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Sophie Richardson

@sophiedrich.bsky.social
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Co-ED, Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) @chrdnet.bsky.social. Visiting Scholar at Stanford CDDRL 2024, HRW China director 2006-2023. Still think music makes everything better (see youtu.be/k9avKq94DGY?si=I7xvXwRcgov…).

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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 11h
Peru’s copper expansion is putting the country deeper into the global race for the metal powering China’s manufacturing, EVs and clean-energy supply chains, with billions of dollars in new mining investment at stake buff.ly/VG0qAyR
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Chinese, U.S. Firms Line Up for Peru Copper Projects as Government Cuts Red Tape
By Marco Aquino Peru expects to boost annual copper production by about 1 million metric tons within 5 to 6 years through new mining projects, as Chinese and U.S. companies weigh investments amid…
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If only it was only Starbucks expanding business across a region synonymous with pervasive Chinese government atrocity crimes. Has it released its human rights due diligence strategy for operations amidst crimes against humanity? www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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Starbucks opens first cafés in Xinjiang region
The prompted criticism from activists and US lawmakers over the coffee giant’s decision to expand into an area widely scrutinized for human rights violations.
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Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This month we’ll be streaming State of Statelessness, the first-ever Tibetan-language anthology feature film, comprising four short segments directed by Tibetan filmmakers living in exile in India, the USA and Vietnam. Subscribe to the Screen Southasia newsletter here: ow.ly/QwYn50ZSvaP
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Tibet Action Institute @tibetaction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On September 24, 2026, a side event was held in the Palais des Nations in Geneva during the 63rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council focusing on "Child Rights in Tibet".
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Nathan Ruser @nrg8000.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A BBC Verify investigation found that Apple Maps' censoring of Chinese Military and Government sites has included arbitrary detention sites in Xinjiang, including the prison where Ilham Tohti is detained. Watch the investigation.
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ahead of #XiJinping 's visit, 32 rights groups wrote to him: #UN human rights experts warn #Beijing 's mass arbitrary detention may amount to #CrimesAgainstHumanity. Many signatories have been harassed in the #US and beyond, with some of their families in 🇨🇳 targeted. 🔗 www.nchrd.org/2026/09/an-o...
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Translation: senior #China govt and #CCP officials pursue formal efforts to undermine international #humanrights law and obligations. sinocism.notion.site/Main-Event-f...
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Main Event for 2026 Ethnic Unity and Progress Propaganda Week Held in Beijing—Li Ganjie Attends and Announces the Week’s Launch | Notion
Translated by ChatGPT, edited by Sinocism.com.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A relief that #China #womensrights #freespeech defender Sophia Huang Xueqin has finally been released, though she broke no laws and should never have spent a minute in detention. Those who subjected her to #arbitrarydetention should be held accountable. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘People had naive expectations’: How MeToo has changed in China
On Friday, MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin was released from prison. She returns to a landscape changed by censorship, and a new generation of feminists
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wondering whether expelled #China officials like Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli (and Qin Gang...and Bo Xilai...and...) eventually change their minds about the merits of the rule of law, due process, fair trials. sinocism.notion.site/Zhang-Youxia...
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Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli Expelled from the Party and the Military for Serious Violations of Discipline and Law | Notion
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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Beijing is building momentum for further changes within the UN, at a time when most democracies are neglecting it and reducing their overseas development budgets. The unrelenting enhancement of Chinese influence at key international organizations enables China to make decisive changes when it wants.
