The Rights Practice
@rightspractice.bsky.social
The Rights Practice builds the capacity of those working to make human rights a reality. We promote an end to torture and abolition of the death penalty.
Website: https://www.rights-practice.org/
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UN experts warn forced labour targeting Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and #Tibetan communities persists, driven by state “labour transfer” schemes. Coercion may amount to crimes against humanity.
Tibet: estimates near 650,000 labour transfers in 2024.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... #supplychain
Tibet: estimates near 650,000 labour transfers in 2024.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... #supplychain
UN experts alarmed by reports of forced labour of Uyghur, Tibetan and other minorities across China
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed deep concern regarding persistent allegations of forced labour affecting Uyghur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz minority groups as well as Tibetans within the Xinjiang Uyghur A...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:22 PM
UN experts warn forced labour targeting Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and #Tibetan communities persists, driven by state “labour transfer” schemes. Coercion may amount to crimes against humanity.
Tibet: estimates near 650,000 labour transfers in 2024.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... #supplychain
Tibet: estimates near 650,000 labour transfers in 2024.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... #supplychain
UN experts alarmed by reports of forced labour of Uyghur, Tibetan and other minorities across China - "In many cases, the coercive elements are so severe that they may amount to forcible transfer and/or enslavement as a crime against humanity." tinyurl.com/4rj58fwk
UN experts alarmed by reports of forced labour of Uyghur, Tibetan and other minorities across China
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed deep concern regarding persistent allegations of forced labour affecting Uyghur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz minority groups as well as Tibetans within the Xinjiang Uyghur A...
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January 22, 2026 at 11:59 AM
UN experts alarmed by reports of forced labour of Uyghur, Tibetan and other minorities across China - "In many cases, the coercive elements are so severe that they may amount to forcible transfer and/or enslavement as a crime against humanity." tinyurl.com/4rj58fwk
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January 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Start the new year informed, subscribe to our periodic China Rights Digest for trusted news and updates on human rights in China and Hong Kong.
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❗Police raided former NGO leader #ChengYuan 's home in Beihai on Dec 20, detaining him for 6hrs of questioning about #ZionChurch and donations. They seized books he borrowed from detained founding pastor #EzraJin. Cheng was released from prison in July 2024.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
❗Police raided former NGO leader #ChengYuan 's home in Beihai on Dec 20, detaining him for 6hrs of questioning about #ZionChurch and donations. They seized books he borrowed from detained founding pastor #EzraJin. Cheng was released from prison in July 2024.
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On 15 December 2025, we signed a joint letter, along with 32 other organisations, to Keir Starmer MP, Prime Minister of UK, to urge him to do everything in his power to secure the release of British citizen Jimmy Lai. tinyurl.com/mr2fcjnx
@hongkongwatch.bsky.social @indexoncensorship.org @rsf.org
@hongkongwatch.bsky.social @indexoncensorship.org @rsf.org
Joint letter: Prime Minister of UK must secure release of Jimmy Lai
On 15 December 2025, The Rights Practice signed a joint letter, along with 32 other organisations, to Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP, Prime Minister of the UK, urging him to secure British citizen Jimmy Lai's...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
On 15 December 2025, we signed a joint letter, along with 32 other organisations, to Keir Starmer MP, Prime Minister of UK, to urge him to do everything in his power to secure the release of British citizen Jimmy Lai. tinyurl.com/mr2fcjnx
@hongkongwatch.bsky.social @indexoncensorship.org @rsf.org
@hongkongwatch.bsky.social @indexoncensorship.org @rsf.org
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Strong statement from the Foreign Secretary and all sides of the House on the politically motivated prosecution of British citizen Jimmy Lai.
But what action will be taken?
But what action will be taken?
🔴 Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Yvette Cooper, is making a statement on: Jimmy Lai.
Watch live ⬇️
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Watch live ⬇️
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December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Strong statement from the Foreign Secretary and all sides of the House on the politically motivated prosecution of British citizen Jimmy Lai.
But what action will be taken?
But what action will be taken?
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#CHRD condemns the verdict against #HK pro-democracy activist #JimmyLai.
"When there's no chance of a verdict other than guilty, it's not a credible trial. #HK courts should have quashed the charges. Instead they proved complicity with 🇨🇳's anti-#RuleOfLaw regime,"said @sophiedrich.bsky.social.
