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Search ArticlesCHRD joins call to guarantee Huang Xueqin's freedom after release - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
September 17, 2026 60 rights groups call on Chinese authorities to release Huang and ensure she faces no further restrictions Full statement below: As journalist and prominent #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin approaches the end of her unjust five-year prison sentence, we, the undersigned civil society organizations, call on the Chinese authorities to ensure her immediate release and guarantee that, once released, she can carry out her journalism and human rights work without surveillance,...
An Open Letter to Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
September 16, 2026 September 16, 2026 An open letter to Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping Re: Human rights improvements ahead of September 24, 2026 visit to Washington, DC We, the undersigned organizations dedicated to protecting and promoting human rights, democracy, and religious freedom, write on the occasion of your forthcoming visit to Washington, DC.
China: New Report Finds Torture “Swept Under the Rug” - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
September 16, 2026 (中文版本) Widespread abuses against prisoners of conscience; no disciplinary action against perpetrators (Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 16, 2026) — Chinese authorities torture and ill-treat prisoners of conscience with near-total impunity, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders said today in a new report.
新出炉研究报告揭露中国政府对酷刑“欲盖弥彰” - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
September 16, 2026 (English Version) 良心犯普遍遭酷刑；施害者免受处罚 （人权捍卫者网络，2026年9月16日）——人权捍卫者网络（CHRD）今天发布的研究报告显示，中国政府官员对狱中良心犯施加酷刑和虐待，却几乎完全逃避罪责。这份长达53页的报告题为《欲盖弥彰：中国政府杜绝酷刑的制度性失败》。报告分析了从2016年至2025年十年期间全国各地发生的209起涉嫌酷刑的案例，以及对25名获释良心犯、家属和律师的访谈，发现警方和监狱管理人员持续普遍使用酷刑，通常是为了刑讯逼供，政府有关部门基本没有对受害者、家属和律师的酷刑指控展开调查、追究罪责。 “中国政府持续依赖酷刑，这并非仅仅来自于法律或程序上的漏洞，而是一种政治选择，”人权捍卫者网络联席执行主任苏菲·理查森（Sophie Richardson）表示。“当局年复一年漠视法规里的各项防止酷刑的保障措施，几乎等于放任全国各地警察、法院和政府官员施行酷刑并逍遥法外。”...
China: Repression Deepens as Abuses Go Unaddressed at UN - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
August 31, 2026 Four years after landmark report, Human Rights Council should act on mass violations (Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — August 31, 2026) — The United Nations and member states can reverse deepening Chinese government impunity for human rights violations by addressing allegations of crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs, CHRD said today.
艺术家高兟因创作讽刺毛泽东雕塑获刑三年 - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
August 26, 2026 By 郭莉莉 Originally published by 纽约时报中文网 on August 26, 2026 https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20260826/china-artist-gao-zhen-jailed-mao-sculpture 高兟、高强和他们的作品《下跪忏悔的毛》，2009年摄于北京。 Shiho Fukada for The New York Times 据高兟妻子透露，中国一家法院周二判处这位已移居纽约的著名艺术家三年有期徒刑，理由是他曾在逾15年前创作了涉嫌亵渎毛泽东的雕塑。 …… 非营利组织“中国人权捍卫者”的研究员谢恩·易（音）表示，通过将矛头对准高兟，中国当局借机向海外中国公民发出警告：无论他们身处国外还是回到中国，国家对他们依然拥有管辖权。 他说：“但无论哪种动机占主导：一个人因为他的艺术创作而被关押了两年，而且他的妻子和身为美国公民的幼子在此期间一直被禁止离开中国。” ……
高兟案判決結果周二公布：高兟因“損害英雄烈士榮譽”被判刑三年 - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
August 25, 2026 一家人權組織向法新社證實：中國藝術家高兟因創作針對中國前領導人毛澤東的諷刺性雕塑，被控“損害英雄烈士名譽和榮譽”，周二（8月25日）被判處三年有期徒刑。 https://www.rfi.fr/tw/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B/20260825-%E9%AB%98%E5%85%9F%E6%A1%88%E5%88%A4%E6%B1%BA%E7%B5%90%E6%9E%9C%E5%91%A8%E4%BA%8C%E5%85%AC%E5%B8%83-%E9%AB%98%E5%85%9F%E5%9B%A0-%E6%90%8D%E5%AE%B3%E8%8B%B1%E9%9B%84%E7%83%88%E5%A3%AB%E6%A6%AE%E8%AD%BD-%E8%A2%AB%E5%88%A4%E5%88%91%E4%B8%89%E5%B9%B4 高兟被關押一年半後，被控「侵害英烈名譽罪」案 3月30日秘密開庭審訊，暫未裁決。 © 高強供圖 © 高強供圖...
Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering ‘heroes and martyrs’ - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
August 25, 2026 By Danny Vincent in Taipei Originally published by The Guardian on August 26, 2026 Gao Zhen sentenced to three years in prison after already spending two years in detention https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/25/artist-gao-zhen-sculptures-mao-zedong-jailed-china Artist Gao Zhen in 2019.
Chinese dissident artist jailed for 3 years over Mao sculptures, family and rights group say - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
August 25, 2026 By Laurie Chen Originally published by Reuters on August 25, 2026 https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-dissident-artist-jailed-3-years-over-mao-sculptures-family-rights-group-2026-08-25 Security cameras are attached to a pole in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, near the Great Hall of the People where the 18th National Party Congress (NPC) is currently being held, November 11, 2012.
How China turned the ‘war on terror’ against the Uyghurs - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
August 20, 2026 By Patrick Poon Originally published by UCA News on August 20, 2026 25 years after 9/11, activists say Beijing has used counterterrorism policies to suppress their faith, culture and identity https://www.ucanews.com/news/how-china-turned-the-war-on-terror-against-the-uyghurs/114847 Activists from Amnesty International hold placards as they march during a demonstration in support of the Uyghurs, on the sidelines of the Chinese President’s two-day state visit in France, in...