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
BRICS countries are tightening control over critical minerals, demanding local processing, state participation and more value at home. For China, this is both a challenge and an opening. chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/bri...
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Why China Wants Critical Minerals Cooperation, Not Binding Rules
Earlier this week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on BRICS countries to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals. The appeal sounds straightforward, but it comes at a more complicated…
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit, U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna and Jim McGovern hosted a shadow hearing on human rights in U.S.-China policy. Witnesses included Palden Gyal, Tahir Imin, Yaqiu Wang, and Jonathan Stivers. www.tibetanreview.net/tibetan-test...
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Tibetan testifies at ranking US Congressional Committee members’ hearing ahead of President Xi Jinping’s arrival - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Sep16’26) – Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit later this month, and as Tibetan groups and others prepare protest receptions for him, Ranking Member Ro Khanna of the US ...
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#China #HongKong authorities won't rest until they've removed all traces of the pro-democracy movement. It isn't enough to lock #JoshuaWong up, likely for life, it's got to censor films, too. lingua-sinica.org/netflix-and-...
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Netflix and the Nanny State – Lingua Sinica
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
酷刑逼供之后,如果仍然拒绝认罪,会发生什么? 一名女性人权捍卫者告诉CHRD,她曾被秘密羁押两个月,期间被戴黑头套、剥夺睡眠和食物。当她始终拒绝认罪时,警方替她写好了供词。 📖 《欲盖弥彰:中国政府杜绝酷刑的制度性失败》 🔗 www.nchrd.org/2026/09/%e6%...
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
被剥夺医疗照护,是CHRD记录到的最常见的酷刑或其他虐待形式。 在2016至2025年审查的209起个案中,35%涉及未能获得充分医疗照护;16名良心犯在羁押期间死亡,显然与医疗照护不足有关。 📖 《欲盖弥彰:中国政府杜绝酷刑的制度性失败》 🔗 www.nchrd.org/wp-content/u...
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What urgent human rights fixes should #China #XiJinping make ahead of his visit (or any time!)? @chrdnet.bsky.social and 29 other orgs have a few views: www.nchrd.org/2026/09/an-o...
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An Open Letter to Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
We, the undersigned organizations dedicated to protecting and promoting human rights, democracy, and religious freedom, write on the occasion of your forthcoming visit to Washington, DC.  We urge that...
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
中国法律明令禁止酷刑,但酷刑为何仍持续发生? CHRD新报告分析了2016至2025年间209起良心犯涉嫌遭受酷刑和其他虐待的个案,揭示酷刑背后长期存在的调查与问责缺失。 📖《欲盖弥彰:中国政府杜绝酷刑的制度性失败》 www.nchrd.org/wp-content/u...
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Almost 40 years ago the Chinese govt ratified intl law prohibiting #torture, but new @chrdnet.bsky.social research shows official tolerance of horrific abuses. #Prisonersofconscience and #humanrights defenders are paying with their health—sometimes their lives. www.nchrd.org/2026/09/chin...
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China: New Report Finds Torture “Swept Under the Rug” - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
(Network ofChinese Human Rights Defenders, September 16, 2026) — Chinese authorities torture and ill-treat prisoners of conscience with near-total impunity, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defende...
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“中国政府持续依赖酷刑,这并非仅仅来自于法律或程序上的漏洞,而是一种政治选择。 当局年复一年漠视法规里的各项防止酷刑的保障措施,几乎等于放任全国各地警察、法院和政府官员施行酷刑并逍遥法外。” ——人权捍卫者网络联席执行主任苏菲·理查森(Sophie Richardson) www.nchrd.org/2026/09/%E6%...
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📢 新报告|《欲盖弥彰:中国政府杜绝酷刑的制度性失败》 www.nchrd.org/2026/09/%E6%... CHRD分析了2016至2025年间209起良心犯涉嫌遭受酷刑和其他虐待的个案,发现酷刑持续发生,却无人因此被追责。
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Great to join you, @ppoon.bsky.social, @rightstracker.bsky.social, and @rushanabbas.bsky.social! Only wish we had had less to talk about wrt the Chinese govt’s #humanrights record.
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Patrick Poon🎐 潘嘉偉 パトリック.プーン pp@hrmi.ngo ppoon@asianlawyers.net @ppoon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thanks a lot @rushanabbas.bsky.social and @sophiedrich.bsky.social helping to moderate this online roundtable of @rightstracker.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpJk...
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HRMI China Data 2026 Roundtable Discussion
YouTube video by Human Rights Measurement Initiative
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 15/09/2026
