Shane Yi
@shaneyi.bsky.social
Researcher on Chinese human rights with @chrdnet.bsky.social
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Shane Yi
@shaneyi.bsky.social
· Feb 5
Just like a frog in slowly boiling water, 🇨🇳 citizens & HRDs face escalating online restrictions. The Internet ID Measure tightens state control, making silencing dissent just a click away.
#UN & civil society must act now to stop these rights-eroding laws.
🔔 www.nchrd.org/2025/02/chin...
#UN & civil society must act now to stop these rights-eroding laws.
🔔 www.nchrd.org/2025/02/chin...
Reposted by Shane Yi
#LuSiwei ’s trial is set for this afternoon. His wife told media that the charge of “illegally crossing the border” usually carries up to 1 year. Given Lu’s past and current detention, he could be released—but there are concerns about an unexpected outcome.
🗞️ www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhe...
🗞️ www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhe...
卢思位案于下周开庭 家属期盼当庭释放
2023年在老挝被强行遣返中国的人权律师卢思位涉嫌偷越国境的案件，下周将在成都开庭。卢思位妻子表示，在正常情况下，卢思位应该可以当庭宣判和释放，但担心存在变数和丈夫因长期关押对身心造成的伤害。
www.rfa.org
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
#LuSiwei ’s trial is set for this afternoon. His wife told media that the charge of “illegally crossing the border” usually carries up to 1 year. Given Lu’s past and current detention, he could be released—but there are concerns about an unexpected outcome.
🗞️ www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhe...
🗞️ www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhe...
Reposted by Shane Yi
Trial alert ⚠️: A court in Chengdu will try #HumanRights lawyer #LuSiwei on April 16, 2025, on the charge of “illegally crossing the border.” He has spent 6 months in pre-trial detention after being arrested by police near the end of his bail period in Oct. 2024.
🔗 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
🔗 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
April 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Trial alert ⚠️: A court in Chengdu will try #HumanRights lawyer #LuSiwei on April 16, 2025, on the charge of “illegally crossing the border.” He has spent 6 months in pre-trial detention after being arrested by police near the end of his bail period in Oct. 2024.
🔗 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
🔗 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
//...There is a clear public interest in disclosing the sort of information that Trump advisers included in nonsecure communications channels, esp b/c senior administration figures are attempting to downplay the significance of the messages that were shared.//
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
//...There is a clear public interest in disclosing the sort of information that Trump advisers included in nonsecure communications channels, esp b/c senior administration figures are attempting to downplay the significance of the messages that were shared.//
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Reposted by Shane Yi
Activist #LongKehai was re-detained on 3/19, just 8 months after his release. Having already served 3.5 years across two sentences for "picking quarrels," his new crime? Incredibly, the exact same charge—again. This relentless cycle exposes #Beijing’s ongoing pattern of repression.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
March 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Activist #LongKehai was re-detained on 3/19, just 8 months after his release. Having already served 3.5 years across two sentences for "picking quarrels," his new crime? Incredibly, the exact same charge—again. This relentless cycle exposes #Beijing’s ongoing pattern of repression.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
Reposted by Shane Yi
Journalist #ChenJieren, sentenced to 15 years, is now held in the high-security section of Changsha Prison, Hunan. Such extreme measures highlight how #Beijing perceives independent journalism as a severe threat—equating truth-telling with danger.
For background 📚 www.nchrd.org/2020/07/chen...
For background 📚 www.nchrd.org/2020/07/chen...
March 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Journalist #ChenJieren, sentenced to 15 years, is now held in the high-security section of Changsha Prison, Hunan. Such extreme measures highlight how #Beijing perceives independent journalism as a severe threat—equating truth-telling with danger.
For background 📚 www.nchrd.org/2020/07/chen...
For background 📚 www.nchrd.org/2020/07/chen...
Reposted by Shane Yi
#Beijing continues to harass activist #XuYan following her release in January—a #NonReleaseRelease. She faces constant surveillance outside her home and is followed and photographed when going out. Despite her complaints, nothing has changed.
🔗 wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/03/3_17...
🔗 wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/03/3_17...
Just in 💡: Activist #XuYan, wife of imprisoned lawyer #YuWensheng, has been released after serving a 1 year and 9 months sentence for "inciting subversion."
获刑1年9个月的著名人权捍卫者许艳女士今刑满获释，目前已回到北京家中。
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/01/19.h...
获刑1年9个月的著名人权捍卫者许艳女士今刑满获释，目前已回到北京家中。
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/01/19.h...
