China holds one of the Gao Brothers over ‘insulting’ Mao sculptures
Gao Zhen is taken away in handcuffs shortly before his family was due to board a plane for New York....Read More
2024-09-04
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The US Department of State Yearly Report on Religious Freedom: Exemplary on China, Timid on Japan
The report, published on June 26, 2024, confirms last year’s attitude to persuasively denounce foes ...Read More
2024-07-01
China: ‘Malicious’ conviction of #MeToo and labour activists shows Beijing’s growing fear of dissent
Responding to the sentencing of Chinese #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin to five years in prison ...Read More
2024-06-14
Chengdu Early Rain Church Member Detained for Commemorating Tiananmen
Fu Lijun cautiously posted only music and a prayer on June 4. It was enough to go to jail. by Qi Jun...Read More
2024-06-11
Uyghur Stories: More than 5 Years in Jail Just for “Listening” to Criticism of the Authorities
Not to be accused of “illegal gatherings,” if you hear the regime criticized at a restaurant’s table...Read More
2024-05-23
China: Overseas students face harassment and surveillance in campaign of transnational repression
China-based family members of Chinese students in Europe and North America targeted in retaliation f...Read More
2024-05-14
Church of Almighty God: Two Stories of Torture in Chinese Jails
“Bitter Winter” publishes exclusive pictures and testimonies about the brutal abuse of female believ...Read More
2024-05-06
Uyghurs have highest rate of imprisonment in world: report
An estimated 1 in 26 Uyghurs have been jailed, accounting for a third of China’s prison population. ...Read More
2024-05-03
China Discovers a New “Cult,” “Fan Circle Culture”
The rhetoric of “xie jiao” and “brainwashing” is used to crack down on fan clubs of sport and entert...Read More
2024-03-28
China’s stability maintenance system kicks into high gear on ‘sensitive dates’
On politically significant calendar dates, the authorities take pre-emptive action against potential...Read More
2024-03-17
New Law: What Is Secret in China? It’s a Secret
The new Law on Guarding State Secrets comes into effect on May 1. It expands the field of secrets to...Read More
2024-03-07
Facebooker arrested as Vietnam’s internet crackdown continues
Police detained a social media user under a law that rights groups say is used to stifle freedom of ...Read More
2024-03-04
Wife of jailed free speech activist Wang Aizhong on ‘no fly’ list
Wang Henan says her employer is trying to force her out of her job, and has already slashed her inco...Read More
2024-02-27
Group launches legal center to fight China’s ‘long-arm’ enforcement
The center will teach lawyers, policymakers and journalists how to stop Beijing targeting its dissid...Read More
2024-02-20
China is the world’s worst jailer of journalists, CPJ says
Uyghurs make up almost half of the journalists jailed by China By Eugene Whong for RFA 2024.01.19 Wa...Read More
2024-01-20
Uyghur father jailed for 20 years for sending son abroad and for visiting Turkey
A village policeman confirms the arrest and jailing of Nuraxun Rozi. By Shohret Hoshur for RFA Uyghu...Read More
2024-01-02
A Letter from Hell: Tortured in a Sichuan Jail for Asking for More Drinking Water
Human rights activist Xie Junbiao continued to do in jail what he did outside: holding signs to prot...Read More
2023-12-29
Disbarred Chinese Rights Lawyers ‘Have No Regrets’ After Losing Licenses
Two Chinese rights lawyers struck off after speaking out about the cases of 12 Hong Kong activists j...Read More
2021-02-22
US President Biden Warns China of ‘Repercussions’ For Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
China will face “repercussions” if it continues to perpetrate human rights abuses against its people...Read More
2021-02-18
Rights Groups Denounce China For Blocking Democracy Activist’s Trip to US
TAINAN, TAIWAN – Rights groups and activists at home and abroad Friday denounced China for bar...Read More
2021-01-30
US Classifies China’s Policies Toward Uighurs as ‘Genocide’
WASHINGTON – In the final hours of the President Donald Trump’s administration, the United Sta...Read More
2021-01-21