An International Rivers Network and Human Rights in China Joint Report As dam-affected people from around the world prepare for Saturday's first International Day of Action Against Dams and for Rivers [*] , a study released today documents serious deficiencies in the largest resettlement program in...

Human Rights in China has sent the following open letter to the members of the National People's Congress today: Respected Delegates: As the first annual meeting of the ninth National People's Congress (NPC) opens tomorrow, Human Rights in China calls on you to demonstrate your commitment to...

Chairman Jiang Zemin, Salutations. Our son Wang Dan was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for the crime of "plotting to subvert the government" by the Beijing Intermediate People's Court in October 1996. The trial proceedings of this case were unjust, lacking the factual basis required by law.

Human Rights in China (HRIC) welcomes the release of veteran human rights activist and democracy champion Wei Jingsheng. Credit for securing Wei's release belongs to the years of dedicated effort that his family, international human rights organizations, journalists, governments, and countless...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) welcomes China's signing of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), a move for which the organization has been lobbying for many years and which is an important step forward for the international monitoring of human rights conditions...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) and Transnational Radical Party (TRP) are launching a worldwide campaign to support the nomination of Chinese dissidents Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan for the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the occasion of President Clinton's summit with Chinese President Jiang Zemin, seventeen exiled Chinese scholars, labor organizers and former student activists will join AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA, HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA and HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH at a PRESS CONFERENCE to present...

Human Rights in China has learned from multiple independent sources that Chadrel Rinpoche, 58, former abbot of Tashilhunpo monastery and head of the official search team for the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, is being held at Chuandong No.3 Prison in Dazu County, Sichuan. This is the first news...

Over 100,000 workers demonstrate in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, after their factories declare bankruptcy and officials embezzle their unemployment relief money The People's Armed Police suppress the protestors with force, resulting in heavy arrests and injuries Prominent Sichuan dissident Li...

On the eve of the return of Hong Kong to China, Human Rights in China calls upon the Chinese government to mark this historic occasion by releasing all prisoners of conscience currently being held in China.