human rights

Alphonso David, then the Human Rights Campaign President, speaks at CNN town hall in 2019. (CNN/via YouTube) The president of the Human Rights Campaign was fired on Monday for aiding former Democratic New York Governor Cuomo in…

Lawyer’s Account of Meeting With Detained Civil Rights Activist Ding Jiaxi Li Xiongbing, July 15, 2021 July 13, 2021, a summer day in Beijing. The sun was emerging after a rain shower. I waded through puddles on the road heading for…

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Will Be a Glorification of Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Global Agenda; We Must Counter With a Diplomatic Boycott Andréa Worden, April 21, 2021 There are many reasons why rights-respecting governments should…

‘He Committed Ideological Crimes’: Wife Recounts How Chinese Police Suppress the Family, Preventing Them From Speaking Out and Threatening Her Job After Human Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping’s Detention Chen Zijuan, February 15, 2021 Dr. Chen…

Prominent Dissident Xu Zhiyong Met With Lawyer After One Year in Detention China Change, February 8, 2021 Linyi high speed train station, and Linshu Detention Center. Prisoners live in the building behind the two office buildings. The…

‘Criminal Judgment’ of Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan by Court in Shanghai January 15, 2021 Zhang Zhan (张展), a resident of Shanghai and a former lawyer, went to Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in February, video recorded…

Zhang Zhan: A Six-Minute Documentary December 28, 2020 Per request of the filmmaker, who wishes to remain anonymous, China Change posts this short film about Zhang Zhan. Zhang Zhan (张展), a lawyer who practiced in Shanghai, went to Wuhan…

A Grassroots Dissident’s Brief Account of Prison Mistreatment Yuan Fengchu, November 18, 2020 Yuan Fengchu (袁奉初) is a dissident and activist from Chibi, Hubei (湖北赤壁). Because of his activities mostly in Guangdong during 2010-2013 as part…