⚫️ Décès de Catherine Ringer, célèbre voix des Rita Mitsouko, selon un communiqué de sa famille à l'AFP.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This new research on #torture isn’t for the faint of heart: some of the worst #China govt #humanrights abuses against some of the most vulnerable individuals, and all made possible by authorities’ deep commitment to impunity.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"In photographs released by the [Chinese] Foreign Ministry through foreign social media platforms blocked within China itself, journalists could be seen conducting group interviews at the scene — not with survivors, mind you, but with rescue workers." linguasinica.substack.com/p/taming-new...
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Taming News of a Border Tragedy
The catastrophe that struck the China-Nepal border last month is a case study in information control — and the clearest sign yet that Xi Jinping has rewritten the script for domestic media.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“The next day, the messages grew more panicked. ‘Mama, please get home quickly.’ Finally, she sent the same text, four times in a row: ‘Mama, I miss you.’” Relatives Go Online to Grieve #Tibet’s Flood Victims. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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‘Mama, I Miss You’: Relatives Go Online to Grieve Tibet’s Flood Victims.
The authorities have not released an official list of those missing in the Tibet flood, creating an information void that people have tried to fill.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Retired Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas was disappeared by the Chinese govt 8 yrs ago; after 2 yrs of no info it emerged she had been sentenced on ludicrous charges—to 20 yrs. She should be free, with her family—not enduring Xi Jinping’s retaliatory collective punishment. www.nchrd.org/2024/04/if-i...
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“If I Disobey, My Family Will Suffer:” Collective punishment of human rights defenders’ families in China - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 15, 2024) CHRD releases its annual report on the situation of human rights defenders (2023), “If I Disobey, My Family Will Suffer: Collective punishment of human...
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🗞️ “Conflating promoting #democracy and #FreeSpeech with undermining national security is a favourite dodge for authoritarians. #Beijing also likes blaming ‘hostile’, but unspecified foreign forces,” said @sophiedrich.bsky.social, Co-Executive Director at @chrdnet.bsky.social.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case
Wong, 29, is accused of urging foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades and other hostile measures against China
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A through-the-looking-glass case: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to promoting democracy, which isn’t a crime. I agree with Professor Kellogg: the Chinese govt will make up whatever is necessary to keep Wong in jail, possibly for life. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/w...
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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty to Collusion
The pro-democracy dissident was accused of urging Western politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Marco Rubio to pressure Hong Kong by imposing sanctions on the city.
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RazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Court watchers waiting in line to observe Joshua Wong's court proceedings tomorrow at Hong Kong's High Court report that the "queueing gang" has arrived to prevent the general public from having a seat in the main court to see Wong in person.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Uyghurs and other communities and individuals persecuted by the Chinese government shouldn’t have to wait for UN officials to update them on progress or lack thereof. Four years is unconscionable. www.nchrd.org/2026/08/chin...
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China: Repression Deepens as Abuses Go Unaddressed at UN - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — August 31, 2026) — The United Nations and member states can reverse deepening Chinese government impunity for human rights violations by addressing allegat...
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Uyghurs ans other communities and individuals persecuted by the Chinese government shouldn’t have to wait for UN officials to update them on progress or lack thereof. Four years is unconscionable. www.nchrd.org/2026/08/chin...
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China: Repression Deepens as Abuses Go Unaddressed at UN - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — August 31, 2026) — The United Nations and member states can reverse deepening Chinese government impunity for human rights violations by addressing allegat...
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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New event 📆6th Sept 🕛Midday CET Stickyrice & AZAAD hold end of summer hang-out "Nepal - Tibet Flash Flood Fundraiser" in Warandepark, Brussels Details: www.instagram.com/p/DcqkJxHiO9_
AZAAD & Stickyrice 