"When there's no chance of a verdict other than guilty, it's not a credible trial. #HK courts should have quashed the charges. Instead they proved complicity with 🇨🇳's anti-#RuleOfLaw regime,"said @sophiedrich.bsky.social.
December 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#CHRD condemns the verdict against #HK pro-democracy activist #JimmyLai.
"When there's no chance of a verdict other than guilty, it's not a credible trial. #HK courts should have quashed the charges. Instead they proved complicity with 🇨🇳's anti-#RuleOfLaw regime,"said @sophiedrich.bsky.social.
"When there's no chance of a verdict other than guilty, it's not a credible trial. #HK courts should have quashed the charges. Instead they proved complicity with 🇨🇳's anti-#RuleOfLaw regime,"said @sophiedrich.bsky.social.
1/ On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2025, EU Delegation of China statement: EU strongly encourages China to uphold rule of law and to guarantee fair trials and due process for all. They also reiterate call for abolition of the death penalty in all cases and all circumstances. tinyurl.com/2r6rmvte
Statement of the EU Delegation in China on the International Human Rights Day
Today, as the world observes International Human Rights Day, we reflect on the ongoing challenges and the progress made since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Human r...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
1/ On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2025, EU Delegation of China statement: EU strongly encourages China to uphold rule of law and to guarantee fair trials and due process for all. They also reiterate call for abolition of the death penalty in all cases and all circumstances. tinyurl.com/2r6rmvte
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⌛️#HumanRightsDay Countdown: Lawyer #DingJiaxi is serving a 12-yr sentence for advocating #RuleOfLaw and civil rights in 🇨🇳. His wife, activist #SophieLuo, has repeatedly raised the alarm over being denied her right to communicate with him.
🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...
🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
⌛️#HumanRightsDay Countdown: Lawyer #DingJiaxi is serving a 12-yr sentence for advocating #RuleOfLaw and civil rights in 🇨🇳. His wife, activist #SophieLuo, has repeatedly raised the alarm over being denied her right to communicate with him.
🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...
🔗 www.nchrd.org/2013/10/pris...
1/ Tomorrow, 10 December 2025, is Human Rights Day. The theme is to reaffirm the values of human rights and show that they remain a winning proposition for humanity.
Human rights are POSITIVE - They don’t only protect, they also bring joy, happiness and safety into daily life.
Human rights are POSITIVE - They don’t only protect, they also bring joy, happiness and safety into daily life.
December 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
1/ Tomorrow, 10 December 2025, is Human Rights Day. The theme is to reaffirm the values of human rights and show that they remain a winning proposition for humanity.
Human rights are POSITIVE - They don’t only protect, they also bring joy, happiness and safety into daily life.
Human rights are POSITIVE - They don’t only protect, they also bring joy, happiness and safety into daily life.
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💡 #China authorities moved human rights defender and journalist #ZhangZhan to #Shanghai Women's Prison while not disclosing her appeal outcome & denying her access to family and lawyer. The court sentenced her to 4 years for picking quarrels in Sept.
Via wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/11/4_18...
Via wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/11/4_18...
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
💡 #China authorities moved human rights defender and journalist #ZhangZhan to #Shanghai Women's Prison while not disclosing her appeal outcome & denying her access to family and lawyer. The court sentenced her to 4 years for picking quarrels in Sept.
Via wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/11/4_18...
Via wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/11/4_18...
On 30 October 2025, The Rights Practice and six other organisations issued a joint statement expressing grave concern about reports that lawyer Zhang Wenpeng has been tortured while in arbitrary detention in China.
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Joint Statement: Lawyer Zhang Wenpeng reportedly tortured
On 30 October 2025, The Rights Practice and six other organisations issued a joint statement expressing grave concerns about reports that lawyer Zhang Wenpeng has been tortured while in arbitrary dete...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On 30 October 2025, The Rights Practice and six other organisations issued a joint statement expressing grave concern about reports that lawyer Zhang Wenpeng has been tortured while in arbitrary detention in China.
www.rights-practice.org/news/joint-s...
www.rights-practice.org/news/joint-s...
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🚨 We are gravely concerned about reports that lawyer Zhang Wenpeng has been tortured while in arbitrary detention in China
🔗 Read our joint statement here: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/chinese-lawy...
🔗 Read our joint statement here: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/chinese-lawy...
