The Rights Practice
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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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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.
www.bbc.com
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...
rsf.org
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...
safeguarddefenders.com
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.
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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...
rsf.org
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
The Rights Practice & 7 other organisations issue joint statement to express grave concern over disciplinary proceedings and disbarment of Hong Kong solicitor Kevin Yam.
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Joint Statement: Disbarment against Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Yam
On 3 September 2025, The Rights Practice and seven other organisations issued a joint statement to express their grave concern over the disciplinary proceedings and disbarment of Hong Kong solicitor K...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Rights Practice & 7 other organisations issue joint statement to express grave concern over disciplinary proceedings and disbarment of Hong Kong solicitor Kevin Yam.
tinyurl.com/3nyamfnd
@thelawsociety.bsky.social @asianlawyersn.bsky.social @lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social @ibahri.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3nyamfnd
@thelawsociety.bsky.social @asianlawyersn.bsky.social @lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social @ibahri.bsky.social
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Joint statement on #KevinYam’s disbarment
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Attn: @unsr-judges.bsky.social
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September 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Joint statement on #KevinYam’s disbarment
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Attn: @unsr-judges.bsky.social
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🚨 Concern over #disbarment and #reprisals against #HongKong lawyer #KevinYam
In a joint letter, we call on Chinese authorities to respect his rights and reverse his disbarment: www.lawyersforlawyers.org?p=39514&prev...
In a joint letter, we call on Chinese authorities to respect his rights and reverse his disbarment: www.lawyersforlawyers.org?p=39514&prev...
Disbarment and reprisals against Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Yam amid a broader pattern of intimidation of lawyers defending the rule of law - Lawyers for Lawyers
Find PDF version here Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), the Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the Council of Bars and Law…
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September 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
🚨 Concern over #disbarment and #reprisals against #HongKong lawyer #KevinYam
In a joint letter, we call on Chinese authorities to respect his rights and reverse his disbarment: www.lawyersforlawyers.org?p=39514&prev...
In a joint letter, we call on Chinese authorities to respect his rights and reverse his disbarment: www.lawyersforlawyers.org?p=39514&prev...
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Good to see coverage of this underreported practice of exit bans in China. In the case of critics the police cite national security and there may be no role for the court.
economist.com/china/2025/0...
from The Economist
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from The Economist
Chinese courts can bar even those not accused of crimes from leaving the country
Both foreign executives and political dissidents have been affected
economist.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Good to see coverage of this underreported practice of exit bans in China. In the case of critics the police cite national security and there may be no role for the court.
economist.com/china/2025/0...
from The Economist
economist.com/china/2025/0...
from The Economist
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“The Special Rapporteur expressed disappointment that despite her requests 4 updates on any investigations in2 Gao Zhisheng’s disappearance, no information has thus far been provided, & renewed her appeal to the Chinese authorities to establish his fate & whereabouts.”
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN Special Rapporteur: China must uphold the rights of imprisoned human rights defenders
GENEVA – China must uphold the rights of imprisoned human rights defenders, including by ensuring that they are not subjected to torture or ill-treatment, a UN expert said today.“I have been disturbed...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“The Special Rapporteur expressed disappointment that despite her requests 4 updates on any investigations in2 Gao Zhisheng’s disappearance, no information has thus far been provided, & renewed her appeal to the Chinese authorities to establish his fate & whereabouts.”
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Despite repeated efforts by #GaoZhisheng 's family and fellow activists, including raising his case at the #UN #HumanRights Council, the #China govt has never admitted to holding him. His location and status remain unknown.
www.nchrd.org/2025/08/chin...
www.nchrd.org/2025/08/chin...
August 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Despite repeated efforts by #GaoZhisheng 's family and fellow activists, including raising his case at the #UN #HumanRights Council, the #China govt has never admitted to holding him. His location and status remain unknown.
www.nchrd.org/2025/08/chin...
www.nchrd.org/2025/08/chin...
READ our important new report: When the State Makes you Work. The use of state-imposed forced labour in China.
State-imposed forced labour is a systemic practice in China using both the state’s powers to detain and to assign labour.
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State-imposed forced labour is a systemic practice in China using both the state’s powers to detain and to assign labour.
www.rights-practice.org/news/report-...
Report: When the State Makes you Work
In July 2025, The Rights Practice published an important new report: "When the State Makes you Work. The use of state-imposed forced labour in China".
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July 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
READ our important new report: When the State Makes you Work. The use of state-imposed forced labour in China.
State-imposed forced labour is a systemic practice in China using both the state’s powers to detain and to assign labour.
www.rights-practice.org/news/report-...
State-imposed forced labour is a systemic practice in China using both the state’s powers to detain and to assign labour.
www.rights-practice.org/news/report-...
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Beginning July 9, 2015, Chinese police arrested over 300 human rights lawyers and advocates in a nationwide operation known as the “709 crackdown.”
In the decade since, authorities have subjected many of them to surveillance, harassment, public shaming, and collective punishment. bit.ly/4lfbzkn
In the decade since, authorities have subjected many of them to surveillance, harassment, public shaming, and collective punishment. bit.ly/4lfbzkn
July 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Beginning July 9, 2015, Chinese police arrested over 300 human rights lawyers and advocates in a nationwide operation known as the “709 crackdown.”
In the decade since, authorities have subjected many of them to surveillance, harassment, public shaming, and collective punishment. bit.ly/4lfbzkn
In the decade since, authorities have subjected many of them to surveillance, harassment, public shaming, and collective punishment. bit.ly/4lfbzkn
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‘709’ Today is the 10th anniversary of China’s crackdown on its courageous human rights lawyers. I remember the sinking feeling as I learned in the days that followed of lawyers being disappeared without any due process. Friends imprisoned and tortured in RSDL.
The repression continues.
The repression continues.
July 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
‘709’ Today is the 10th anniversary of China’s crackdown on its courageous human rights lawyers. I remember the sinking feeling as I learned in the days that followed of lawyers being disappeared without any due process. Friends imprisoned and tortured in RSDL.
The repression continues.
The repression continues.
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ALN @asianlawyersn.bsky.social joined 30 other organisations to issue this joint statement to mark the 10th anniversary of #709Crackdown.
On 7 July 2025, The Rights Practice & 30 other orgs issue joint statement to mark 10 years since "709" crackdown. We call on concerned governments and the United Nations to establish an independent, international investigation into Beijing’s persecution of civil society. tinyurl.com/5dnezenw
Joint statement: Call for international action, ten years after "709" crackdown
On 7 July 2025, The Rights Practice, and 30 other organisations, urge the United Nations to establish an independent, international investigation into Beijing’s persecution of civil society, ten years...
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July 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
ALN @asianlawyersn.bsky.social joined 30 other organisations to issue this joint statement to mark the 10th anniversary of #709Crackdown.
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China’s human rights lawyers speak out, 10 years after crackdown
China’s human rights lawyers speak out, 10 years after crackdown
In 2015, a nationwide campaign rounded up hundreds of rights advocates. Since then, suppression has become more systematic and less visible, lawyers say
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
China’s human rights lawyers speak out, 10 years after crackdown