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Chinese Rights Activists Step Up Calls For Action Ahead of President’s Trip

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Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong, May 13, 2015.
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As Chinese President Xi Jinping gears up for his first state visit to the United States since assuming the presidency in 2013, calls are growing for U.S. and Chinese officials to make meaningful progress on human rights following a series of harsh crackdowns by his administration on critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

“Xi has presided over the detentions and imprisonment of Continue reading

China Reforms to Curb Torture Don’t Go Far Enough-Human Rights Watch

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Geng He, wife of China’s leading human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, speaks at a press conference in Washington, Sept. 9, 2014.
RFA
Measures introduced by China over the past six years to curb torture and mistreatment of criminal detainees have not done enough to reduce abuses, Continue reading