UN rights chief urges China to address human rights situation in Tibet
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday called on China to remedy long-held frustrations in Tibet that have led to recent extreme protest tactics, including self-immolation. Pillay expressed concern...
New China Plan a Step Backward For Universal Rights Protection
JURIST Guest Columnist Phelim Kine, Senior Researcher of the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch, says that the Chinese government's new National Human Rights Action Plan is filled with empty rhetoric and is actually a downgrade from the previous plan...In...
China detains hundreds of activists on anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
Chinese authorities on Monday detained hundreds of activists in Beijing marking the twenty-third anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The arrests came a day after the US urged China to free Tiananmen Square activists who...
Human rights group demands China release imprisoned Tibetans
Amnesty International (AI) on Sunday demanded that China immediately release protesters who have been imprisoned since the self-immolation of two Tibetan men in Lhasa late last month. According to Tibetan activists, China has...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) demanded Thursday that China release Tibetan prisoners that were captured while travelling and are now being forced into political re-education camps. The exact number of those detained is not...
UN experts expressed concerns Tuesday over human rights restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in China's Sichuan province. UN experts are concerned about reports of heavy security measures surrounding the Kirti monastery, which houses approximately 2,500...
JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the ICC must keep in mind the example of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as it goes forward with prosecutions referred by the UN...
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances called Wednesday for China to address its practice of "enforced disappearances" and reveal the location of 355 detained Tibetan monks . In April, Chinese...
China rights activist released after serving 4-year sentence
A Chinese prison on Thursday released Chen Guangcheng , a blind Chinese human rights legal activist who has finished serving a four-year sentence for damaging property and "organizing a mob to disturb...
Chinese authorities have delayed the trial of prominent Tibetan writer Tra Gyal, according to a Friday release by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) . According to the group, Tra Gyal has been held in Xining...
