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  • January 6, 2018
    WCC delegation visits China

    World Council of Churches General Secretary, the  Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and a WCC delegation will visit member churches in China 7-16 January 2018. The historic visit will begin the celebration of the WCC’s 70th anniversary.

  • January 5, 2018
    Eight-year jail term for Chinese anti-corruption blogger

    Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the eight-year prison sentence a Chinese court has imposed on Wu Gan, a blogger who campaigned tirelessly against government corruption until his arrest in 2015.

  • November 29, 2017
    Taiwanese activist receives five year sentence after 'baseless' conviction

    Amnesty International has responded to  the five-year jail sentence handed to Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-cheh, the manager of an NGO in Tapei, by a Chinese court on 28 November 2017.

  • November 22, 2017
    Two-year prison sentence for prominent Chinese human rights lawyer

    Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release of prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, saying his two year jail sentence is utterly unjust

  • November 13, 2017
    China's draft law has 'no basic fair-trial protections'

    China's draft National Supervision Law allows detainees to be held in a secret location for up to six months.

  • November 9, 2017
    Chinese prisoner of conscience dies on medical parole

    The death of Chinese writer and government critic Yang Tongyan, who spent nearly half his life in detention, underlines an alarming lack of accountability over the deaths of activists released on medical parole, says Amnesty International.

  • October 19, 2017
    Call for China to abolish secret detention but ensure rights protections

    Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge to abolish the abusive shuanggui internal party disciplinary system will only be meaningful if its replacement ensures rights protections for detainees, says Human Rights Watch.

  • September 6, 2017
    Call for China to end efforts to weaken UN human rights mechanisms

    The Chinese government should end its efforts to weaken United Nations mechanisms that promote human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a new report yesterday. UN agencies should vigorously resist China’s attempts to restrict access to the UN for human rights groups and activists who work on China.

  • August 12, 2017
    Almost 70,000 demand release of Liu Xiaobo's widow

    Almost 70,000 people from around the world have urged the Chinese president to lift all restrictions against poet and artist Liu Xia, one month after the death of her husband, the Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo.

  • August 7, 2017
    UN Security Council strengthens sanctions on North Korea

    In response to the launches of ballistic missiles of possible intercontinental range by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the United Nations Security Council has moved to strengthen sanctions on the Northeast Asian country's exports.