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“We vow to be free Hong Kongers”
A 2018 murder in Taiwan committed by a Hong Kong man was used by the Hong Kong SAR government as a pretext to introduce amendments to two ordinances to allow extradition of criminal suspects to countries with which the government does not have extradition arrangements, including mainland China. The proposed amendments—with profound implications for fundamental freedoms of all people living in or visiting Hong Kong—triggered massive and vocal opposition from the people of Hong Kong and condemnations from foreign governments and international bodies. In June 2019, Hong Kong people took to the streets in a series of demonstrations, including a march of an estimated two million people on June 16, the largest in Hong Kong’s history. “We vow to be free Hong Kongers,” says one placard (the one with a tank in the photo above) in the June 16 march. HRIC has compiled a brief timeline of the developments and protests surrounding the extradition amendments.
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Private Chat on WeChat Is Criminalized——An Appeal by the wife of Li Huaiqing, a private entrepreneur in Chongqing
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The case of Li Huaiqing, a private entrepreneur in Chongqing who is suspected of “inciting subversion of state power,” will be tried on August 22. After a year and eight months of silence, Li’s wife, Bao Yan, made her first public appeal, directed at relevant government departments: Don't sit back...
August 19, 2019
Citizens' Square
2019 Hong Kong Protests against Extradition Bill: A Brief Timeline

A brief timeline of the developments surrounding the extradition amendments introduced by the Hong Kong SAR government, which triggered a series of mass demonstrations, including a march of an estimated two million people on June 16, 2019, the largest in Hong Kong’s history.

End Impunity for State-Sanctioned Violence in Hong Kong
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Over the past eleven weeks, the international community has watched with alarm the escalation of violence by the Hong Kong police force against a diverse swath of Hong Kong people engaged in peaceful demonstrations against an extradition bill introduced by Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of the...
August 13, 2019
Statement
Statement by Cheng Hao, brother of Cheng Yuan, about his interrogation by police
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On August 12, Cheng Hao, brother of Cheng Yuan, the detained Changsha legal advocate, posted a statement (see below) on Twitter about his interrogation by the police of Zhonghuamen police station in Nanjing on August 8, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” (寻衅滋事). Cheng Hao was...
August 12, 2019
Citizens' Square
Three Changsha Anti-Discrimination Advocates Face Subversion Charges, Wife is Put Under “Residential Surveillance”
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In a case that has shaken anti-discrimination rights defense circles inside China and overseas, state security detained on July 22 three disability rights legal advocates working in Changsha— Cheng Yuan ( 程渊) , Liu Yongze ( 刘永泽) , and Wu Gejianxiong ( 吴葛健雄) —on suspicion of “subversion of state...
August 9, 2019
HRIC Bulletin
HRIC Joins 200 NGOs and Individuals in Appeal for Immediate Release of Changsha Three: Cheng Yuan, Liu Yongze, Xiao Wu
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Changsha Three Open Letter To: People's Republic of China Delegation to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) Mr. Mingzhu Li, Commissioner, Beijing Ms. Juan Li, Deputy Director, Geneva Mr. Gang Xia, Deputy Director-General, Beijing Mr. Yiyun Hu, Deputy Director, Center for STIs and AIDS,...
August 9, 2019
Joint Statements
Huang Qi sentenced to 12 years in prison
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The Mianyang Intermediate People’s Court on July 29, 2019, found veteran Sichuan activist Huang Qi ( 黄琦) guilty of “illegally providing state secrets abroad” and “intentionally leaking state secrets.” He was sentenced to 12 years in prison, deprived of political rights for four years, and fined RMB...
July 29, 2019
Case Update
Huang Qi
HRIC Urges Michelle Bachelet to Support the People of Hong Kong
In a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, Human Rights in China urges her to speak out publicly, strongly, and unequivocally to support the people of Hong Kong in their demand for the full withdrawal of an extradition bill that has triggered, over recent weeks,...
June 28, 2019
HRIC Bulletin
HRIC Testimony at the CECC & TLHRC Hearing: “Tiananmen at 30: Examining the Evolution of Repression in China”
The hearing was convened by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC), and hosted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, June 4, 2019.
June 6, 2019
Statement
List of activities for June Fourth 30th Anniversary
United States June 1 , San Francisco: Seminar on the Tiananmen Massacre , 2-5pm, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall (旧金山国父纪念馆), 2121, 836 Stockton Street, 94108. June 1 , San Francisco; Candlelight Vigil , 7pm, Chinatown Portsmouth Square (旧金山中国城花园角). June 1 , Washington D.C.: Candlelight Vigil, 6:30-9:...
May 30, 2019
The Two Killing Scenes I Witnessed during June Fourth
In the 30 years that have passed since the bloody June Fourth crackdown, many events have faded from my memory. But the two killing scenes I witnessed on June 4, 1989 have been etched in my mind, impossible to erase. I am writing to share my experience to mark June Fourth, the day of national...
May 22, 2019
China Rights Forum
Gao Wenqian
A Time for Truth: 30th Anniversary of June Fourth
See HRIC’s special website on June Fourth 30th anniversary . Thirty years ago, on June 3-4, 1989, the Chinese government unleashed massive military force against civilians in Beijing, both participants and observers of an exuberant and peaceful large-scale protest centered in Tiananmen Square which...
May 15, 2019
Statement
Mourning Our Families and Compatriots Killed in the June Fourth Massacre: A Letter to China’s Leaders
In advance of the 30th anniversary of the June Fourth crackdown on the 1989 Democracy Movement, the Tiananmen Mothers—a group of family members of those killed in the crackdown—issued the following essay to commemorate their loved ones and also to press the Chinese authorities for accountability for the killing of unarmed civilians. HRIC is honored to publish the essay—in Chinese original and English translation—at the group’s request.
March 15, 2019
Press Release
Mother of Huang Qi Injured by Police, Put Under House Arrest
According to a source inside China, since the Two Congresses started, Pu Wenqing (蒲文清) , the 86-year-old mother of Huang Qi (黄琦) , the detained veteran rights defender and the founder of 64 Tianwang website (64tianwang.com), has been under round-the-clock monitoring by security personnel. She has...
March 11, 2019
Citizens' Square
Huang Qi
Fate of Lawyer Jiang Tianyong and Family Again Exposes True Face of China’s Totalitarian Regime
Under intense international anticipation of the release today from prison of prominent rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong ( 江天勇) , who was convicted of the trumped up charge of “inciting subversion of state power,” the Chinese authorities have instead disappeared him. His supporters outside the Henan...
February 28, 2019
Statement
Jiang Tianyong
Hong Kong’s protests: The political bill for impunity must be paid sooner or later
Sharon Hom in HKFP: August 7, 2019

A letter to Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam: if not to your own conscience, you will be held accountable by history
Sharon Hom in HKFP: July 27, 2019

HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project

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For the 30th anniversary of June Fourth, HRIC presents the “Unforgotten” project—a series of profiles of those killed by the Chinese martial law troops. Based on the information accumulated by the Tiananmen Mothers over nearly three decades, “Unforgotten” seeks to honor the lives of the fallen by telling their stories, and generate international support for the Tiananmen Mothers in their three demands from the Chinese government: the truth of what happened, accountability for the killing of unarmed civilians, and compensation to survivors and families of those killed. More profiles will be added to this first group of 30.

In Memoriam

Robert L. Bernstein

1923-2019

Chair emeritus and beloved supporter of
Human Rights in China

With gratitude and in friendship
The staff of HRIC

 

  • Liu Qing, Remarks for the Celebration of the Life of Robert L. Bernstein, July 3, 2019 (EN, CH)