Li Wenzu, rights activist and wife of detained Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, has won a European human rights award for her “exceptional contribution” to the protection and promotion of human rights. Li received the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law on her husband’s behalf from the French and German ambassadors […]
Writing for Bitter Winter is a crime in China. 45 of our reporters were arrested. 20 are still in custody but we don’t know where – actually, we cannot even confirm they are alive. by Marco Respinti From August to December 2018, 45 Bitter Winter’s contributors have been arrested in China for reporting the truth on religious persecution and the […]
Authorities in the Chinese capital detained and questioned a group of rights activists en route to the U.S. embassy in Beijing to participate in an event marking Human Rights Day on Tuesday, RFA has learned. Wang Heying and a group of fellow petitioners — people pursuing complaints against misconduct and rights violations by the ruling Chinese Communist Party — […]
Richard Chan, a 48-year-old businessman who made headlines after being pepper-sprayed during protests at Hong Kong’s international airport has quit the boardroom to involve himself in the city’s political life full time. He spoke to RFA’s Mandarin Service about his support for the five demands of the six-month-old protest movement, and his recent election to the District Council: RFA: You […]
The new law is a tougher version of a bill passed last September in Senate. It still needs Senate and President Trump’s approval—and a look at context. by Massimo Introvigne On December 3, the U.S. House of Representatives passed with an overwhelming majority (407 votes in favor, only one against) the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019. It […]
Sentence Defies Previous Legal Promises by the Police 12/03/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Qin Derfu, an elder from Sichuan’s Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) who has been detained since last December, was sentenced to four years in prison for “illegal business” on November 29. The sentencing took place four […]