2021年1月21日下午，在與外界失去聯繫392天之後，北京「新公民運動」發起人丁家喜終於獲准在山東省臨沂市臨沭縣看守所通過視頻遠程會見了其代理律師彭劍。丁家喜告知律師，在山東煙臺被指定居所監視期間遭受酷刑，長期遭剝奪睡眠，其中有7天7夜由5名警員輪流審訊；有半個月，每頓飯只是四分之一個饅頭；還有一周，被限制飲水，每天僅600毫升。 2019年12月初，許志永、丁家喜等公民和律師在廈門聚會，討論時政，分享推動公民社會建設的經驗；12月26日當局對參與和涉及此次聚會的人士展開抓捕，指其涉嫌煽動顛覆國家政權或尋釁滋事，丁家喜當日在北京被山東警方帶走，被指定居所監視居住。...

Sharon Hom: “An agreement without human rights clauses or obligations in effect provides a blank check for an authoritarian regime and, frankly, leaves the companies to their own devices to address, ignore, or be complicit in human rights violations.”

In the Joint Appeal, HRIC joins 35 NGOs and labor unions around the world to express grave concerns that the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI)—reached between leaders of the two governments in December 2020—“sends a signal that the European Union will push for closer cooperation...

HRIC joins 23 NGOs and individuals in urging the Biden Administration to prioritize human rights in U.S-China policy as the “scope and scale of human rights violations committed by the Chinese government inside and outside the country require a fundamental shift.” February 17, 2021 Joseph R. Biden...

Guo Feixiong ( 郭飞雄 ) , well-known Chinese human rights activist, was stopped at the Shanghai Pudong Airport on January 28 while en route to the United States to care for his ailing wife. The authorities reportedly cited “ suspicion of endangering national security " as the reason. Guo has begun a...

GUO FEIXIONG: URGENT APPEAL TO HIGHEST CHINESE LEADERS Chairman Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman Li Zhanshu, Your Public Servants: I am Yang Maodong, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, and my pseudonym is Guo Feixiong. I am a free idealist and human rights worker dedicated to...