Renee Xia
@reneexia.bsky.social
Co-Executive director, Chinese Human Rights Defenders @CHRDnet.bsky.social www.NCHRD.org
"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." - MLK
"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." - MLK
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A HK political commentator has been remanded in custody after being charged with disclosing details of a nat. sec investigation, marking the first time police have brought a prosecution over this offence. In full: buff.ly/sWxkEX8
Political commentator remanded after charge over nat. sec probe
A HK political commentator has been remanded in custody after being charged with disclosing details of a nat. sec investigation, marking the first time police have brought a prosecution over this offence.
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A HK political commentator has been remanded in custody after being charged with disclosing details of a nat. sec investigation, marking the first time police have brought a prosecution over this offence. In full: buff.ly/sWxkEX8
www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/... "In spite of these engagements, unfortunately, the overall human rights situation in China showed no substantive sign of improvement... The EU remains deeply concerned about the systemic and severe restrictions on the exercise of fundamental freedoms..."
Statement of the EU Delegation in China on the International Human Rights Day
On the occasion of Human Rights Day 2025, the Delegation of the European Union to China reaffirms, in line with Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union, the principles that guide the Union’s extern...
www.eeas.europa.eu
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/... "In spite of these engagements, unfortunately, the overall human rights situation in China showed no substantive sign of improvement... The EU remains deeply concerned about the systemic and severe restrictions on the exercise of fundamental freedoms..."
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Ahead of the sentencing hearing in 2023, a prewritten statement from #DingJiaxi 👇
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Ahead of the sentencing hearing in 2023, a prewritten statement from #DingJiaxi 👇
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In a published opinion article in 2018, Tai wrote 👇
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
In a published opinion article in 2018, Tai wrote 👇
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December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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“所有关心民族前途的中国人，都需要担起我们这一代人的历史责任，这个责任就是根除专制，建设美好中国。”
——丁家喜法庭陈述，2023年
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2023/04/blog...
#国际人权日
——丁家喜法庭陈述，2023年
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2023/04/blog...
#国际人权日
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“所有关心民族前途的中国人，都需要担起我们这一代人的历史责任，这个责任就是根除专制，建设美好中国。”
——丁家喜法庭陈述，2023年
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2023/04/blog...
#国际人权日
——丁家喜法庭陈述，2023年
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2023/04/blog...
#国际人权日
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已有超过1350名老年受害者被记录为正在服刑（实际上可能等同于死刑）。
姓名：萨乌提·阿乌提
年龄：60岁
情况：因被怀疑与一名政治犯有密切关系而被判处10年徒刑（在兵团且末监狱服刑）
shahit.biz/cmn/34221/
姓名：萨乌提·阿乌提
年龄：60岁
情况：因被怀疑与一名政治犯有密切关系而被判处10年徒刑（在兵团且末监狱服刑）
shahit.biz/cmn/34221/
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
已有超过1350名老年受害者被记录为正在服刑（实际上可能等同于死刑）。
姓名：萨乌提·阿乌提
年龄：60岁
情况：因被怀疑与一名政治犯有密切关系而被判处10年徒刑（在兵团且末监狱服刑）
shahit.biz/cmn/34221/
姓名：萨乌提·阿乌提
年龄：60岁
情况：因被怀疑与一名政治犯有密切关系而被判处10年徒刑（在兵团且末监狱服刑）
shahit.biz/cmn/34221/
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Did you miss it? The tenth edition of @FH_China’s China Dissent Monitor added 1,392 cases to our database for a total of 12,331 dissent events recorded since June 2022.
What we’ve learned: freedomhouse.org/report/china...
What we’ve learned: freedomhouse.org/report/china...
Issue 10: July – September 2025
freedomhouse.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Did you miss it? The tenth edition of @FH_China’s China Dissent Monitor added 1,392 cases to our database for a total of 12,331 dissent events recorded since June 2022.
What we’ve learned: freedomhouse.org/report/china...
What we’ve learned: freedomhouse.org/report/china...
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⌛️ #HumanRightsDay Countdown: #HongKong law professor #BennyTai — co-founder of #OccupyCentral and organizer of an unofficial primary election — received a 10-year prison sentence, the harshest imposed under HK’s #NationalSecurityLaw to date.
