Safeguard Defenders (保护卫士)
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Safeguard Defenders promotes the rule of law and helps human rights defenders build capacity in Asia.
保护卫士人权组织致力于推动亚洲国家法治，促进人权捍卫者能力建设.
保护卫士人权组织致力于推动亚洲国家法治，促进人权捍卫者能力建设.
The #ThaiHumanRightsCommission has ruled the mass Uyghur deportation unlawful, stating it "contravened the principle of non-refoulement, international human rights treaties, and the Thai 2022 Act on Torture and Enforced Disappearance." #ThaiUyghur
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December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The #ThaiHumanRightsCommission has ruled the mass Uyghur deportation unlawful, stating it "contravened the principle of non-refoulement, international human rights treaties, and the Thai 2022 Act on Torture and Enforced Disappearance." #ThaiUyghur
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A estreia em Portugal do premiado filme #AllStaticandNoise, apresentado com o apoio da Safeguard Defenders, ocorreu no dia 8 de outubro de 2025. -- Leia sobre isso aqui
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October 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A estreia em Portugal do premiado filme #AllStaticandNoise, apresentado com o apoio da Safeguard Defenders, ocorreu no dia 8 de outubro de 2025. -- Leia sobre isso aqui
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几年前，我们撰写了一份关于中国精神病收治做法的最深入报告——警方常将异议人士强行送入精神病院关押，在那里他们被灌药、铁链捆绑、殴打以及电击“治疗”。
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October 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
几年前，我们撰写了一份关于中国精神病收治做法的最深入报告——警方常将异议人士强行送入精神病院关押，在那里他们被灌药、铁链捆绑、殴打以及电击“治疗”。
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October 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A few years earlier, we wrote the most indepth report on China's practice of psychiatric detentions - where police place critics under involuntary commitment where they are tortured with drugs, shackles, beatings and electroshock 'therapy'.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A few years earlier, we wrote the most indepth report on China's practice of psychiatric detentions - where police place critics under involuntary commitment where they are tortured with drugs, shackles, beatings and electroshock 'therapy'.
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It’s been three years since your father’s death. And almost five years since you disappeared.
To this day, we cannot believe that you are dead.
Letter to Dong Yaoqiong, #China's ink girl: ✍️
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To this day, we cannot believe that you are dead.
Letter to Dong Yaoqiong, #China's ink girl: ✍️
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October 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It’s been three years since your father’s death. And almost five years since you disappeared.
To this day, we cannot believe that you are dead.
Letter to Dong Yaoqiong, #China's ink girl: ✍️
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/lett...
To this day, we cannot believe that you are dead.
Letter to Dong Yaoqiong, #China's ink girl: ✍️
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/lett...
Three years to the day since her father died in prison under suspicious circumstances, we write a letter to Dong Yaoqiong, China's ink girl...🖊️
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September 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Three years to the day since her father died in prison under suspicious circumstances, we write a letter to Dong Yaoqiong, China's ink girl...🖊️
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September 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
While locations are kept secret, it hasn't stopped SD from uncovering loads of locations, and here are a few.
August 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
While locations are kept secret, it hasn't stopped SD from uncovering loads of locations, and here are a few.
Facilities used varies, from adjusted hotel rooms to full-blown custom-designed facilities, like this one in southern Beijing.
August 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Facilities used varies, from adjusted hotel rooms to full-blown custom-designed facilities, like this one in southern Beijing.
Ongoing debate about China's #RSDL system for disappearances into secret locations is a good reason to learn about the reality inside. Our graphics-heavy report, #LockedUp, does just that.
Come for the fantastic artwork, leave knowing the reality.
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Come for the fantastic artwork, leave knowing the reality.
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August 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ongoing debate about China's #RSDL system for disappearances into secret locations is a good reason to learn about the reality inside. Our graphics-heavy report, #LockedUp, does just that.
Come for the fantastic artwork, leave knowing the reality.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/new-...
Come for the fantastic artwork, leave knowing the reality.
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Help us break the echo chamber. Contact us to help spread the magazine.
