Relevant Links
- Urgent Action: China: Further information: Journalist’s health further deteriorated: Huang Qi (closes 30 January 2023)
- China: Government must not detain peaceful protesters as unprecedented demonstrations break out across the country
- China: Xi Jinping’s continued tenure as leader a disaster for human rights
- China: Unfair trials of prominent activists Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi an attack on freedom of association
- DEATH PENALTY 2021: STATE-SANCTIONED KILLINGS RISE AS EXECUTIONS SPIKE IN IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA (download report for information on China and other countries)
- TAKE ACTION: Protect the memory of the Tiananmen Square crackdown
- URGENT ACTION UPDATE: No Access to Family and Proper Medical Care for Huang Qi (closed)
- AI Report: China 2021
- URGENT ACTION UPDATE: Covid-19 Journalist Zhang Zhan Still Needs Medical Attention (closed)
- China: Lawyer Yu Wensheng must be granted true freedom after unjust imprisonment
- China: World must use Winter Olympics to demand human rights improvements
- Winter Olympics 2022 Global Day of Action – January 26
- URGENT ACTION: Tibetan Monk Rinchen Tsultrim held Incommunicado for 2 Years (closed)
- FIFTH URGENT ACTION UPDATE: Covid-19 journalist Zhang Zhan must be granted medical bail (action closed)
- URGENT ACTION UPDATE: Covid-19 Journalist Zhang Zhan at Risk of Dying in Prison (action closed)
- Release jailed Wuhan activist Zhang Zhan who is ‘close to death’ after hunger strike
- China: UN must act on Xinjiang atrocities after petition shows mass global outrage
- WHAT CHINA SAYS, WHAT CHINA MEANS, AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
- China: Authorities must immediately release imprisoned Changsha Funeng staff
- URGENT ACTION: Tibetan Monk Jailed for Online Messages (closed)
- Hong Kong: National Security Law has created a human rights emergency
- Press Release: Draconian Repression of Muslims in Xinjiang, China Amounts to Crimes Against Humanity
In the summer of 2019, the people of Hong Kong have repeatedly protested against a proposed extradition bill. The Hong Kong police used tear gas and pepper spray, and in some instances, guns firing bean bags and rubber bullets to disperse protesters including those remaining peaceful. Then on June 30, 2020, China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that entered into force in the territory the same day.
Mass detention camps began making their appearance locally in 2014, spreading rapidly throughout Xinjiang after the adoption of regional “Regulations on De-Extremification” in March 2017. The goal of these facilities appears to be replacement of religious affiliation and ethnic identity with secular, patriotic political allegiance. The Chinese government initially denied their existence, but their construction has been documented by recruitment and procurement documents and satellite imagery. Eventually, it acknowledged their existence but claimed that they were voluntary “vocational training centers.”