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The Crisis in Hong Kong: Xi Jinping Loots a Burning House
Under siege at home and abroad, Xi Jinping, the helmsman of the Communist Party of China, decided he may as well go all out, wage a war against whatever may come while other countries are preoccupied, and settle the Hong Kong question once and for all…
June 25, 2020
HRIC Commentary
Gao Wenqian
A Tribute to Xu Zhiyong: Rights Advocate and Public Intellectual
Xu Zhiyong wrote in his seminal essay in 2012: “China Needs a New Citizens Movement”: “China needs a new citizens movement. This movement is a political movement in which this ancient nation bids utter farewell to authoritarianism and completes the civilized transformation to constitutional...
June 5, 2020
Statement
Xu Zhiyong
Onslaught of “Rule of Law” with Chinese Characteristics on Hong Kong
On Thursday, May 21, authorities in Beijing announced a draft Decision to formulate and enact national security legislation prohibiting four identified security threats in Hong Kong: secession, subversion of state power, terrorism, and foreign interference. The move contravenes requirement in...
May 23, 2020
Statement
Wang Quanzhang: Released from Prison but " Still Serving his Sentence"
Wang Quanzhang ( 王全璋) , a lawyer in custody since the “709” crackdown in 2015, was supposedly released from prison on April 5, 2020. But instead of being allowed to go home to Beijing, Wang was sent to Jinan ostensibly for a 14-day quarantine. But by April 23, he had still not been allowed to...
April 23, 2020
Citizens' Square
Li Wenzu
  • 15 arrested pro dem figures collage (Photo: Courtesy Hong Kong Free Press)
Escalating Attacks on Hong Kong's Rule of Law and Freedoms
The arrests of 15 pro-democracy activists on Saturday, April 18 marked a sharp turning point in the protest movement that has engulfed the city for nearly a full year. Taking place amidst a global pandemic and renewed calls for enactment of Article 23 national security law, this campaign targeted...
April 21, 2020
Statement
Strongly Urging the CPC Central Committee to Set up a Special Case Team for Four Henan Farmer Petitioners Who Lost Land
The " Beijing News " reported on January 16, 2020 that a court in Henan upheld a lower court’s “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” conviction of three Henan farmers in connection with their petitioning activities. Lu Dachun, a veteran petitioner and rights activist, questions why the farmers...
January 20, 2020
Citizens' Square
Entering the New Year in Handcuffs: An Account of Being Taken into Custody on New Year's Eve
Li Qiaochu ( 李翘楚 ), the girlfriend of New Citizens Movement advocate Xu Zhiyong ( 许志永) , posted an article on Twitter describing the police search of Xu’s home and her home in Beijing on New Year's Eve. When officers came to search Xu’s home, Li was there but Xu was not. Afterwards, they took Li to...
January 9, 2020
Citizens' Square
Ding Jiaxi
Hong Kong SAR Government Must Ensure Effective De-escalation of Dangerous Police Action at PolyU
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,...
November 17, 2019
HRIC Bulletin
Bank Account Frozen, Complaints Going Nowhere, Difficulty in Getting By: An Account by Cheng Yuan's wife, Shi Minglei, Who is “Under Suspicion of Subversion of State Power”
Shi Minglei, wife of the arrested public interest activist Cheng Yuan, has been put under residential surveillance for 50 days already, on suspicion of “subversion of state power.” Without presenting any evidence, to date, to support their criminal allegations against Shi, the authorities have...
September 10, 2019
Citizens' Square
Open letter on the rule of law in China
Across the People’s Republic of China, human rights violations are a systemic reality. Over the past year, the UN has once again documented legal and policy frameworks that fail to protect against discrimination; stigmatise Islam and stifle freedom of religious belief; undermine a wide range of...
September 9, 2019
Joint Statements

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