(Washington, D.C.—May 22, 2017) The wives of several prominent Chinese human rights activists testified to the abuses China’s government enacted against their families in front of a congressional subcommittee on Thursday, spotlighting some of the most significant human rights violations over the last few years.
(Beijing—May 23, 2017) The youngest legal assistant arrested as part of a nationwide crackdown on human rights recently broke her silence to write an emotional letter to colleagues imprisoned with her, describing the enormous burden of the torture they endured and inviting them to join with her to end China’s abuses.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel as well as European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker must substantively raise serious human rights concerns during the upcoming visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Berlin, Germany and Brussels, Belgium from May 31 to June 2.
Tibetisches Zentrum für Menschenrechte und Demokratie (TCHRD), www.tchrd.org, 20. Mai 2017
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Taiwanese activist arrested for alleged subversion in mainland China
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2017
Guo Feixiong will soon be transferred to a prison again. His sister, after visiting him, conveyed his wishes: “I demand that in prison, [I] will have books to read, won’t have to kneel down, won’t be forced to perform labor, and won’t be beaten.”
