New Zealand’s Supreme Court clears the way for extradition of murder suspect to China

Here’s the report in the New York Times. The suspect, a South Korean national with New Zealand residence, is accused…

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An appeal on behalf of lawyer Tang Jitian

Members of the academic, research and legal professional communities are invited to sign this appeal on behalf of Chinese human…

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“Human Rights in the Chinese Administration of Justice 2020” and some noteworthy trends

While we’re all busy watching developments in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, it’s also important to keep other major human rights and…

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Chinese government imposes suspended death sentence and life imprisonment for writing Chinese government-approved textbook

Yes, you read that right. Uyghurs have been sentenced to death (suspended, which usually means eventual commutation to life imprisonment)…

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China denies consular access to Spavor & Kovrig trials, breaching consular agreement

In a move that will surprise absolutely nobody, China will refuse to allow Canadian diplomats (or indeed, any foreigners, I…

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China v. Zenz: the lawsuit

The latest news [Reuters in English | Xinhua in Chinese] is that unidentified companies from Xinjiang have—no doubt at state…

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2020年〈中國司法人權觀察〉(Human Rights in the Chinese Administration of Justice 2020)

Featured image credit: Badiucao; twitter.com/badiucao/status/498103689899278336/photo/1 2020年的〈中國司法人權觀察〉已經完成,可在此下載。 這篇文章將刊登在臺灣民主基金會每年出版的《中國人權觀察報告》(往年報告連結在此),特別感謝陸梅吉(Margaret Lewis)教授擔任評論人,對文章提出寶貴建議。 沒有時間讀整份報告的話,以下是三千字的摘要。 這是我第三年,也是最後一年的〈中國司法人權觀察〉,感謝那些為中國人權努力的人。 Here is my piece on human rights in the Chinese…

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The Economist on Xinjiang: don’t call it genocide

The Economist just published a leader headlined “‘Genocide’ is the wrong word for the horrors of Xinjiang”. Here’s why I…

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Gang Chen’s case and the future of the China Initiative

The Trump administration capped off its two-year-old China Initiative with the indictment of MIT professor Gang Chen. As I argue…

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Crimes against humanity and genocide in the Uyghur region: Thoughts on the US determination

The following is a guest post from Professor James Millward of Georgetown University, a historian and Xinjiang specialist. The US…

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