❗Police raided former NGO leader #ChengYuan 's home in Beihai on Dec 20, detaining him for 6hrs of questioning about #ZionChurch and donations. They seized books he borrowed from detained founding pastor #EzraJin. Cheng was released from prison in July 2024. 🎙️ x.com/WildKratts72...

On 15 December 2025, we signed a joint letter, along with 32 other organisations, to Keir Starmer MP, Prime Minister of UK, to urge him to do everything in his power to secure the release of British citizen Jimmy Lai. tinyurl.com/mr2fcjnx @hongkongwatch.bsky.social @indexoncensorship.org @rsf.org

Strong statement from the Foreign Secretary and all sides of the House on the politically motivated prosecution of British citizen Jimmy Lai. But what action will be taken?

#CHRD condemns the verdict against #HK pro-democracy activist #JimmyLai. "When there's no chance of a verdict other than guilty, it's not a credible trial. #HK courts should have quashed the charges. Instead they proved complicity with 🇨🇳's anti-#RuleOfLaw regime,"said @sophiedrich.bsky.social.

1/ On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2025, EU Delegation of China statement: EU strongly encourages China to uphold rule of law and to guarantee fair trials and due process for all. They also reiterate call for abolition of the death penalty in all cases and all circumstances. tinyurl.com/2r6rmvte

⌛️#HumanRightsDay Countdown: Lawyer #DingJiaxi is serving a 12-yr sentence for advocating #RuleOfLaw and civil rights in 🇨🇳. His wife, activist #SophieLuo, has repeatedly raised the alarm over being denied her right to communicate with him. 🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...

1/ Tomorrow, 10 December 2025, is Human Rights Day. The theme is to reaffirm the values of human rights and show that they remain a winning proposition for humanity. Human rights are POSITIVE - They don’t only protect, they also bring joy, happiness and safety into daily life.

💡 #China authorities moved human rights defender and journalist #ZhangZhan to #Shanghai Women's Prison while not disclosing her appeal outcome & denying her access to family and lawyer. The court sentenced her to 4 years for picking quarrels in Sept. Via wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/11/4_18...

On 30 October 2025, The Rights Practice and six other organisations issued a joint statement expressing grave concern about reports that lawyer Zhang Wenpeng has been tortured while in arbitrary detention in China. www.rights-practice.org/news/joint-s...

🚨 We are gravely concerned about reports that lawyer Zhang Wenpeng has been tortured while in arbitrary detention in China 🔗 Read our joint statement here: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/chinese-lawy...

This is one of the more egregious examples of Chinese threats to academic freedom to research that I have come across. Universities need - collectively - to bring these issues into the open. China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show www.bbc.com/news/article...

#China: 10 years ago, Swedish publisher Gui Minhai was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand. We’ve had no news of his fate or whereabouts for the past 5 years. RSF has led a coalition of 90 NGOs in another call for his release. He shouldn't spend another second in jail. #FreeGuiMinhai

On Friday, it's 10 years since Swedish bookseller #GuiMinhai was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand. They have faced no consequence. SD, nearly 100 other NGOs, and the EU parliament all refuse to forget. Coordinated by @rsf.org safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/10-y...

Today, a coalition of 90 NGOs including The Rights Practice is calling for the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in Thailand. Gui has been disappeared by China, with no updates about his whereabouts for past 5 yrs tinyurl.com/5n7mj6hd

1/ Today, 10 October, marks World Day Against the Death Penalty. This year, World Day is dedicated to challenging the misconception that the death penalty can make people and communities safer. #NoDeathPenalty

On World Day Against the Death Penalty I was pleased to introduce a webinar organised by prisonersrights.org/english/ on the death penalty in Asia and contribution of www.klguidelines.com @rightspractice.bsky.social was pleased to have helped facilitate drafting of the KL Guidelines.

1/ On 3 October 2025, UN experts expressed alarm that lawyer Kevin Yam (Yam Kin Fung) was disbarred and financially penalised on 16 July 2025 in direct connection with public statements he made about the independence of judges and prosecutors in Hong Kong www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

We, along with 52 other rights groups, signed a joint letter to urgently raise serious concerns with Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, regarding systemic abuses occurring inside Hong Kong’s prisons. www.rights-practice.org/news/joint-l... @thecfhk.bsky.social

UN Chief warns of rising transnational repression against human rights defenders These acts are directly aimed at individuals and organisations engaging with the United Nations, and in some cases, their family members and colleagues.

#UN #HumanRights Office expresses deep concern over citizen journalist #ZhangZhan ’s 4-year sentence for the vague charge of “picking quarrels.” The High Commissioner calls for its repeal and an immediate moratorium on its use. 👉 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Diplomats & journalists were barred from #ZhangZhan’s trial today, as the regime concealed all details of the proceedings. A chilling reminder of how far 🇨🇳 will go to suppress access to independent information. We renew our call: Zhang Zhan must be freed. This persecution must end. #FreeZhangZhan

Arbitrary detention & enforced disappearance silence defenders in 🇨🇳 China. Hear from experts, incl. Mary Lawlor, Rizwangul NurMuhammed, Sophie Richardson & Yalkun Uluyol. 🗓️ 9 Sept | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room VIII #HRC57 #StandUp4HumanRights

The Rights Practice & 7 other organisations issue joint statement to express grave concern over disciplinary proceedings and disbarment of Hong Kong solicitor Kevin Yam. tinyurl.com/3nyamfnd @thelawsociety.bsky.social @asianlawyersn.bsky.social @lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social @ibahri.bsky.social

Joint statement on #KevinYam’s disbarment @lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social @thelawsociety.bsky.social @rightspractice.bsky.social @ibahri.bsky.social Attn: @unsr-judges.bsky.social

🚨 Concern over #disbarment and #reprisals against #HongKong lawyer #KevinYam In a joint letter, we call on Chinese authorities to respect his rights and reverse his disbarment: www.lawyersforlawyers.org?p=39514&prev...