#ChinaTravelMagazine #DissidentEdition #ForcedTravel
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#ChinaTravelMagazine #DissidentEdition #ForcedTravel
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August 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Help us break the echo chamber. Contact us to help spread the magazine.
#ChinaTravelMagazine #DissidentEdition #ForcedTravel
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#ChinaTravelMagazine #DissidentEdition #ForcedTravel
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𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲
You can also request a Print edition copy, if you want to print it yourself, all ready-made for printing, with bleed and everything else taken care of. Just a PDF and print-shop, and you got your own high quality magazine, just like that.
You can also request a Print edition copy, if you want to print it yourself, all ready-made for printing, with bleed and everything else taken care of. Just a PDF and print-shop, and you got your own high quality magazine, just like that.
August 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲
You can also request a Print edition copy, if you want to print it yourself, all ready-made for printing, with bleed and everything else taken care of. Just a PDF and print-shop, and you got your own high quality magazine, just like that.
You can also request a Print edition copy, if you want to print it yourself, all ready-made for printing, with bleed and everything else taken care of. Just a PDF and print-shop, and you got your own high quality magazine, just like that.
𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩?
DM or email us, and let us know your location, and where you would like to distribute these, and we will send you a batch, and of course, you can keep a copy or two for yourself or a friend. Let’s break the echo chamber!
DM or email us, and let us know your location, and where you would like to distribute these, and we will send you a batch, and of course, you can keep a copy or two for yourself or a friend. Let’s break the echo chamber!
August 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩?
DM or email us, and let us know your location, and where you would like to distribute these, and we will send you a batch, and of course, you can keep a copy or two for yourself or a friend. Let’s break the echo chamber!
DM or email us, and let us know your location, and where you would like to distribute these, and we will send you a batch, and of course, you can keep a copy or two for yourself or a friend. Let’s break the echo chamber!
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝
We distribute these to airport lounges, on airplanes too, libraries, resting areas in gyms, waiting rooms at clinics and dentists’ offices, cafes, and other venues, where unsuspecting people are likely to pick up a copy just to kill time.
We distribute these to airport lounges, on airplanes too, libraries, resting areas in gyms, waiting rooms at clinics and dentists’ offices, cafes, and other venues, where unsuspecting people are likely to pick up a copy just to kill time.
August 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝
We distribute these to airport lounges, on airplanes too, libraries, resting areas in gyms, waiting rooms at clinics and dentists’ offices, cafes, and other venues, where unsuspecting people are likely to pick up a copy just to kill time.
We distribute these to airport lounges, on airplanes too, libraries, resting areas in gyms, waiting rooms at clinics and dentists’ offices, cafes, and other venues, where unsuspecting people are likely to pick up a copy just to kill time.
Once a page or two has been skimmed, and some amazing artwork seen, readers will realize what they are actually reading. And to what extent the CCP will go to to suppress even basic freedoms. At which point it’s too late to un-do.
August 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Once a page or two has been skimmed, and some amazing artwork seen, readers will realize what they are actually reading. And to what extent the CCP will go to to suppress even basic freedoms. At which point it’s too late to un-do.
𝐇𝐨𝐰?
This magazine is intended for regular people to accidentally pick up while killing time. Thinking of it, it appears to be just another glossy travel magazine with some nice images. Which it is. 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭.
This magazine is intended for regular people to accidentally pick up while killing time. Thinking of it, it appears to be just another glossy travel magazine with some nice images. Which it is. 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭.
August 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
𝐇𝐨𝐰?
This magazine is intended for regular people to accidentally pick up while killing time. Thinking of it, it appears to be just another glossy travel magazine with some nice images. Which it is. 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭.
This magazine is intended for regular people to accidentally pick up while killing time. Thinking of it, it appears to be just another glossy travel magazine with some nice images. Which it is. 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬?
A great many people do not read human rights reports. They do not read China reports. And even if interested, they do not want to spend hours on it. This magazine seeks to test a novel way to break that. To reach new audiences.