March 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
#Beijing continues to harass activist #XuYan following her release in January—a #NonReleaseRelease. She faces constant surveillance outside her home and is followed and photographed when going out. Despite her complaints, nothing has changed.
🔗 wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/03/3_17...
🔗 wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/03/3_17...
Reposted by Shane Yi
//Regrettably the [Chinese] Government did not fully address the questions in the communication, most notably regarding Ms. He’s detention condition and the whereabouts of her daughters.//
Now public: I wrote to the Government of #China about the sentencing of WHRD He Fangmei, which was recently upheld on appeal. The whereabouts of her young daughters are still unknown.
🔽 Read the full communication & Government's response:
srdefenders.org/china-convic...
🔽 Read the full communication & Government's response:
srdefenders.org/china-convic...
China: conviction and sentencing of WHRD He Fangmei and apparent disappearance of her two young daughters (joint communication)
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of China about the sentencing in October 2024 of woman human rights defender He Fangmei to five years and six months in prison and t...
srdefenders.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
//Regrettably the [Chinese] Government did not fully address the questions in the communication, most notably regarding Ms. He’s detention condition and the whereabouts of her daughters.//
Reposted by Shane Yi
March 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Reposted by Shane Yi
Publisher #LiYanhe, who has spent around two yrs in pre-trial detention, reportedly tried in Feb. for inciting separatism. #Beijing claims an "open trial" following legal procedures, but advocacy groups dispute this—noting the lack of legal docs, health updates, or detention details.
#FreeFuCha
#FreeFuCha
3月17日，中国国台办证实， #富察 （ #李延贺 ）被控 #煽动分裂国家罪 一案已于2月17日一审公开宣判，官方并未公布刑期。 www.dw.com/zh/%E7%85%BD...
李延贺，台湾八旗文化总编辑，曾出版多部大陆禁书。2023年3月返回上海时被捕。 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
李延贺，台湾八旗文化总编辑，曾出版多部大陆禁书。2023年3月返回上海时被捕。 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
March 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Publisher #LiYanhe, who has spent around two yrs in pre-trial detention, reportedly tried in Feb. for inciting separatism. #Beijing claims an "open trial" following legal procedures, but advocacy groups dispute this—noting the lack of legal docs, health updates, or detention details.
#FreeFuCha
#FreeFuCha
Reposted by Shane Yi
11 years on, we remember #CaoShunli 's fight for human rights in China and #Beijing 's cruel response - still unaccountable for her death in custody. Her legacy of grassroots human rights advocacy continues to inspire many today and beyond.
🔖 www.nchrd.org/2019/03/cao-...
🔖 www.nchrd.org/2019/03/cao-...
March 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
11 years on, we remember #CaoShunli 's fight for human rights in China and #Beijing 's cruel response - still unaccountable for her death in custody. Her legacy of grassroots human rights advocacy continues to inspire many today and beyond.
🔖 www.nchrd.org/2019/03/cao-...
🔖 www.nchrd.org/2019/03/cao-...
Reposted by Shane Yi
“… between 2019-2024, more people were convicted of the national security crimes of “subversion” and “inciting subversion” in #HongKong than in mainland #China, according to available data.”
China’s System of Mass Arbitrary Detention
thediplomat.com/2025/03/chin...
China’s System of Mass Arbitrary Detention
thediplomat.com/2025/03/chin...
China’s System of Mass Arbitrary Detention
New research analyzing 1,545 prison sentences echoes U.N. concerns that arbitrary detentions “may constitute crimes against humanity.”
thediplomat.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“… between 2019-2024, more people were convicted of the national security crimes of “subversion” and “inciting subversion” in #HongKong than in mainland #China, according to available data.”
China’s System of Mass Arbitrary Detention
thediplomat.com/2025/03/chin...
China’s System of Mass Arbitrary Detention
thediplomat.com/2025/03/chin...
Reposted by Shane Yi
#中国： 记者 #张展 遭控方求刑五年之久。她已因报导新冠肺炎疫情而服刑四年，现更可能因持续进行绝食抗议所受虐待而丧生。无国界记者呼吁外交人员立即采取行动以确保她获释。
👉 rsf.org/en/china-fiv...
👉 rsf.org/en/china-fiv...
February 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
#中国： 记者 #张展 遭控方求刑五年之久。她已因报导新冠肺炎疫情而服刑四年，现更可能因持续进行绝食抗议所受虐待而丧生。无国界记者呼吁外交人员立即采取行动以确保她获释。
👉 rsf.org/en/china-fiv...
