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On October 18, at least 20 individuals were detained by police at a private home in Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, where a number of Christians were gathered to discuss scripture with Deng’an ...

Transnational repression is top of the headlines this week, as Milan prosecutors announced on October 28 the conclusion of their investigation into ten suspects in a transnational repression case ...

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Last week, Alysa Liu’s Olympic performance sparked an outpouring of positive commentary, both for her skill on the ice and for the history her story represents. On social media platforms, many young ...

During Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, DC, Chinese pro-democracy activists and other protesters critical of Beijing were repeatedly subjected to encirclement, seizure of their banners, ...

Citizen journalist Xiao Wu (Feng Rui) has been missing in China since September 14. Reports indicate that he has been criminally detained by Guangzhou police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and ...

Welcome to the HRIC Digital Rights Report, our monthly roundup of developments in China’s digital rights landscape, including cybersecurity, AI, digital transnational repression, censorship, the Great ...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) calls on Bank of East Asia (BEA) to explain why its London branch returned a payment from HRIC to a third-party vendor’s account, just weeks after the Chinese government ...

谢谢各位的光临。 三十七年前的此时此刻，我正站在天安门广场的中心，就在人民英雄纪念碑旁。我听到枪声从北京的四面八方传来。昔日和平的北京，那座令数百万市民深爱的城市，正 ...