Bulletin

Government Accountability

During the UN Human Rights Council’s 45th session that concluded yesterday in Geneva, Council member states and civil society organizations voiced urgent concerns about China’s serious and ongoing human rights abuses, centering on two sets of actions that have prompted international outcry:...

Poet Wang Zang and Wife Accused of “Inciting Subversion”; Four Young Children Under Virtual House Arrest

tw — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:22:41 +0000

September 21, 2020

Poet Wang Zang and Wife Accused of “Inciting Subversion”; Four Young Children Under Virtual House Arrest

HRIC Bulletin

Access to Justice

Human Rights in China has learned that poet Wang Zang ( 王藏) and his wife Wang Li ( 王丽), of Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province, have been arrested for "inciting subversion of state power." Police authorities have referred their cases in mid-September to the procuratorate to seek indictments. According...

Hong Kong SAR Government Must Ensure Effective De-escalation of Dangerous Police Action at PolyU

tw — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 02:07:27 +0000

November 17, 2019

Hong Kong SAR Government Must Ensure Effective De-escalation of Dangerous Police Action at PolyU

HRIC Bulletin

Government Accountability

HRIC condemns the Hong Kong police’s actions on and around the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University after trapping students, journalists, and first aiders , and reportedly handcuffing the latter group. Video footage circulating online of scenes from early morning November 18, Hong Kong time,...

HRIC Translation: China’s Follow-up Response to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

tw — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:40:24 +0000

October 30, 2019

HRIC Translation: China’s Follow-up Response to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

HRIC Bulletin

Government Accountability

In August 2018, China underwent a periodic review by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the country’s implementation of obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Among the key topics of the Committee’...

NGOs from Over 100 Countries Support the People of Hong Kong

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:58:01 +0000

October 24, 2019

NGOs from Over 100 Countries Support the People of Hong Kong

HRIC Bulletin

Government Accountability

At its congress in Taipei, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), a global federation of 192 human rights member organizations from more than 100 countries, unanimously approved an urgent resolution (full text below) supporting the Hong Kong people’s protests calling for government...

Naked Police Violence in Hong Kong as Beijing Celebrates National Day

tw — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:01:30 +0000

October 1, 2019

Naked Police Violence in Hong Kong as Beijing Celebrates National Day

HRIC Bulletin

Government Accountability

As Beijing mounted a tightly choreographed spectacle of tanks, bombers, and missiles, with a march of 15,000 soldiers, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a police officer in Hong Kong shot a teenage demonstrator in the chest at close range. While...

CECC Hearing: “Hong Kong’s Summer of Discontent and U.S. Policy Responses”

tw — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:44:57 +0000

September 19, 2019

CECC Hearing: “Hong Kong’s Summer of Discontent and U.S. Policy Responses”

HRIC Bulletin

Citizen Participation

On September 17, HRIC Executive Director Sharon Hom joined three Hong Kong activists and a U.S.-based security expert in testimony before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China in a high-profile, and widely-reported hearing, “ Hong Kong’s Summer of Discontent and U.S. Policy Responses...

China/Hong Kong: UN experts urge China to respect protesters’ rights

tw — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:38:50 +0000

September 12, 2019

China/Hong Kong: UN experts urge China to respect protesters’ rights

HRIC Bulletin

Hong Kong

GENEVA (12 September 2019) - UN human rights experts * reacted with alarm to reports of attacks on demonstrators, arrests of activists and human rights defenders, and threats to communications, as protests in Hong Kong entered their third month. The experts welcomed the detailed response to their...

Hong Kong: A High-Stakes Gamble Xi Jinping Is Destined to Make

tw — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:53:32 +0000

September 3, 2019

Hong Kong: A High-Stakes Gamble Xi Jinping Is Destined to Make

HRIC Bulletin

Current affairs

The almost three-month-long struggle of the people of Hong Kong has become the biggest crisis that Xi Jinping has faced since he took office. Since the beginning of the year, the highest authorities in Beijing have been aware that China's overall situation is far from favorable, as a multitude of...

Gao Wenqian

Three Changsha Anti-Discrimination Advocates Face Subversion Charges, Wife is Put Under “Residential Surveillance”

tw — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:20:59 +0000

August 9, 2019

Three Changsha Anti-Discrimination Advocates Face Subversion Charges, Wife is Put Under “Residential Surveillance”

HRIC Bulletin

Access to Justice

In a case that has shaken anti-discrimination rights defense circles inside China and overseas, state security detained on July 22 three disability rights legal advocates working in Changsha— Cheng Yuan ( 程渊) , Liu Yongze ( 刘永泽) , and Wu Gejianxiong ( 吴葛健雄) —on suspicion of “subversion of state...