Research Reports

In-depth and critical analyses of current human rights issues and proposals for change.


Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2009)

Executive Summary During 2009, the environment in China grew increasingly hostile towards human rights defenders. Highlighted by the harassment of a number of well-known, relatively independent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focusing on ... read more

Prisoners of Conscience

A searchable database with in-depth information about prisoners of conscience including human rights activists.


Recognizing Chinese Women Human Rights Defenders

Recognizing Chinese Women Human Rights Defenders (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 8, 2010) – While women make significant contributions to the promotion of human rights in China, their efforts are often overlooked. Many women human rights defenders ... read more

Eyewitness

Multi-media recordings of human rights violations, campaigns to combat them and more.


Chen Yunfei, Come Home!

A short film by Sun Yat-sen University professor and documentary filmmaker Ai Xiaoming (艾晓明) about Sichuan human rights defender Chen Yunfei (陈云飞), who was recently detained in a black jail between June 17 and June 19.

In the Media

News stories on human rights defenders and issues in China appearing in the international press.


Beijing’s Mafia Justice for Lawyer They Won’t Lock Up but Can’t Set Free

Beijing’s Mafia Justice for Lawyer They Won’t Lock Up but Can’t Set Free Gao Zhisheng’s life is a series of ‘disappearances and releases by Paul Mooney in Beijing South China Morning Post, Jun 13, 2010 Gao Zhisheng , a ... read more