China Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/china/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:49:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 China Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/china/ 32 32 59910430 Renowned historian and scholar of Uyghur studies who is imprisoned https://concernedscientists.org/2026/02/renowned-historian-and-scholar-of-uyghur-studies-who-is-imprisoned/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:46:02 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10748 Tekin has been sentenced to a 17-year prison term for his historical and scholarly work on Uyghur linguistics and the origins of place names. https://uyghurtimes.com/uyghur-historian-17-years-prison/

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]]> 10748 Missing Young Scholar Thought to be Imprisoned in China https://concernedscientists.org/2025/09/missing-young-scholar-thought-to-be-imprisoned-in-china/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:14:02 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10675 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 […]

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]]> 10675 Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Receives 11-Month Prison Sentence https://concernedscientists.org/2025/07/chinese-human-rights-lawyer-receives-11-month-prison-sentence/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:16:06 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10652 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

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]]> 10652 Update: Professor believed to be missing has returned to Japan https://concernedscientists.org/2025/03/update-professor-believed-to-be-missing-has-returned-to-japan/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 01:30:13 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10525 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 […]

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]]> 10525 Nobel Peace Prize nominee in critical condition following thirty years of confinement and mistreatment by authorities https://concernedscientists.org/2025/02/nobel-peace-prize-nominee-in-critical-condition-following-thirty-years-of-confinement-and-mistreatment-by-authorities/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:56:12 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10513 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 […]

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]]> 10513 Human Rights Lawyer Arrested in China https://concernedscientists.org/2024/12/human-rights-lawyer-arrested-in-china/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:40:00 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10465 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 […]

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]]> 10465 Thoracic Surgeon and Researcher Slowly Dying in Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2024/11/thoracic-surgeon-and-researcher-slowly-dying-in-prison/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:47:58 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10455 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, […]

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]]> 10455 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Serving Life Sentence in China https://concernedscientists.org/2024/10/nobel-peace-prize-nominee-serving-life-sentence-in-china/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:06:28 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10434 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

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]]> 10434 Advocate of the Tibetan Language Struck with Illness During Imprisonment in China https://concernedscientists.org/2024/07/advocate-of-the-tibetan-language-struck-with-illness-during-imprisonment-in-china/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 02:41:08 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10408 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 […]

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]]> 10408 Teacher of the Tibetan Language Fired for Teaching https://concernedscientists.org/2024/05/teacher-of-the-tibetan-language-fired-for-teaching/ Sun, 12 May 2024 03:10:50 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10357 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 […]

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