End of summer hang-out 
Nepal Tibet Flash flood fundraiser 

Cakes, food, sports and other activities

september 6
12:00 till 16:00 
Royal Park Brussels
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Kanis Leung @kanisleung.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Hong Kong's independent bookstores, a refuge for Chinese readers, are under threat. To locals, the stores are spaces for companionship too. Some readers fear one day Taiwan cannot send books to Hong Kong as freely as before. Story: apnews.com/article/inde...
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Hong Kong's independent bookstores, a refuge for Chinese readers, are under threat
Independent bookstores in Hong Kong offer a window for mainland Chinese readers who seek ideas suppressed at home.
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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
New event! 📆31st Aug 🕖7pm UK Time Join 細葉榕人道支援基金 Bonham Tree Aid for Rally "Something After Prince Edward Station", to commemorate the victims of the 831 attack. Details: www.facebook.com/bonhamtreeai...
【集會:太子站之後】
831太子站……
太子站「後」是什麼?
太子站「之後」又是什麼?
傷痕與記憶固然深刻,但更重要的,是我們如何帶着記憶繼續走下去。
無論前路如何,同行的人就是最好的光。期待在曼城見到你。
地點: St Peter‘s Square, Manchester, UK M1 5AN
日期: 2026年8月31日(星期一)
 時間: 下午 7:00【Rally: Something After Prince Edward Station】
31st August, Prince Edward Station...
What is behind Prince Edward Station?
And what lies ahead, in the ”after“?
”Something After Prince Edward Station“ is about carrying our memories forward. While the past leaves deep wounds, true strength comes from how we choose to move into the future.
No matter what lies ahead, walking together is the greatest light. We warmly invite our local UK neighbors and the Hong Kong community to join us in Manchester—to connect, share, and support one another as we move forward together.
Location: St Peter‘s Square, Manchester, UK M1 5AN
Date: Monday, 31 August 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 28/08/2026
China's new regulation shows how cotton production is being integrated into a system of land transfer, labor mobilisation, political instruction, and digital surveillance. Support our Indigenous Rights #GVSpotlight: globalvoices.org/2026/07/26...
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China’s new cotton law deepens control over Uyghur farmers’ land and labor
The official documents China's new cotton-quality regulation show how cotton production is being integrated into a system of land transfer, labor mobilisation, political instruction, and digital surveillance.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Affirming human rights—including those guaranteed by the ICCPR, which still applies in Hong Kong—is not subversion, and competent judges know that. The sentences imposed on Chow and Lee make a mockery of justice.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Chinese govt committed subversive, anti-rights crimes at Tiananmen/in 1989. Hong Kong activists Lee Cheuk-Yan and Chow Hang-tung did no such thing by trying to commemorate the massacre decades later in Hong Kong. This verdict is a travesty. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Tiananmen Square vigil organisers found guilty in Hong Kong of ‘inciting subversion’
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung - leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance – were tried under a 2020 national security law
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Xinjiang Victims Database @shahit.biz · 12/08/2026
Following several requests from human rights organizations, we've added a list to track all documented detentions that took place since August 31, 2022 (the publication of the UN report): shahit.biz/exportpdf.ph... This is currently at 50 documented cases.
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#香港47人案上诉 据法庭线报道,11名被告申请上诉至终审法院证明书,上诉法院将于8月10日公布决定。 thewitnesshk.com/47%e4%ba%ba%... 2026年2月23日,上诉法院驳回12名被告的上诉。除黄子悦外,其余11名被告随后申请上诉至终审法院证明书,并已向终审法院申请上诉许可,目前正等待排期聆讯。 再次上诉的11名被告:邹家成、何桂蓝、余慧明、吴政亨、林卓廷、杨雪盈、黄碧云、何启明、郑达鸿、梁国雄、陈志全。
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📰Op-ed: #VolkerTürk just won 4 more years as #UN #humanrights chief. @sophiedrich.bsky.social, Co-Ed of @chrdnet.bsky.social, says he now has no excuse: here are 4 concrete steps to redress 🇨🇳's deepening repression inside and beyond its borders. 🔗 thediplomat.com/2026/07/a-ne...
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A New – and Old – China Human Rights Agenda at the United Nations
Why did China support the re-election of Volker Turk as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights?
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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Upcoming events 🧵is here #MilkTeaAlliance It's been 2001 days since the coup in Myanmar. Over 100,000 have died, millions displaced, 100,000s fled the country, attacks on civilians continue The Peoples of Myanmar continue to resist. Our continued solidarity with them! linktr.ee/MilkTeaAllia... 1/
Art from early 2021. Artist unknown. Shows woman holding up 3 finger salute, holding a sign "Fight for democracy" surrounding here are phrases in Burmese, Thai, Japanese, Chinese & English saying.

