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Jared Genser: The Detention of Wu Zeheng

Washington — In recent years, using new laws targeting so-called “evil cults,” Chinese President Xi Jinping and his government have arrested, tried, convicted, and imprisoned a wide array of religious leaders viewed as a threat to the one-party system. In a stinging decision that has just been made public, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention decided the Chinese government’s detention of one such Buddhist leader Wu Zeheng is arbitrary and in violation of international law, urging his case be resolved. Wu, who had spoken out repeatedly against the Chinese government’s repression of religious practice, received a life sentence for his activities in October 2015. Continue reading

UN Working Group Finds China Is Arbitrarily Detaining American Citizen

Seong -Phil Hong, Chairperson Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbitrary detention during of the 30th regular Session at the Human Rights Council. 14 September 2015. UN Photo / Jean-Marc FerrŽ

Seong -Phil Hong, Chairperson Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbitrary detention during of the 30th regular Session at the Human Rights Council. 14 September 2015. UN Photo / Jean-Marc FerrŽ

In a recently released opinion, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found that China has arbitrarily deprived Sandy Phan-Gillis, an American citizen, of liberty because she has been denied access to counsel and not been brought before a judicial authority. See WGAD, Communication Concerning Phan (Sandy) Phan-Gillis, Opinion No. 12/2016 (People’s Republic of China), 3 June 2015, UN Doc. A/HRC/WGAD/2016. Continue reading

UN anger after Thailand deports ‘Chinese dissidents’

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17 November 2015

Jiang Yefei (pictured) and Dong Guangping had criticised China’s government

The United Nations has criticised Thailand for deporting two people who had been given refugee status by the organisation.

The two are thought to be the Chinese dissidents, Jiang Yefei and Dong Guangping, who had fled to Thailand with their families.

The pair had previously Continue reading

Rights Lawyers in China Routinely Face Abuse, Report Says

By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ  NOV. 12, 2015

BEIJING — Legal activists and those suspected of crimes in China are routinely abused and mistreated at the hands of law enforcement officials, a report released on Thursday by Amnesty International found, despite recent efforts by the government to crack down on inhumane judicial practices.

The report found that much of the abuse is directed at lawyers, who have come under increasing pressure amid a vigorous campaign by President Xi Jinping to rein in dissent Continue reading

Rights Groups Criticize Xi Participation in UN Women’s Summit

A63136D0-8DF5-4CA3-98B6-0DDDD9773841_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy5_cw0Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, attends the Sustainable Development Summit 2015, Sept. 26, 2015 at United Nations headquarters.
Saibal Dasgupta, William Ide

Last updated on: September 26, 2015 8:03 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday addresses a United Nations conference on gender equality, an event which has drawn criticism because of his government’s policies that Continue reading

China: Government Should Account for Activist’s Detention, Death UN Human Rights Council Should Press Government for Answers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

 

(New York) ­– On the second anniversary of Chinese activist Cao Shunli’s arbitrary detention in Beijing, United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) member states should press Continue reading