TAGS: Individuals at Risk, Security with Human Rights, Urgent Action Network • Censorship and Free Speech, Gender-based Discrimination, Human Rights Defenders, Illegal and Indefinite Detention, LGBT Rights, Right to Organize, Security and Human Rights, Torture, Violence Against Women, Women, Peace and Security, Women's Health, Sexual and Reproductive Rights • Asia and the Pacific, China •
Good News! – China: Five Women Rights Activists Released on Bail (UA 54/15)
April 15, 2015
Five women rights activists detained after planning events to mark International Women’s Day were released on bail on 13 April. This follows a huge outcry about their detention both in China and internationally, which it is believed played a major role in their release.