Liu Xia’s Whereabouts Uncertain Ahead of Merkel’s China Trip
Pressure is mounting on Beijing to release the widow of late Nobel peace laureate and political pris...Read More
2018-05-22
Top Chinese Rights Lawyer Banned From Traveling to United States
Authorities in the Chinese capital have prevented a top human rights attorney from boarding a plane ...Read More
2018-05-04
China Puts 2008 Quake Victims’ Families Under House Arrest Ahead of Anniversary
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have placed families who lost children i...Read More
2018-05-02
Tianjin Police ‘Investigate’ Colleagues of Detained Human Rights Lawyer
Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin have launched an "investigation" into associates...Read More
2018-04-30
Prominent Uyghur Scholar Detained in Xinjiang Capital Urumqi: Official
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have detained prominent Uy...Read More
2018-04-26
Guards Beat Friends Who Brought Food to Disappeared Chinese Rights Lawyer’s Wife
The wife of "disappeared" human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang has been released from house arrest aft...Read More
2018-04-13
Rights Groups Slam China’s Televised ‘Confessions,’ Call for Sanctions on State Media
The group identified China Central Television (CCTV), including CCTV1, CCTV4, CGTN and CCTV13 as the...Read More
2018-04-12
China Aims for Near-Total Surveillance, Including in People’s Homes
By 2020, China will have completed its nationwide facial recognition and surveillance network, achie...Read More
2018-03-31
Chinese Police Charge Prominent Detained Rights Activist With Subversion
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu have charged a prominent rights activist with...Read More
2018-03-23
Activists’ Award Comes Amid Worsening Human Rights Climate in China
Chinese activists Chen Jianfang and Li Xiaoling have won a prestigious human rights award in memory ...Read More
2018-03-15