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Quite extraordinary. Police in China seem to be extending the scope of transnational repression to labour activism overseas.
The Rights Practice, and 25 other civil society organisations, call on UN Human Rights Chief to use his 27 February address to Human Rights Council to detail his office’s efforts to investigate alleged Chinese government crimes against humanity. tinyurl.com/muabfeyu @chrdnet.bsky.social
🔴 At #HRC61, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights #VolkerTürk should address #Beijing ’s deepening repression.
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Appalled by the conviction of the father of Hong Kong WHRD Anna Kwok, in what appears to be clear retaliation for her human rights work carried out in exile. #China's relentless pursuit of HRDs at home & abroad must be taken into account by states considering ever closer ties with it.
.@hrw's response to the conviction of Anna Kwok's father under Hong Kong's draconian national security law for "attempting to deal with the funds of an absconder" - an alarming act of collective punishment.
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"EU deplores the heavy prison sentence of 20 years imposed on British citizen and media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai by the Hong Kong High Court. The EU reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of Jimmy Lai, also in consideration of his advanced age and health condition"
Vindictive though sadly not unexpected.
"I remain deeply concerned for Mr Lai’s health, and I again call on Hong Kong authorities to end his appalling ordeal and release him on humanitarian grounds, so that he may be reunited with his family."
UK Foreign Secretary: British National Jimmy Lai was today sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for exercising his right to freedom of expression, following a politically motivated prosecution. www.gov.uk/government/n...
1/ Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is set to be sentenced over national security charges: Live: buff.ly/0Qqsnrh
Matthias Kauffman, Deputy Head of the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao, arrived with other consulate officials at the courthouse at around 8.40am to witness proceedings.
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been jailed for 20 years following his foreign collusion and sedition conviction. In full: buff.ly/6FeYWmm
#China: Two journalists - Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao - have been detained because of their reporting, which looked into corruption by a senior official. This is the kind of public-interest reporting that journalists are supposed to do. They should be released immediately.
❗Lawyer #ZhangWenpeng faces trial Feb. 2 for picking quarrels. Detained since Sept. 2024, he allegedly endured torture. A court in Sanya will also try #XuZongpin on the same charge.
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UN experts warn forced labour targeting Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and #Tibetan communities persists, driven by state “labour transfer” schemes. Coercion may amount to crimes against humanity.
Tibet: estimates near 650,000 labour transfers in 2024.
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UN experts alarmed by reports of forced labour of Uyghur, Tibetan and other minorities across China - "In many cases, the coercive elements are so severe that they may amount to forcible transfer and/or enslavement as a crime against humanity." tinyurl.com/4rj58fwk
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❗Police raided former NGO leader #ChengYuan 's home in Beihai on Dec 20, detaining him for 6hrs of questioning about #ZionChurch and donations. They seized books he borrowed from detained founding pastor #EzraJin. Cheng was released from prison in July 2024.
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On 15 December 2025, we signed a joint letter, along with 32 other organisations, to Keir Starmer MP, Prime Minister of UK, to urge him to do everything in his power to secure the release of British citizen Jimmy Lai. tinyurl.com/mr2fcjnx
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Strong statement from the Foreign Secretary and all sides of the House on the politically motivated prosecution of British citizen Jimmy Lai.
But what action will be taken?
#CHRD condemns the verdict against #HK pro-democracy activist #JimmyLai.
"When there's no chance of a verdict other than guilty, it's not a credible trial. #HK courts should have quashed the charges. Instead they proved complicity with 🇨🇳's anti-#RuleOfLaw regime,"said @sophiedrich.bsky.social.
3/ In China, individuals who speak out continue to be exposed to harassment, intimidation and surveillance and subjected to exit bans, house arrest, torture and ill-treatment, unlawful detention, sentencing and enforced disappearance.
2/ In China, the suppression of freedom of expression and access to information persists through censorship, intimidation, and surveillance of journalists and media workers. Arrests, detention, prosecution and sentencing of journalists are of particular concern.
1/ On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2025, EU Delegation of China statement: EU strongly encourages China to uphold rule of law and to guarantee fair trials and due process for all. They also reiterate call for abolition of the death penalty in all cases and all circumstances. tinyurl.com/2r6rmvte
⌛️#HumanRightsDay Countdown: Lawyer #DingJiaxi is serving a 12-yr sentence for advocating #RuleOfLaw and civil rights in 🇨🇳. His wife, activist #SophieLuo, has repeatedly raised the alarm over being denied her right to communicate with him.
🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...
3/ Human rights are ATTAINABLE - They begin with us, in small, everyday choices we make: treating others with respect a& speaking up against unfairness. But they also depend on collective action, when communities & nations come together to demand justice & equality #OurEveryDayRights #HumanRightsDay
2/ Human rights are ESSENTIAL - They are the essentials we all share, the common ground that unites us across differences of race, gender, belief, or background. In a world of uncertainty, human rights remain our everyday constants.
1/ Tomorrow, 10 December 2025, is Human Rights Day. The theme is to reaffirm the values of human rights and show that they remain a winning proposition for humanity.
Human rights are POSITIVE - They don’t only protect, they also bring joy, happiness and safety into daily life.
💡 #China authorities moved human rights defender and journalist #ZhangZhan to #Shanghai Women's Prison while not disclosing her appeal outcome & denying her access to family and lawyer. The court sentenced her to 4 years for picking quarrels in Sept.
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On 30 October 2025, The Rights Practice and six other organisations issued a joint statement expressing grave concern about reports that lawyer Zhang Wenpeng has been tortured while in arbitrary detention in China.
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