An Urgent Question on China’s human rights situation was tabled today in the UK parliament. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) welcomes today’s Urgent Question to the Government in the House of Commons concerning human rights in China, tabled by Fiona Bruce MP, Chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.
China Aid Association reports that Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been kidnapped by the authorities. China Aid Association has issued a report alleging that Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been kidnapped by the authorities, following the publication of interviews revealing that he was tortured in prison. Two interviews with Gao, recorded …
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CSW has asked Chinas President to allow North Korean refugees safe passage to a third country. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has today written to China’s President Xi Jinping to request that North Korean refugees are allowed safe passage to a third country. The letter has been sent to mark the Day of Action on behalf …
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United Nations human rights experts, the European Union, UK, US and other voices from the international community have expressed their concern regarding the detention of over 200 lawyers and activists in China since 10 July. On 16 July, five UN independent experts called on the Chinese authorities to stop harassing and intimidating lawyers and their …
Over 100 human right lawyers and activists have been detained, interrogated and forcibly disappeared across China since 10 July. As of 13 July, the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group estimates that 114 individuals have been targeted in the sweeping arrests. Those detained include human rights lawyers and activists, but also relatives of lawyers and …
On 8 June, Chinas Office of the State Council issued a white paper praising the tremendous achievements China has made in its human rights endeavours in 2014. However, recent and ongoing human rights violations, including restrictions on religious communities, contradict many of the authors’ assertions. The paper, entitled Progress in China’s Human Rights in 2014, …
A year on from the demolition of Sanjiang Church in Chinas Zhejiang Province as part of a campaign by the provincial government, crosses are still being removed from churches in the province, while eight Christians have been found guilty of charges related to organising meetings for Sanjiang church members. The 3,000-member Sanjiang Church was demolished …
A new interactive timeline released by CSW charts a year of church demolitions in Zhejiang province. The timeline collates over 400 reports of incidents related to whole or partial demolitions of churches or church-run buildings in China’s Zhejiang Province in 2014. Reports of the following incidents are included in the timeline: • Whole or partial demolition …
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