Feng Siyu, a once celebrated academic in China, was arrested in 2018 possibly for her studies into Uyghur culture. Her whereabouts are unknown, reflecting a pattern of disappearances of academics, especially those relating to Xinjiang. Such actions constitute a violation of human rights. We urge the Chinese government to free her or at the very least to establish her location and health ... Continue Reading>>
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Receives 11-Month Prison Sentence
Lu, who was arrested in Laos, was charged with “illegally crossing the border” in a closed trial held in southwestern China. Read more on Radio Free asia ... Continue Reading>>
Update: Professor believed to be missing has returned to Japan
Hu Shiyun, a professor of Chinese literature and linguistics at Kobe Gakuin University in Japan, went missing in 2023 while visiting China. According to the university, Shiyun has been back in Japan since January, but there has been no explanation for his disappearance. Read the article in the PDF below or Click here to view the full website. Powered By EmbedPress ... Continue Reading>>
Nobel Peace Prize nominee in critical condition following thirty years of confinement and mistreatment by authorities
Hada, an ethnic Mongolian dissident and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, was recently rushed to emergency treatment due to serious health concerns. In 1995, Hada was arrested for his political activism while advocating on behalf of ethnic Mongolian herders and has been inhumanely treated in the years since. CCS strongly urges his release from detention and his reunion with his family. RFA: Ethnic ... Continue Reading>>
Human Rights Lawyer Arrested in China
Lu, 51, was en route to be reunited with his family in the United States when he was arrested in Vientiane on July 28, 2023 and forcibly repatriated to China. Upon returning to China, he was charged in the southwestern province of Sichuan with "illegally crossing a border" and released on bail pending trial. He was arrested on October 10, ... Continue Reading>>
Thoracic Surgeon and Researcher Slowly Dying in Prison
Wang Bingzhang is a former surgeon and researcher who wrote pro-democracy literature. He was charged with espionage and with planning an embassy bombing. After being kidnapped abroad and transported to China in 2002, Bingzhang was sentenced to life imprisonment in solitary confinement. He has been sick and alone in prison for 22 years. Schiff letter, Ambassador Fu Cong, Human Rights ... Continue Reading>>
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Serving Life Sentence in China
Ilham Tohti, an academic and a writer, has served ten years of a life sentence on wrongful charges of separatism, despite speaking against separatism. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-25757198 ... Continue Reading>>
Advocate of the Tibetan Language Struck with Illness During Imprisonment in China
Thupten Lodoe, also known as Sabuche, a writer, translator, and advocate for the preservation of the Tibetan language, has been serving a prison sentence under harsh conditions of more than four years in Kangding for writings that were allegedly a threat to national security. His imprisonment would appear to be in retaliation for peaceful advocacy of the use of the Tibetan language and any ... Continue Reading>>
Teacher of the Tibetan Language Fired for Teaching
Dhonyoe, a teacher of the Tibetan language at Meruma Central Primary School in the Sichuan province of China, had his teaching license suspended and was fired from his position. It would appear to be retaliation for pushing for greater use of the language in the school. The Committee is concerned Dhonyoe’s expulsion from the school has political motivations and goes against what China says it is ... Continue Reading>>
Professor at Japan’s Kobe Gakuin University Believed to Be Detained in China
Hu Shiyun, a professor of Chinese literature and linguistics at Kobe Gakuin University in Japan, went missing last summer in China upon visiting the country. Last month, the Chinese Consulate-General in Osaka, Japan was formally asked by the university to clarify his whereabouts, but no explanation was given. The Committee is concerned that Shiyun’s disappearance has political ... Continue Reading>>