"Slavery-like" working conditions have been uncovered at the Chinese EV maker's factory site in Brazil, casting a spotlight on the standards maintained by Chinese companies outsourcing workers at foreign locations.
Responding to the rejection of Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng’s appeal against his three-year prison sentence for “inciting subversion of state power”, Amnesty...
Tibetan lawmakers in exile condemn China's sanctions on two Canadian civil society organizations and 20 individuals, including the Uyghur rights project.
Tibetan Sikyong Mr Penpa Tsering has accused China of targeting Tibetan voices in free societies following its announcement of sanctions on Dec 24 against...
Uyghur-American activists have hailed the inclusion of critical measures in the 2025 US defence spending bill, which aims to address the ongoing repression of...
Uyghur-American activists have welcomed the 2025 U.S. defense spending bill’s inclusion of key laws aimed at the repression of Uyghurs in China, including one...
China on Friday warned the United States it did "not tolerate interference" after the US State Department called Hong Kong's announcement of bounties on...
The Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) released its annual report on December 20, highlighting severe human rights violations in Tibet. The report indicates a lack...
On the 40th anniversary of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, members of the UK House of Lords engaged in a heated debate about the government's stance on China,...
China announced countermeasures against two Canadian organizations and 20 affiliated individuals on Saturday. This decision, published in a statement on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website,...
Today, 19 December, marks 40 years since the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984, which laid out the conditions for the July 1997 British...
A decade ago, the elegant cobblestone streets of Macau's Tap Seac Square were jam-packed with people clamouring for change and government accountability -- the high-water mark for the former Portuguese colony's political awakening.
By Olivia Enos
Introduction
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has placed hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Chinese citizens behind bars as political prisoners. The...
On International Human Rights Day, a protest was organized outside the Chinese Embassy in Vienna, as Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Chinese Christians came together to demand an end to systemic oppression by the Chinese Communist...
The United States unveiled trade restrictions Tuesday on eight companies, including two Chinese firms and several from Russia, alleging human rights violations.
The China-based companies...
Renewable energy advocates have praised China’s record-breaking solar plant, but few have confronted a dark reality: It’s built in Xinjiang, the Uyghur homeland.
On International Human Rights Day, the European Union (EU) issued a strong statement expressing deep concerns over ongoing human rights violations in China, particularly...
The end of November marked the second anniversary of China’s “white paper” protest movement against COVID lockdowns in 2022. Triggered by a fire in Xinjiang that...
G7 Foreign Ministers and the EU High Representative expressed concerns over human rights violations in China, highlighting repression in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and condemned Beijing's erosion...
German car giant VW said that it would sell its factory and test track in Xinjiang for "economic reasons." China has been accused of using forced labor from ethnic Uyghurs in the region.
Volkswagen is reportedly set to sell its facility in Xinjiang, China, in an agreement with its Chinese partner SAIC Motors. According to The Financial Times,...
Civic space in China is rated as ‘closed’ by the CIVICUS Monitor. China’s authoritarian state ruled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has systemically repressed fundamental...
In an escalation of state control, China has tightened its grip on citizens’ fundamental right to travel abroad, implementing a web of restrictions that...
Labour's attempts to normalise relations with China ignore human rights concerns and are economically pointless, experts warn.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy is set to be...
In Peru last weekend, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly told President Joe Biden that U.S. human rights advocacy was now a “red line” Beijing considers off...
Donald Trump has nominated Marco Rubio, a noted hawk on China, for US secretary of state. The Florida senator is also known for his advocacy of human rights in Southeast Asia.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer had barely registered the U.K.’s concerns with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the plight of a jailed newspaper publisher in...
Taiwan on Sunday rebutted remarks made by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
China appears to be copying the Kremlin's methods and trying to highlight America's shortcomings, using them as offensive weapons to incite cultural clashes and...
The Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has expressed its heartfelt gratitude to 15 nations for their collective...
The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) has urged for stronger action to hold China accountable for serious human rights violations in Xinjiang, Jurist...
Human rights watchdog Benedict Rogers has strongly criticized the Vatican’s secret agreement with China on appointing Catholic bishops, renewed this month for another four years.
This third...
A group of Western nations called on China Tuesday to release all arbitrarily detained Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans and to allow independent human rights...
Chinese authorities should immediately release the man who unfurled banners critical of Chinese President Xi Jinping and the draconian “Zero-Covid” policy on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge two years ago, Human...
The European Parliament overwhelmingly passed an emergency resolution Thursday condemning the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghurs and urging China to immediately and unconditionally release...
China on Thursday rejected Western-led recommendations for human-rights reforms including calls for greater freedoms in Hong Kong and for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but accepted...
On 4 July 2024, during the outcome of China’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council, PEN International delivered...
At the adoption of the report of its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR), China ignored calls to implement UN findings and dismissed all serious criticism of its human rights record, refusing to budge on the documented plight of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers, human rights activists, lawyers, and more. We urged China to genuinely engage with the UN to enact meaningful reforms.
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) met stinging criticism in early July 2024 from United Nations member countries and organizations over its human rights...
