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Fears Grow For Detained Chinese Activist ‘Cut Off From Supply of Medicine’

August 14, 2018

Concerns are growing over the health of a detained rights activist in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, who has been held for nearly two years in pretrial detention.Ge Jueping was among a group of at least nine rights activists Read More...

China Tries Veteran Rights Activist for Subversion, Detains Supporters

August 8, 2018

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei tried a veteran rights activist for subversion on Tuesday after holding him for 20 months in pretrial detention.

Shanghai Woman Missing, Believed Detained After Inking Poster of President

July 6, 2018

A woman in Shanghai was incommunicado on Thursday after uniformed men visited her apartment on the same day that she streamed live video of herself splashing ink on a poster of Chinese president Xi Jinping to social media.

Friends, Family of ‘Suicide’ Activist Under House Arrest in China’s Hunan

June 8, 2018

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hunan have placed under house arrest the friends and family of Li Wangyang, a veteran labor activist who died in police custody six years ago, RFA has learned.

Carlos Iglesias: See Through the CCP’s True Face and Listen to Persecuted Christians’ Experiences

June 7, 2018

As far as is known publicly, the CCP has been persecuting Protestantism, Catholicism and other religious groups and trampling on human rights from the moment it came into power. Particularly after Xi Jinping came to power, the CCP started fully Read More...

Chinese Police Charge Prominent Detained Rights Activist With Subversion

March 23, 2018

Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu have charged a prominent rights activist with subversion after detaining her last month on a lesser charge of "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble."

China Places Outspoken Dissidents Under House Arrest Ahead of Parliament

March 2, 2018

Authorities in Beijing have placed a number of high-profile dissidents and rights activists under close surveillance in the wake of an announcement by the ruling Chinese Communist Party that it plans to remove limits to leaders' terms in office.

Amnesty International Launches Signature Campaign to Support Chinese Human Rights Defenders

February 20, 2018

ADHRRF – On February 18, 2018, the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Amnesty International Spain held an activity at Plaza de Callao to collect signatures for five Chinese human rights defenders, Liu Xia, Wang Quanzhang, Jiang Tianyong, Read More...

Diplomats Visit Activists, Family of Detained Lawyer Over Chinese New Year

February 16, 2018

Diplomats from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other countries have been visiting activists and dissidents’ families in and around the capital, including veteran rights activist Hu Jia, the wife of detained rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, and Read More...

Nanjing Activist Stands Trial on Public Order Charges After Massacre Protest

February 10, 2018

Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu have tried a Nanjing-based activist after he staged a public memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre on the 28th anniversary last June 4.

Wife of Taiwan NGO Worker Jailed by China Takes Campaign to Europe

February 10, 2018

The wife of a Taiwanese rights activist and NGO worker jailed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party for subversion last year is in Brussels in a bid to put more pressure on Beijing for his better treatment in prison and Read More...

‘Spying’ Case of Veteran Chinese Rights Activist Moves Closer to Trial

February 2, 2018

Authorities in southwestern China’s Sichuan province have moved to try a prominent rights activist on state secrets charges following multiple delays to his case after losing a key member of his defense team, and amid growing concerns for his health Read More...

Wife, Son of Jailed Chinese Dissident Arrive in U.S. After ‘Covert’ Escape

December 26, 2017

The wife of jailed rights activist Zhang Haitao, a critic of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group, has landed with the couple’s young child in the United States after fleeing China via Thailand, Read More...