Reports

The Spring Breeze Is Bound to Cause Ripples: A New Year Statement by The China Human Rights Lawyers Group January 1, 2022 In 1925, the 26-year-old poet and political dissident Wen Yiduo (闻一多) wrote in his poem titled “Dead Water”: Here is…

An Appeal to the Chinese Government Regarding Guo Feixiong’s Departure From China To Whom It May Concern in the Government of China: We are a group of scholars in China studies with longstanding interests in the progress of human rights…

Lin’s Uprising — A Human Rights Lawyer Recounts How His Law Firm Was Shut Down and His License Revoked China Change, November 21, 2021 [youtube…

China’s Best Known Public Interest Litigator Awaits Trial Yaxue Cao, October 31, 2021 In China, Hao Jinsong (郝劲松) is very well-known as a public interest litigator who, for the better part of seven years between 2004 and 2010, sued…

Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Xu Zhiyong — A Full Translation Xu Zhiyong (left) and Ding Jiaxi Shangdong Province Linyi Municipal People’s Procuratorate Indictment Lin Proc Dept One Crim Indict No. Z43 Defendant Xu Zhiyong…

Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Ding Jiaxi — A Full Translation Ding Jiaxi (right) and Xu Zhiyong Shangdong Province Linyi Municipal People’s Procuratorate Indictment Lin Proc Dept One Crim Indict No. Z42 Defendant Ding Jiaxi…

An Update on the Case of Human Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping Chen Zijuan, September 19, 2021 Born in 1984, Chang Weiping has been an outstanding member of the younger generation of human rights lawyers in China. Starting in 2014, he has…

An Open Letter to the People’s Republic of China Ministry of Public Security and Minister Zhao Kezhi Chen Zijuan, August 3, 2021 [youtube…

Sun Dawu’s Closing Court Statement Sun Dawu, July 28, 2021, in Gaobeidian Court, Baoding City, Hebei Province I thank this court for allowing me the opportunity to present my case. I would like to start with an overview of Dawu Group’s…

Briefing on the Eleventh Day of Dawu Trial — 10 Questions and 10 Answers July 25, 2021 The Communist Party Committee of Xushui District held its third meeting of some 260 Party delegates on July 21 and 22, 2021, at Dawu Auditorium. But…