Following Safeguard Defenders investigation of a secret agreement signed by Swiss authorities with the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS), and our publishing of that agreement, Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) have responded with more verbal acrobatics and misleading statements. Read More →
There’s a new way in China that police are disappearing human rights defenders and it’s totally outside the law. They are taking away their names. Our brand new report, China’s Vanishing Suspects, out today and the first in a three-part seriesRead More →
It seems inconceivable that any western European country would give Chinese security and intelligence agents unfettered access inside its borders. In late August this year, it became clear that Switzerland had done exactly that. In what is usually a standardRead More →
The human rights situation in Tibet and Tibetan-populated areas of western Chinese provinces continued to deteriorate this year, with many Tibetans detained arbitrarily or held as political prisoners, and others disappearing in custody with no word on their whereabouts givenRead More →
Beijing has confirmed that it is drafting a list of pro-independence advocates in Taiwan, a move that some observers say reveals the Chinese government’s intention to criminalize what it calls “Taiwan secessionists” after an anti-secession example had been set recentlyRead More →
A Hong Kong court ruling has strengthened calls to establish an independent mechanism for complaints against the police amid intense outcry at home and abroad over alleged arbitrary arrests and excessive police use of force. Once regarded as Asia’s finest,Read More →
A woman locked up in a psychiatric hospital by authorities in Hunan province for splashing ink on a poster of ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping in a social media protest has spoken out against her incarceration followingRead More →
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is demanding the Chinese government delete a “repugnant” tweet of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. The doctored image appears to shows an Australian soldier murdering a child. It follows a report last week that foundRead More →
It’s not the U.S. only. From Canada to Europe, politicians and security experts urge actions against China’s human rights violations and dreams of global dominance. by Ruth Ingram Atrocities meted out against Uyghurs have been branded the “most pressing humanRead More →
An expansion of the “Sharp Eyes” project, the new CCP’s scheme offers residents surveillance cameras inside and outside their homes. But to what end? by Zhao Mingzhe A part of the “Sharp Eyes” project, launched in 2018 to monitor residents inRead More →
In recent years, a growing number of college professors in China have been dismissed, fired, even arrested and sentenced to prison terms after being turned in to authorities by classroom informants for “inappropriate speech.” Analysts say the worrying trend ofRead More →
Authorities in Beijing have stepped up the seriousness of the charges against Chinese literary figure Geng Xiaonan, who riled the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by expressing public support for former Tsinghua University professor Xu Zhangrun, a vocal critic ofRead More →
Among the gloomy news coming out of Hong Kong is a bright spot: on November 19, the Hong Kong High Court ruled that the government had violated its Bill of Rights by not providing an independent mechanism for complaints aboutRead More →
Police in Hong Kong have charged eight pro-democracy lawmakers and activists with violating privilege laws at a May 8 scuffle in the city’s Legislative Council (LegCo), under legislation that was originally intended to protect lawmakers’ right to speak freely. WestRead More →
Hong Kong’s national security police are planning a hotline that will encourage the city’s seven million residents to inform on alleged breaches of a draconian new law that criminalizes peaceful criticism of the authorities. Hongkongers will be asked to contact theRead More →
Authorities in Hong Kong have charged 19-year-old pro-independence activist Tony Chung with “secession” under a draconian national security law that took effect in the city on July 1. “Chung has been officially charged on one count of ‘secession,’ one countRead More →
More than 200 facial recognition cameras were installed in churches and temples in one Jiangxi Province county. This alarming practice is spreading across China. by Yang Luguang Religious venues in Jiangxi Province’s Poyang county, which has a large population ofRead More →
Activists and advocates of the 1989 student protest, which was violently crushed by the regime, continue to be monitored and suppressed to this day. by Zhao Mingzhe According to some calculations, about 10,000 people were killed during the Tiananmen Square ProtestRead More →
The new teaching materials are one more tool to indoctrinate China’s youth by promoting Maoism and slating Western democratic values. by Sun Kairui Since the start of the school year in 2019, all primary and middle schools across China have startedRead More →
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan are stepping up pressure on detained dissident poet Wang Zang to confess to “subversion” charges, after his wife Wang Li was sent to hospital from a police detention center. Police in Yunnan’sRead More →
China’s ambassador to Canada has warned that Ottawa’s granting of political asylum to democracy activists fleeing a national security crackdown on Hong Kong could put some 300,000 Canadians in the city at risk. “We strongly urge the Canadian side notRead More →