Good to see coverage of this underreported practice of exit bans in China. In the case of critics the police cite national security and there may be no role for the court. economist.com/china/2025/0... from The Economist

“The Special Rapporteur expressed disappointment that despite her requests 4 updates on any investigations in2 Gao Zhisheng’s disappearance, no information has thus far been provided, & renewed her appeal to the Chinese authorities to establish his fate & whereabouts.” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Despite repeated efforts by #GaoZhisheng 's family and fellow activists, including raising his case at the #UN #HumanRights Council, the #China govt has never admitted to holding him. His location and status remain unknown. www.nchrd.org/2025/08/chin...

READ our important new report: When the State Makes you Work. The use of state-imposed forced labour in China. State-imposed forced labour is a systemic practice in China using both the state’s powers to detain and to assign labour. www.rights-practice.org/news/report-...

Beginning July 9, 2015, Chinese police arrested over 300 human rights lawyers and advocates in a nationwide operation known as the “709 crackdown.” In the decade since, authorities have subjected many of them to surveillance, harassment, public shaming, and collective punishment. bit.ly/4lfbzkn

‘709’ Today is the 10th anniversary of China’s crackdown on its courageous human rights lawyers. I remember the sinking feeling as I learned in the days that followed of lawyers being disappeared without any due process. Friends imprisoned and tortured in RSDL. The repression continues.

ALN @asianlawyersn.bsky.social joined 30 other organisations to issue this joint statement to mark the 10th anniversary of #709Crackdown.

China’s human rights lawyers speak out, 10 years after crackdown

On 7 July 2025, The Rights Practice & 30 other orgs issue joint statement to mark 10 years since "709" crackdown. We call on concerned governments and the United Nations to establish an independent, international investigation into Beijing’s persecution of civil society. tinyurl.com/5dnezenw

1/ Today, 26 June, is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Torture is absolutely prohibited and cannot be justified under any circumstances. The systematic or widespread practice of torture constitutes a crime against humanity. www.un.org/en/observanc...

#NiuTengyu was just 20 when #China govt detained him for maintaining a website #XiJinping wanted shut down. Today, on Intl Day in Support of Victims of Torture, imagine what this young tech talent could be creating right now—if he weren't still behind bars facing abuse. 📔 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...

The Tiananmen Mothers have issued the following statement on the 36th anniversary of the June Fourth (Tiananmen) Massacre. Read the English version here, translated by HRIC: open.substack.com/pub/hrichina...

@rightspractice.bsky.social is proud to have helped bring this exhibition and the accompanying events together.

Hong Kong's independent news sector, including companies, staff and family members, are facing simultaneous tax audits and backdated demands, a press union says. In full: buff.ly/pYdy0Jo

A very sobering report of being imprisoned in China. It chimes with everything that I and @rightspractice.bsky.social have heard from other former prisoners, including unsafe convictions.

We, along with 22 other orgs, strongly condemn Hong Kong government's escalating repression of activists in exile & their family members in HK. On 2 May 2025, HK national security police charged father of US-based activist Anna Kwok with national security crime. tinyurl.com/3cnrwmmv

The Rights Practice, and 7 other organisations, issue joint statement to express our grave concern over the recent sentencing of prominent human rights lawyer Lu Siwei to 11 months' imprisonment following a closed trial in Chengdu, China. @asianlawyersn.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ynkpfa5y

5 UN Special Procedures raised concerns about Chinese and Uyghur human rights defenders serving prison sentences of over 10 years, incl. Ding Jiaxi, Huang Qi, Huang Yunmin, Ilham Tohti, Qin Yongmin, Zhang Haitao, and Zhao Haitong, as well as Gao Zhisheng tinyurl.com/2mp7mr3a

Chinese human rights lawyer #LuSiwei's trial will be held tomorrow.

The Rights Practice, and over 40 other organisations, signed a joint statement to condemn the harassment of artist, political cartoonist and activist Badiucao, which has taken place via email, in the media, and on social media in the last week. www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/the-...

We join 40+ organisations standing in solidarity with artist, political cartoonist and activist @badiucao.bsky.social, who faces ongoing harassment for his work. Art Innovation Gallery must immediately drop their legal threats against him: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/the-...

I am deeply grateful and honored to have such powerful support from 40+ organisations from around the world stand in solidarity as I face legal harassment in relation to my recent protest art 'Here and Now' in Hong Kong. www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/the-...

Hong Kong police being thuggish. Parents of a U.S. based activist brought in for questioning.

We @amnesty.org recorded over 1500 executions across 15 countries in 2024, the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 2015. Yet our latest report finds that the use of the death penalty has been decreasing globally 👇

In 2024, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia accounted for 91% of all recorded executions, and were among the five countries with the highest number of executions. Our latest death penalty report, out now: http://amn.st/63320FqDV8