Question for the media: Why won’t you touch forced organ harvesting?

I was struck by a news report yesterday from the Associated Press: “UK public tribunal to probe Uighur genocide allegations“.…

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Submission on the practice of extracting and broadcasting forced confessions before trial

A group of human rights organizations has made a submission today to various UN Special Procedures Working Groups and Special…

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Posted in: Law

Overreactions to the WeChat ban

The ban on WeChat will not cut people in the US off from their friends and family in China. They…

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Amnesty International seeks Regional Director for East and Southeast Asia & the Pacific

Here’s the job announcement. Application deadline: Aug. 18.

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Joseph Raz letter to Tsinghua University president criticizing firing of Xu Zhangrun

Joseph Raz, perhaps the most distinguished living legal philosopher writing in English (or any language), has sent a letter to…

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Article 38 of Hong Kong’s National Security Law: Yes, they want to get you

In an earlier blog post on Article 38 of the National Security Law, I noted — as have many others…

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Hong Kong’s National Security Law: how dangerous is Article 38?

Many people who live outside of mainland China and Hong Kong and who have been critical of the Chinese Party-state…

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Hong Kong’s National Security Law: a first look

It’s not the substantive crimes and their definitions that count; it’s the institutions that will investigate, prosecute, and judge them…

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Literal lawlessness in HK for PRC officials

Sometimes people misuse the word “literally”. Not me, at least not here. Article 48 of the new Law of the…

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China- and Taiwan-related fellowships and grants

Here are two items that may be of interest to readers. I have directly quoted from the wording I received,…

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