China Human Rights

Citing Racism, "Ideological Prejudice", China Hits Back At US Accusations

World News | Reuters | Thursday March 14, 2019

Citing poor media freedoms, racism and "ideological prejudice", China hit back on Thursday in unusually strong terms after the U.S. State Department slammed China's rights record, including equating abuses on its Muslim minorities with the 1930s.

European Union "Deeply Troubled" By China's Human Rights Record

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 8, 2017

The European Union delegation to China said Friday it was "extremely concerned" about the denial to Chinese citizens of "fundamental" human rights.

China Summons British Official Over Hong Kong Remarks

World News | Reuters | Friday October 20, 2017

China has summoned a British official in Beijing and lodged "stern representations" about recent comments from London expressing concern about a British rights activist being denied entry to Hong Kong, it said on Friday

China's Probes Of Rights Lawyers 'Alarming': Human Rights Watch

World News | Reuters | Wednesday September 20, 2017

China has launched more rigorous investigations into the activities and finances of rights lawyers and law firms that take on politically sensitive issues, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, in its multi-year campaign to stiffle dissent.

European Union 'Extremely Troubled' By 'Deterioration' of China's Human Rights

World News | Reuters | Friday December 9, 2016

The European Union (EU) is "extremely troubled" by the human rights situation in China and has called for the immediate release of wrongly detained individuals, it said on Friday.

China Needs To Make Real Progress In Human Rights: United Nations Expert

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 25, 2016

China, which has made marked progress in poverty alleviation, still needs robust mechanisms for governmental accountability for its citizens when their rights are violated in the context of development-related activities, a UN human rights expert has said.

China Asks US Not To Interfere In Its Internal Affairs

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 6, 2016

China today lashed out at the US for describing jail sentences given to four human rights activists as "politically motivated", saying American accusations are groundless and constituted interference in its internal affairs.

Fearing Secret Trial, Activists' Friends Protest China Court

World News | Associated Press | Monday August 1, 2016

Around two dozen supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and three activists charged with subversion protested outside a northern city court amid widespread concerns that authorities were holding their trials in secret.

China Human Rights Campaigner Harry Wu Dies

World News | Associated Press | Wednesday April 27, 2016

Harry Wu, a longtime Chinese human rights campaigner, and author and founder of the Laogai Research Foundation, has died. He was 79.

China Says US Human Rights Report Biased

World News | Reuters | Saturday October 10, 2015

A U.S. congressional commission's criticism of China's human rights record did not "accord with the facts", the Chinese government said on Friday, the latest friction over a long-running thorn in relations.

Barack Obama Criticizes China's 'Problematic' Rights Record

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday September 26, 2015

US President Barack Obama on Friday strongly criticized China's human rights record at a joint summit appearance with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

Detained China Human Rights Lawyer 'Confesses': Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday July 19, 2015

A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer has "confessed guilt" a week after being detained in a massive crackdown on legal activists, China's state-run media said.

Chinese Report Accuses US on Human Rights Violations

World News | Reuters | Friday June 26, 2015

China accused the United States today of being "haunted by spreading guns" and racial discrimination, in its annual tit-for-tat rebuttal to US criticism of China's human rights record.

5 People Killed in 'Mass Shooting' in China

World News | Reuters | Tuesday June 9, 2015

A Chinese villager armed with a double-barrelled hunting gun killed four people, including two police, in northern Hebei province today, state media said, a rare outbreak of gun violence in a country where firearms are tightly controlled.

China Cites Rural Libraries in Report Card on Human Rights

World News | Reuters | Monday June 8, 2015

Citing improved rural library services and indoor cinemas along with a deluge of other information, China praised its human rights record in a lengthy report card today, its latest bid to deflect Western criticism.