Chinese activist filmmaker Chen Pinlin has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison in Shanghai for producing a documentary about China's nationwide protests against...
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...
Sinicization of Tibet has escalated as China intensifies its control over the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, the world's largest Tibetan Buddhist study centre.
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,...
Several Uyghur organisations and activists commemorated the 'Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day' on December 9 in Munich, Germany. The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) emphasised the...
Lawyers, human rights activists and religious leaders in China have strongly condemned of the government’s labeling of unregistered house churches as fraudulent organizations, decrying...
In October 2022, Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a secret meeting instructing top state officials—overseeing political, intelligence, and influence operations—on a new strategy to...
Director of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) Berlin office, Gheyur Qurban, delivered a powerful speech at the 17th Session of the United Nations Forum...
Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of espionage by a Beijing court, raising serious concerns...
Three U.S. citizens freed by China arrived at Joint Base San Antonio on Wednesday, just hours before Thanksgiving, concluding years of diplomatic negotiations over...
Exiled members of China’s Uyghur minority group accuse Beijing of human rights violations and say the Communist Party chief in the Xinjiang region where...
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...
An international outcry has erupted over the case of Yashar (Yaxia'er Xiaohelaiti), a 26-year-old Uyghur songwriter and musician, who is currently serving a three-year...
Over 25 years after China’s ban on the Falun Gong spiritual movement, reports indicate the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution against the group continues...
Tibetan Members of Parliament Youdon Aukatsang and Tsering Lhamo on the last day of their visit to Berlin held an important briefing on the situation in Tibet at the German Parliament's...
A Uyghur woman spoke out about losing her land, only to be arrested shortly afterward. Since the 2000s, Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have implemented...
On Nov. 2, Vision Times learned that Wang Yu — a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer known for defending marginalized groups and advocating for legal reforms...
The United States, Germany, and France on Friday condemned China’s sentencing of a human rights lawyer who criticized the Chinese government. Authorities in the eastern China...
A 29-year-old Tibetan environmental activist from Ngaba is currently detained after releasing a viral video on Chinese social media. The video exposed illegal sand...
A delegation from the Parliament Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has intensified its global advocacy efforts by contacting key figures in Switzerland to discuss the emergency.
In the...
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy has urged Chinese authorities to disclose the whereabouts of four Tibetans held incommunicado in Ngaba, Sichuan Province.
Fifteen Western countries have signed a public statement calling for China to release all “arbitrarily detained” Tibetans and Uyghurs and allow human rights observers...
Chinese authorities are seeking to intimidate people from China living in Japan who take part in activities critical of the Chinese government, Human Rights Watch said today.
The...
The European Parliament adopted today an urgent resolution condemning Beijing’s persecution against Uyghurs, demanding the release of prominent figures Gulshan Abbas and Ilham Tohti. Following this landmark call, Abbas’ daughter, Ziba Murat, and ISHR urge EU leaders to step up EU action on the fate of Uyghurs at the United Nations.
Amnesty International today designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China as prisoners of conscience.
Human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and...
A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, issued today a rare public statement on his Office’s work on China, marking two years since the release of its groundbreaking report on the grave human rights situation in the Uyghur region (Xinjiang).