👉 rsf.org/en/china-fiv...
Bravo @adatt.bsky.social & team @chrdnet.bsky.social 🦾
🚩 NEW REPORT: “In a Prison Cell Waiting for Daybreak” documents 1,545 prisoners of conscience in #China (2019-2024). Our findings support #UN concern that the scope and scale of arbitrary detentions may constitute #CrimesAgainstHumanity.
youtube.com/shorts/9eazm...
youtube.com/shorts/9eazm...
Arbitrary Detention in China may Constitute Crimes Against Humanity
YouTube video by CHRDnetwork
youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Bravo @adatt.bsky.social & team @chrdnet.bsky.social 🦾
Reposted by Shane Yi
#UN experts express their utmost concern about the apparent
disappearance by #China officials of Ms. He’s 2 youngest daughters, one of whom has a disability, and the placement in foster care of her eldest son, reportedly with no access to Ms. He’s family, despite clearly expressed wishes by Ms. He.
disappearance by #China officials of Ms. He’s 2 youngest daughters, one of whom has a disability, and the placement in foster care of her eldest son, reportedly with no access to Ms. He’s family, despite clearly expressed wishes by Ms. He.
In an official letter to #Beijing in Jan., #UN experts expressed strong concern that #HeFangmei 's conviction was apparent retaliation for her human rights work and demanded answers on the whereabouts of her young daughters.
Full letter: spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
Full letter: spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
March 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reposted by Shane Yi
#XieYang, writing from detention in an open letter to all lawyers in 🇨🇳, condemned Changsha authorities for violating lawyers' rights—blocking visits, withholding case files, interfering with his defense & delaying his trial since his detention in Jan. 2022.
Full letter in CN ⤵️
Full letter in CN ⤵️
谢阳律师狱中致中国全体律师的公开信
维权网敬启：相关媒体在采纳和引用本网报道时请务必注明出处！此为本网官方博客，维权网推特:@weiquanwang，维权网邮箱：wqw2011@gmail.com 谢谢支持！
wqw2010.blogspot.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
#XieYang, writing from detention in an open letter to all lawyers in 🇨🇳, condemned Changsha authorities for violating lawyers' rights—blocking visits, withholding case files, interfering with his defense & delaying his trial since his detention in Jan. 2022.
Full letter in CN ⤵️
Full letter in CN ⤵️
Reposted by Shane Yi
"...China’s vast surveillance capabilities and its strict control over online activity have made many wary of the new identity tool." @mashaborak.bsky.social
www.biometricupdate.com/202502/china...
www.biometricupdate.com/202502/china...
February 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"...China’s vast surveillance capabilities and its strict control over online activity have made many wary of the new identity tool." @mashaborak.bsky.social
www.biometricupdate.com/202502/china...
www.biometricupdate.com/202502/china...
Reposted by Shane Yi
"Even today many platforms were only accessible to those with a Chinese cell phone number. With the introduction of the internet ID, anyone seeking access would need to enlist the help of a Chinese contact person." @jstie.bsky.social
posteo.de/en/news/chin...
posteo.de/en/news/chin...
February 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Even today many platforms were only accessible to those with a Chinese cell phone number. With the introduction of the internet ID, anyone seeking access would need to enlist the help of a Chinese contact person." @jstie.bsky.social
posteo.de/en/news/chin...
posteo.de/en/news/chin...
Reposted by Shane Yi
My latest: With the U.S. funding freeze, an entire ecosystem of vital China-related work is now in crisis. Dozens of scrappy nonprofits in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the US are at risk of suspending their operations, firing employees, and even shutting down.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-us-fund...
www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-us-fund...
With US funding freeze, China nonprofits are facing extinction. They need emergency assistance | The Strategist
An entire ecosystem of vital China-related work is now in crisis. When the Trump administration froze foreign funding and USAID programs last week, dozens of scrappy nonprofits in Hong Kong, Taiwan, a...
www.aspistrategist.org.au
February 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
My latest: With the U.S. funding freeze, an entire ecosystem of vital China-related work is now in crisis. Dozens of scrappy nonprofits in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the US are at risk of suspending their operations, firing employees, and even shutting down.
www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-us-fund...
www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-us-fund...
//My biggest worry abt China as a development actor is the way it often corrodes good governance and accountability in the country where it works...the way China does aid can have a sort of corrupting effect on that.”
