The Chinese government’s repression of political dissent in Tibetan areas warrants fact-finding visits by United Nations human rights experts, says Human Rights Watch, releasing a new compilation of cases and sentences against Tibetans.
Reporters Without Borders has called on journalists and bloggers who use Apple iCloud China to change their geographic region or close their accounts by 28 February, when control of their data will pass to the Chinese state.
Preaching at the Beijing Gangwashi Church in China, World Council of Churches Asia president, the Rev Dr Sang Chang explored the question of where Christianity is headed in the 21st century.
The Chinese authorities have imposed new controls on the Tibetan Buddhist monastic centre of Larung Gar that infringe upon freedom of religion, says Human Rights Watch.
The National Union of Journalists has backed Carrie Gracie who has quit her post as the BBC China editor and written an open letter to licence fee payers accusing the corporation of “breaking equality law” and creating a “crisis of trust” at the public service broadcaster.
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.
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.
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.
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