🗞️ tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
🗞️ tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
⌛️ #HumanRightsDay Countdown: #HongKong law professor #BennyTai — co-founder of #OccupyCentral and organizer of an unofficial primary election — received a 10-year prison sentence, the harshest imposed under HK’s #NationalSecurityLaw to date.
🗞️ tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
🗞️ tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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⌛️#HumanRightsDay Countdown: Lawyer #DingJiaxi is serving a 12-yr sentence for advocating #RuleOfLaw and civil rights in 🇨🇳. His wife, activist #SophieLuo, has repeatedly raised the alarm over being denied her right to communicate with him.
🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...
🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
⌛️#HumanRightsDay Countdown: Lawyer #DingJiaxi is serving a 12-yr sentence for advocating #RuleOfLaw and civil rights in 🇨🇳. His wife, activist #SophieLuo, has repeatedly raised the alarm over being denied her right to communicate with him.
🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...
🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...
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Jimmy Lai just spent his 78th birthday behind bars, and we’re grateful to @raskin.house.gov for continuing to advocate for his freedom. China must stop treating journalism as a threat and drop all charges against Lai.
#FreeJimmyLai
#FreeJimmyLai
Today, journalist Jimmy Lai should be home celebrating his birthday with family. Instead, this brave free speech and democracy advocate languishes in prison. The world demands Jimmy Lai be released and his sham charges dropped.
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Jimmy Lai just spent his 78th birthday behind bars, and we’re grateful to @raskin.house.gov for continuing to advocate for his freedom. China must stop treating journalism as a threat and drop all charges against Lai.
#FreeJimmyLai
#FreeJimmyLai
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December 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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SIGN OUR PETITION: #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in Xinjiang for celebrating the Uyghur language and heritage. On this #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, we call for his release and an end to the crackdown on Uyghur voices. Be a voice for his freedom.
Yalqun Rozi — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
GIVING TUESDAY: SUPPORT WRITERS AT RISK
www.pen-international.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
SIGN OUR PETITION: #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in Xinjiang for celebrating the Uyghur language and heritage. On this #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, we call for his release and an end to the crackdown on Uyghur voices. Be a voice for his freedom.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Ahead of Human Rights Day, we delivered a joint message to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Your silence is costing Tibetan children their culture, their language, and their childhood.
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ahead of Human Rights Day, we delivered a joint message to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Your silence is costing Tibetan children their culture, their language, and their childhood.
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Publisher Jimmy Lai is spending his 5th birthday in prison, as his worsening health and treatment behind bars have raised serious concerns that the 78-year-old may die in prison. CPJ urgently calls on the government to drop all charges against Lai and release him immediately.
📷: AP/Louise Delmotte
📷: AP/Louise Delmotte
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Publisher Jimmy Lai is spending his 5th birthday in prison, as his worsening health and treatment behind bars have raised serious concerns that the 78-year-old may die in prison. CPJ urgently calls on the government to drop all charges against Lai and release him immediately.
📷: AP/Louise Delmotte
📷: AP/Louise Delmotte
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#NonReleaseRelease: Since her release in Oct 2023, human rights defender #ChenJianfang faces constant police surveillance and home confinement. Cameras monitor her door, and guards repeatedly seize her phone, cutting off her contact with the outside world.
🔖 www.nchrd.org/2019/05/chen...
🔖 www.nchrd.org/2019/05/chen...
人权捍卫者 #陈建芳 刑满获释两年多了，至今仍被软禁在家！
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog...
陈建芳是一位抗争土地权的农民，长期从事维权活动，逐渐成为当地土地征收和房屋拆迁受害者的代言人；
2019年，被捕，指定居所监视居住期间曾遭 #酷刑；
2021年，被以煽颠罪重判四年半；坐牢期间掉了14颗牙齿。
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog...
陈建芳是一位抗争土地权的农民，长期从事维权活动，逐渐成为当地土地征收和房屋拆迁受害者的代言人；
2019年，被捕，指定居所监视居住期间曾遭 #酷刑；
2021年，被以煽颠罪重判四年半；坐牢期间掉了14颗牙齿。
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#NonReleaseRelease: Since her release in Oct 2023, human rights defender #ChenJianfang faces constant police surveillance and home confinement. Cameras monitor her door, and guards repeatedly seize her phone, cutting off her contact with the outside world.
🔖 www.nchrd.org/2019/05/chen...