So very well said @mconleytyler.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
So very well said @mconleytyler.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
US cedes ground to China with ‘self-inflicted wound’ of USAid shutdown, analysts say
Sudden suspension of aid funding a ‘perfect opportunity’ for Beijing to fill the gap and grow its own soft power
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
//My biggest worry abt China as a development actor is the way it often corrodes good governance and accountability in the country where it works...the way China does aid can have a sort of corrupting effect on that.”
So very well said @mconleytyler.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
So very well said @mconleytyler.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Just like a frog in slowly boiling water, 🇨🇳 citizens & HRDs face escalating online restrictions. The Internet ID Measure tightens state control, making silencing dissent just a click away.
#UN & civil society must act now to stop these rights-eroding laws.
🔔 www.nchrd.org/2025/02/chin...
#UN & civil society must act now to stop these rights-eroding laws.
🔔 www.nchrd.org/2025/02/chin...
February 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Just like a frog in slowly boiling water, 🇨🇳 citizens & HRDs face escalating online restrictions. The Internet ID Measure tightens state control, making silencing dissent just a click away.
#UN & civil society must act now to stop these rights-eroding laws.
🔔 www.nchrd.org/2025/02/chin...
#UN & civil society must act now to stop these rights-eroding laws.
🔔 www.nchrd.org/2025/02/chin...
Reposted by Shane Yi
Many jailed Christian church leaders are persecuted w economic crimes such as "fraud" or "illegal business," like
pastor Han Xiaoyong, who is serving a 14yr sentence. #ReligiousFreedom suppression in #China: We can't stop work.
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/02/14.h...
pastor Han Xiaoyong, who is serving a 14yr sentence. #ReligiousFreedom suppression in #China: We can't stop work.
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/02/14.h...
获刑14年的大连「门训家园」网络教会创始人阚小勇牧师的案情及简历
维权网敬启：相关媒体在采纳和引用本网报道时请务必注明出处！此为本网官方博客，维权网推特:@weiquanwang，维权网邮箱：wqw2011@gmail.com 谢谢支持！
wqw2010.blogspot.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Many jailed Christian church leaders are persecuted w economic crimes such as "fraud" or "illegal business," like
pastor Han Xiaoyong, who is serving a 14yr sentence. #ReligiousFreedom suppression in #China: We can't stop work.
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/02/14.h...
pastor Han Xiaoyong, who is serving a 14yr sentence. #ReligiousFreedom suppression in #China: We can't stop work.
wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/02/14.h...
Reposted by Shane Yi
Authorities arrested 6 Chinese who organized a "China Democracy Victory Party" in 2022, jailed them in Dec2024 for "subversion" w sentences ranging from 12 to 3 yrs. wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/02/1287...
Political opposition isn't dead in #China. Suppression goes on. Human rights work can't stop.
Political opposition isn't dead in #China. Suppression goes on. Human rights work can't stop.
因组建“中国民主胜利党”而被以“颠覆国家政权罪”判刑的唐高峰（12年）、王威（8年）、王一飞（7年6个月）、周丹（6年）、刘振刚（5年6个月）、代露（3年）等6位人士的情况通报
维权网敬启：相关媒体在采纳和引用本网报道时请务必注明出处！此为本网官方博客，维权网推特:@weiquanwang，维权网邮箱：wqw2011@gmail.com 谢谢支持！
wqw2010.blogspot.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Authorities arrested 6 Chinese who organized a "China Democracy Victory Party" in 2022, jailed them in Dec2024 for "subversion" w sentences ranging from 12 to 3 yrs. wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/02/1287...
Political opposition isn't dead in #China. Suppression goes on. Human rights work can't stop.
Political opposition isn't dead in #China. Suppression goes on. Human rights work can't stop.
Reposted by Shane Yi
Chongqing citizen journalist #WeiWenyuan is serving 4 years for “picking quarrels.” Detained on June 4, 2021, she wasn’t sentenced until 2023, with little info available. Wei worked with human rights news site "64 Tianwang" and advocated for its jailed founder #HuangQi.
Read her bio🔽
Read her bio🔽
February 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Chongqing citizen journalist #WeiWenyuan is serving 4 years for “picking quarrels.” Detained on June 4, 2021, she wasn’t sentenced until 2023, with little info available. Wei worked with human rights news site "64 Tianwang" and advocated for its jailed founder #HuangQi.
Read her bio🔽
Read her bio🔽