A great many people do not read human rights reports. They do not read China reports. And even if interested, they do not want to spend hours on it. This magazine seeks to test a novel way to break that. To reach new audiences.
August 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬?
A great many people do not read human rights reports. They do not read China reports. And even if interested, they do not want to spend hours on it. This magazine seeks to test a novel way to break that. To reach new audiences.
A great many people do not read human rights reports. They do not read China reports. And even if interested, they do not want to spend hours on it. This magazine seeks to test a novel way to break that. To reach new audiences.
𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰?
This autumn, our satirical magazine on Chinese police’s practice of "forced holidays" of dissidents - designed to appear as just another glossy travel magazine - will begin its proper distribution. (A brief tweet-chain)
This autumn, our satirical magazine on Chinese police’s practice of "forced holidays" of dissidents - designed to appear as just another glossy travel magazine - will begin its proper distribution. (A brief tweet-chain)
August 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰?
This autumn, our satirical magazine on Chinese police’s practice of "forced holidays" of dissidents - designed to appear as just another glossy travel magazine - will begin its proper distribution. (A brief tweet-chain)
This autumn, our satirical magazine on Chinese police’s practice of "forced holidays" of dissidents - designed to appear as just another glossy travel magazine - will begin its proper distribution. (A brief tweet-chain)
对于被指定居所监视居住的受害者来说，人一旦被带走，唯一的保护手段只有了解可能会面临什么，以及那些不可触碰的红线。现在又有一篇关于该监居系统的新文章，讲述了澳大利亚记者程蕾被捕和遭遇的经历。
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June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
对于被指定居所监视居住的受害者来说，人一旦被带走，唯一的保护手段只有了解可能会面临什么，以及那些不可触碰的红线。现在又有一篇关于该监居系统的新文章，讲述了澳大利亚记者程蕾被捕和遭遇的经历。
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New testimony, this time from Australian TV anchor for China's #CGTN, #ChengLei, speaks out about reality inside the feared #RSDL system of incommunicado, secret detention China maintains.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New testimony, this time from Australian TV anchor for China's #CGTN, #ChengLei, speaks out about reality inside the feared #RSDL system of incommunicado, secret detention China maintains.
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safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/rare...
#中国 秘密监禁系统指定居所监视居住的设施极为隐秘——不会出现在任何地图上，也没有任何公开影像资料 。這一部新的纪录片中，观众罕见地得以一窥指定居所监视居住这隐秘系统的内幕。
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June 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
#中国 秘密监禁系统指定居所监视居住的设施极为隐秘——不会出现在任何地图上，也没有任何公开影像资料 。這一部新的纪录片中，观众罕见地得以一窥指定居所监视居住这隐秘系统的内幕。
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#China’s secret system of detention called #RSDL is so secretive that you won't find RSDL facilities marked on maps nor will you see any photos of it on official web pages. Now a new documentary offers a rare glimpse inside an RSDL cell. safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/rare...
June 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
#China’s secret system of detention called #RSDL is so secretive that you won't find RSDL facilities marked on maps nor will you see any photos of it on official web pages. Now a new documentary offers a rare glimpse inside an RSDL cell. safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/rare...
For the weekend, to both learn and be amused, we recommend having a look at this week's new report, presented as a full-blown travel magazine, the China Travel Magazine - Dissident edition. It's quite a work of art.
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June 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
For the weekend, to both learn and be amused, we recommend having a look at this week's new report, presented as a full-blown travel magazine, the China Travel Magazine - Dissident edition. It's quite a work of art.
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safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/holi...
今天是 #天安门大屠杀 36周年纪念日，我们用一种非常特别的方式来报道 #中国 一种极不寻常的任意拘留方式。请点此阅读《China Travel Magazine: Dissident Edition》(仅提供英文版)！
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June 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
今天是 #天安门大屠杀 36周年纪念日，我们用一种非常特别的方式来报道 #中国 一种极不寻常的任意拘留方式。请点此阅读《China Travel Magazine: Dissident Edition》(仅提供英文版)！
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