Uyghurs, Uighurs

UN Rights Chief Reports on Her Visit to China: What’s Wrong with This Picture?

tw — Sun, 29 May 2022 01:42:27 +0000

May 28, 2022

UN Rights Chief Reports on Her Visit to China: What’s Wrong with This Picture?

Government Accountability

Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, concludes her visit to China with a disappointing statement that betrays her mandate , as the world’s highest human rights authority, to “promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all human rights.” Bachelet...

UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China’s human rights crisis

mia — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:52:13 +0000

April 19, 2022

UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China’s human rights crisis

Joint Statements

Government Accountability

In anticipation of her upcoming visit to China, HRIC joins 59 human rights NGOs around the world in calling upon Michelle Bachelet to improve her office’s approach to addressing China’s human rights abuses. Among the NGOs’ requests are: release the long-delayed OHCHR report on Xinjiang, ensure the...

Joint Appeal on the Inclusion of Enforceable Human Rights Clauses in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

tw — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 23:36:43 +0000

January 13, 2021

Joint Appeal on the Inclusion of Enforceable Human Rights Clauses in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

Joint Statements

EU-China

In the Joint Appeal, HRIC joins 35 NGOs and labor unions around the world to express grave concerns that the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI)—reached between leaders of the two governments in December 2020—“sends a signal that the European Union will push for closer cooperation...

Joint Letter to Biden Administration: Make Human Rights a Priority in China Policy

tw — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:27:58 +0000

February 18, 2021

Joint Letter to Biden Administration: Make Human Rights a Priority in China Policy

Joint Statements

Government Accountability

HRIC joins 23 NGOs and individuals in urging the Biden Administration to prioritize human rights in U.S-China policy as the “scope and scale of human rights violations committed by the Chinese government inside and outside the country require a fundamental shift.” February 17, 2021 Joseph R. Biden...

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:...

HRIC joins 320 NGOs in global call for international human rights monitoring mechanisms on China

tw — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:15:48 +0000

September 9, 2020

HRIC joins 320 NGOs in global call for international human rights monitoring mechanisms on China

Open Letter

Government Accountability

An open letter to: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, UN Member States. We, the undersigned organizations, join together to call for an international mechanism to address the Chinese government’s human rights violations, and urge you to...

XUAR Government Notice on Strengthening the Management of Internet Information Security

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:22:03 +0000

April 17, 2015

XUAR Government Notice on Strengthening the Management of Internet Information Security

HRIC Featured Legal Resources

Uyghurs, Uighurs

On Christmas Eve in 2014, the government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (‘ XUAR ’) released this Notice on Strengthening the Management of Internet Information Security . The Notice requires Internet information service providers who serve users in the XUAR to give the government their...

Rebiya Kadeer

noc — Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:00:00 +0000

October 17, 2000

Rebiya Kadeer

China Rights Forum

Access to Justice

Rebiya Kadeer , once celebrated by the Chinese government as a model Uighur businesswoman, is now serving an eight year prison term for illegally passing intelligence outside of China. Kadeer, 54, was detained on August 11, 1999, on her way to meet a US Congressional Research Service delegation...