Chinese lawyer Zhang Wenpeng reportedly tortured while in detention - Lawyers for Lawyers
The Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers, International Bar Association Human Rights Institute, Asian Lawyers Network, The Rights Practice, and the…
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October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚨 We are gravely concerned about reports that lawyer Zhang Wenpeng has been tortured while in arbitrary detention in China
🔗 Read our joint statement here: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/chinese-lawy...
🔗 Read our joint statement here: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/chinese-lawy...
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This is one of the more egregious examples of Chinese threats to academic freedom to research that I have come across. Universities need - collectively - to bring these issues into the open.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is one of the more egregious examples of Chinese threats to academic freedom to research that I have come across. Universities need - collectively - to bring these issues into the open.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show www.bbc.com/news/article...
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#China: 10 years ago, Swedish publisher Gui Minhai was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand. We’ve had no news of his fate or whereabouts for the past 5 years. RSF has led a coalition of 90 NGOs in another call for his release. He shouldn't spend another second in jail. #FreeGuiMinhai
China: 90 NGOs, led by RSF, demand the release of Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping
A coalition of 90 press freedom and human rights NGOs, led by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has called for the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, founder of the Hong Kong-based publishing hou...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#China: 10 years ago, Swedish publisher Gui Minhai was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand. We’ve had no news of his fate or whereabouts for the past 5 years. RSF has led a coalition of 90 NGOs in another call for his release. He shouldn't spend another second in jail. #FreeGuiMinhai
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On Friday, it's 10 years since Swedish bookseller #GuiMinhai was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand. They have faced no consequence.
SD, nearly 100 other NGOs, and the EU parliament all refuse to forget. Coordinated by @rsf.org
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/10-y...
SD, nearly 100 other NGOs, and the EU parliament all refuse to forget. Coordinated by @rsf.org
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10 years since Gui Minhai's kidnapping
October 15, 2025: Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Chinese Government’s Arbitrary Detention of Swedish publisher Gui MinhaiWe, the undersigned press freedom, journalists’, human rights...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On Friday, it's 10 years since Swedish bookseller #GuiMinhai was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand. They have faced no consequence.
SD, nearly 100 other NGOs, and the EU parliament all refuse to forget. Coordinated by @rsf.org
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/10-y...
SD, nearly 100 other NGOs, and the EU parliament all refuse to forget. Coordinated by @rsf.org
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/10-y...
Today, a coalition of 90 NGOs including The Rights Practice is calling for the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in Thailand. Gui has been disappeared by China, with no updates about his whereabouts for past 5 yrs tinyurl.com/5n7mj6hd
Joint statement: Arbitrary detention of Gui Minhai
On 15 October 2025, The Rights Practice, and 89 other NGOs, issued a joint statement to strongly condemn the Chinese government's ongoing arbitrary detention of Swedish publisher and writer Gui Minhai...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Today, a coalition of 90 NGOs including The Rights Practice is calling for the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in Thailand. Gui has been disappeared by China, with no updates about his whereabouts for past 5 yrs tinyurl.com/5n7mj6hd
1/ Today, 10 October, marks World Day Against the Death Penalty. This year, World Day is dedicated to challenging the misconception that the death penalty can make people and communities safer. #NoDeathPenalty
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
1/ Today, 10 October, marks World Day Against the Death Penalty. This year, World Day is dedicated to challenging the misconception that the death penalty can make people and communities safer. #NoDeathPenalty
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On World Day Against the Death Penalty I was pleased to introduce a webinar organised by prisonersrights.org/english/ on the death penalty in Asia and contribution of www.klguidelines.com
@rightspractice.bsky.social was pleased to have helped facilitate drafting of the KL Guidelines.
@rightspractice.bsky.social was pleased to have helped facilitate drafting of the KL Guidelines.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
On World Day Against the Death Penalty I was pleased to introduce a webinar organised by prisonersrights.org/english/ on the death penalty in Asia and contribution of www.klguidelines.com
@rightspractice.bsky.social was pleased to have helped facilitate drafting of the KL Guidelines.
@rightspractice.bsky.social was pleased to have helped facilitate drafting of the KL Guidelines.
1/ On 3 October 2025, UN experts expressed alarm that lawyer Kevin Yam (Yam Kin Fung) was disbarred and financially penalised on 16 July 2025 in direct connection with public statements he made about the independence of judges and prosecutors in Hong Kong www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN experts condemn reprisals against Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Yam
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm that lawyer Kevin Yam (Yam Kin Fung) was disbarred and financially penalised on 16 July 2025 in direct connection with public statements he made about the in...