🔖 www.nchrd.org/2019/05/chen...
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对疏附县囚犯名单的真实性核查已完成。该名单于2021年末泄露，包含来自疏附县的一万多名已判刑人员的详细信息（约占当地人口的4%）。
以现有工具无法做到绝对证明其真实性，但其内部一致性非常高。(1/4)
以现有工具无法做到绝对证明其真实性，但其内部一致性非常高。(1/4)
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
对疏附县囚犯名单的真实性核查已完成。该名单于2021年末泄露，包含来自疏附县的一万多名已判刑人员的详细信息（约占当地人口的4%）。
以现有工具无法做到绝对证明其真实性，但其内部一致性非常高。(1/4)
以现有工具无法做到绝对证明其真实性，但其内部一致性非常高。(1/4)
"In the Hong Kong of the past, these warnings would have triggered media exposés and legislative hearings. Pro-democracy lawmakers—some with a track record of fighting against bid-rigging— would have ordered ministers to appear before the Legislative Council to answer tough questions..."
Images of seven high-rise residential buildings engulfed in flames in Hong Kong in late November shocked the world.
The deadly fire is a devastating reminder of what can happen when governments suppress fundamental rights.
The deadly fire is a devastating reminder of what can happen when governments suppress fundamental rights.
The Hong Kong Fire and the High Human Cost of China’s Repression
Images of seven high-rise residential buildings engulfed in flames in Hong Kong in late November shocked the world. The fire, the city’s deadliest in decades, claiming at least 159 lives, is a devasta...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"In the Hong Kong of the past, these warnings would have triggered media exposés and legislative hearings. Pro-democracy lawmakers—some with a track record of fighting against bid-rigging— would have ordered ministers to appear before the Legislative Council to answer tough questions..."
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⌛️ #HumanRightsDay Countdown: #HuangQi, founder of the 64 Tianwang #HumanRights Center, documented rights abuses across 🇨🇳. He is serving a 12-year sentence. In 2018, #UN experts found his detention arbitrary and called on #Beijing to release him.
🗒️ documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
🗒️ documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
⌛️ #HumanRightsDay Countdown: #HuangQi, founder of the 64 Tianwang #HumanRights Center, documented rights abuses across 🇨🇳. He is serving a 12-year sentence. In 2018, #UN experts found his detention arbitrary and called on #Beijing to release him.
🗒️ documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
🗒️ documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
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今天，《零八宪章》发表17周年。
lingbaxianzhang.blogspot.com/2019/11/303....
lingbaxianzhang.blogspot.com/2019/11/303....
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
今天，《零八宪章》发表17周年。
lingbaxianzhang.blogspot.com/2019/11/303....
lingbaxianzhang.blogspot.com/2019/11/303....
The number of murdered journalists has risen again, due to the criminal practices of military groups — both regular and paramilitary — and organised crime. At least 53 of the 67 media professionals killed over the past year are victims of war or criminal networks. rsf.org/en/2025-dead...
2025, a deadly year for journalists: this is where hate and impunity lead
Journalists do not just die – they are killed. The number of murdered journalists has risen again, due to the criminal practices of military groups — both regular and paramilitary — and organised crim...
rsf.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The number of murdered journalists has risen again, due to the criminal practices of military groups — both regular and paramilitary — and organised crime. At least 53 of the 67 media professionals killed over the past year are victims of war or criminal networks. rsf.org/en/2025-dead...
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#古丽米拉·艾明 （Gulmira Imin）
tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
2009年被捕，次年被判处无期徒刑；
2017年当局录制的认罪视频中，因曾签署一份书面忏悔声明，刑期被减为19年8个月。
#国际人权日
tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
2009年被捕，次年被判处无期徒刑；
2017年当局录制的认罪视频中，因曾签署一份书面忏悔声明，刑期被减为19年8个月。
#国际人权日
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#古丽米拉·艾明 （Gulmira Imin）
tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
2009年被捕，次年被判处无期徒刑；
2017年当局录制的认罪视频中，因曾签署一份书面忏悔声明，刑期被减为19年8个月。
#国际人权日
tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
2009年被捕，次年被判处无期徒刑；
2017年当局录制的认罪视频中，因曾签署一份书面忏悔声明，刑期被减为19年8个月。
#国际人权日