Journalist Gao Yu (高瑜), human rights lawyers Pu Zhiqiang 浦志强 and Tang Jingling (唐荆陵), signatories of Charter 08 could face harsher charges. # China # humanrightslawyer Pu Zhiqiang 浦志强 could face harsher charges: attorney http:// reut...

Updated on 24 November 2014 Activists in China have been detained for expressing support for the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. In total, 101 people have been detained since the Hong Kong protests began on 26 September. 50 remain in...

Contents Reprisals Against Activists Women Rights Defenders Face Reprisals Over UN CEDAW Review Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Mistreatment of Imprisoned Journalist Continues As UN Calls for His...

A number of Chinese citizens have faced reprisals for supporting the Hong Kong protests for universal suffrage, which began in September 2014. The occupation of several areas in the territory, including parts of its financial and...

Depriving medical treatment to individuals in custody is a life-threatening form of torture. Authorities’ failure or refusal to provide adequate medical care for detainees violates Chinese law and, among other international standards...