Respect Our Votes

Min Aung Hlaing Step down 

Shame on you Dictator 

We will fight for our future

Stand with Myanmar, there is no going back

Your messed with the wrong generation 

No to military coup
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“As I reached the door, Auntie Zou lowered her voice and added: ‘Don’t tell anyone about this.’” chinabooksreview.com/2026/07/23/t...
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The Missing Pages | China Books Review
Sixty years after the Cultural Revolution began, a writer looks back to her childhood in Beijing during its peak, and the banned books that sustained her through the tumult.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The fate of #humanrights violating #China official Ma "'Sinicization of Islam...is an inevitable trend" Xingrui is now in the hands of his #humanrights violating colleagues: sinocism.notion.site/Xinjiang-Aut...
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Xinjiang Autonomous Region Party Committee Standing Committee Holds Enlarged Meeting, Resolutely Supports the Party Central Committee's Decision on Ma Xingrui | Notion
Translated by Claude, edited by Sinocism.com
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Thierry Peltier 🇵🇸 🇸🇾 🇺🇦 🇨🇺 🏳️‍🌈 ♀️ @thierrypeltier.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Comment Pékin officialise la « sinisation » forcée des Ouïghours, Tibétains et autres minorités www.lesoir.be/760300/artic...
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Comment Pékin officialise la « sinisation » forcée des Ouïghours, Tibétains et autres minorités
Pour Pékin, sa nouvelle loi sur « l’unité ethnique » va apporter progrès et développement aux minorités. L’ONU, l’UE et les défenseurs des droits humains dénoncent, eux, un danger d’assimilation forcé...
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Climate Rights International @climaterights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New CRI Report! The European Commission's decision to exclude leather from the EU Deforestation Regulation is a setback. But this exclusion isn’t final — and even if it goes through, European companies sourcing leather from places like Brazil are not off the hook. 🧵
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I wonder whether this @nobelprize.org winner will speak from his new Tsinghua University position about late fellow Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo? Liu died 9 years ago today for exercising his rights to free speech, academic freedom on Beijing campuses, including Tsinghua. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nobel-winning chemist leaves US to direct AI materials lab in China
Omar Yaghi’s move comes amid cuts to US science and a campaign in China to recruit top international talent.
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Nine years ago today #China Nobel laureate #LiuXiaobo died after being denied adequate medical care in detention. No one has been held accountable. www.nchrd.org/2017/07/hold...
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Maura Elizabeth Cunningham @mauracunningham.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A timely read on the shelves at @literatibookstore.bsky.social. #WorldCup2026
Bookshelf displays a copy of RED CARD by Jules Botkoff, with a card explaining how timely the book is as the U.S. hosts the World Cup in 2026.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/07/2026
A Tibetan activist lit himself on fire and outside of the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday to protest China’s control over his homeland, declaring in a video before his self-immolation that Beijing’s policies were “destroying the Tibetan people.” He later died.
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Tibetan Activist Sets Self on Fire Outside U.N. in Protest Against China
Lobga Rangzen, a 52-year-old resident of Queens, died after the self-immolation. He said Beijing’s policies were “destroying the Tibetan people.”
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