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October 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
1/ On 3 October 2025, UN experts expressed alarm that lawyer Kevin Yam (Yam Kin Fung) was disbarred and financially penalised on 16 July 2025 in direct connection with public statements he made about the independence of judges and prosecutors in Hong Kong www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
We, along with 52 other rights groups, signed a joint letter to urgently raise serious concerns with Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, regarding systemic abuses occurring inside Hong Kong’s prisons. www.rights-practice.org/news/joint-l... @thecfhk.bsky.social
Joint letter: Systemic abuses in Hong Kong's prisons
On 30 September 2025, The Rights Practice signed a joint letter, along with 52 other rights groups, to urgently raise serious concerns regarding systemic abuses occurring in Hong Kong's prisons.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We, along with 52 other rights groups, signed a joint letter to urgently raise serious concerns with Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, regarding systemic abuses occurring inside Hong Kong’s prisons. www.rights-practice.org/news/joint-l... @thecfhk.bsky.social
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UN Chief warns of rising transnational repression against human rights defenders
These acts are directly aimed at individuals and organisations engaging with the United Nations, and in some cases, their family members and colleagues.
These acts are directly aimed at individuals and organisations engaging with the United Nations, and in some cases, their family members and colleagues.
UN Chief warns of rising transnational repression against human rights defenders
ISHR welcomes the inclusion in the report of the case of Basma Mostafa, a woman human rights defender and journalist from Egypt who is subject to targeted transnational repression (TNR).
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September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
UN Chief warns of rising transnational repression against human rights defenders
These acts are directly aimed at individuals and organisations engaging with the United Nations, and in some cases, their family members and colleagues.
These acts are directly aimed at individuals and organisations engaging with the United Nations, and in some cases, their family members and colleagues.
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#UN #HumanRights Office expresses deep concern over citizen journalist #ZhangZhan ’s 4-year sentence for the vague charge of “picking quarrels.” The High Commissioner calls for its repeal and an immediate moratorium on its use.
👉 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
👉 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
September 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#UN #HumanRights Office expresses deep concern over citizen journalist #ZhangZhan ’s 4-year sentence for the vague charge of “picking quarrels.” The High Commissioner calls for its repeal and an immediate moratorium on its use.
👉 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
👉 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Diplomats & journalists were barred from #ZhangZhan’s trial today, as the regime concealed all details of the proceedings. A chilling reminder of how far 🇨🇳 will go to suppress access to independent information. We renew our call: Zhang Zhan must be freed. This persecution must end. #FreeZhangZhan
COVID-19 journalist Zhang Zhan will be tried this week in China, RSF calls on international community to act
Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan spent four years in prison for breaking some of the earliest COVID-19 stories from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus took hold. Now, she is about to be tried in the...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Diplomats & journalists were barred from #ZhangZhan’s trial today, as the regime concealed all details of the proceedings. A chilling reminder of how far 🇨🇳 will go to suppress access to independent information. We renew our call: Zhang Zhan must be freed. This persecution must end. #FreeZhangZhan
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Arbitrary detention & enforced disappearance silence defenders in 🇨🇳 China.
Hear from experts, incl. Mary Lawlor, Rizwangul NurMuhammed, Sophie Richardson & Yalkun Uluyol.
🗓️ 9 Sept | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room VIII
#HRC57 #StandUp4HumanRights
Hear from experts, incl. Mary Lawlor, Rizwangul NurMuhammed, Sophie Richardson & Yalkun Uluyol.
🗓️ 9 Sept | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room VIII
#HRC57 #StandUp4HumanRights
September 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Arbitrary detention & enforced disappearance silence defenders in 🇨🇳 China.
Hear from experts, incl. Mary Lawlor, Rizwangul NurMuhammed, Sophie Richardson & Yalkun Uluyol.
🗓️ 9 Sept | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room VIII
#HRC57 #StandUp4HumanRights
Hear from experts, incl. Mary Lawlor, Rizwangul NurMuhammed, Sophie Richardson & Yalkun Uluyol.
🗓️ 9 Sept | ⏰ 1–2pm | 📍Palais des Nations, Room VIII
#HRC57 #StandUp4HumanRights