Dr Yang Jianli, a US-based Chinese democracy activist, arrives in the UK tomorrow as part of a visit hosted by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) to the UK and Brussels, where he will address the European Parliament’s Subcommittee hearing on Human Rights in China on 6 December. Dr Yang will focus on Freedom of Religion or …
Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng reportedly escaped house arrest in Dongshigu village in Shandong province, on Sunday 22 April, and is now safe in Beijing, according to China Aid. News agencies report that in a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, released following his escape, Chen Guangcheng makes a number of demands, including that …
Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who is currently in prison in China’s Xinjiang province, was allowed a visit from his brother and father-in-law on Saturday 24 March, according to Associated Press. Gao had not been seen since April 2010. However, in December 2011 the authorities announced that he had been sentenced to three years …
At today’s official ceremony to award the Dutch Government’s Human Rights Defenders Tulip Prize for 2011 to Chinese legal activist Ni Yulan, the chair of the jury stressed the importance of highlighting China’s human rights record in spite of economic considerations. Ms Cisca Dresselhuys, Chair of the Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award 2011 Jury, said, …
Chinese legal activist, Ni Yulan, has been announced as the winner of the 2011 Dutch Government’s Human Rights Defenders Tulip Prize. She was nominated by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and China Aid. Ni Yulan’s work as a housing rights activist, defending Beijing residents whose homes were demolished to make way for the 2008 Olympics, resulted …
