📣 China Dissent Monitor #8 is now LIVE! Freedom House China recorded 805 dissent events in the second quarter of 2024, an 18% increase over the same period in 2023. Labor (44%) and homeowner (21%) protests continue to be the primary drivers of unrest. freedomhouse.org/report/china-d…

For Asians who grew up as a minority in a democracy, they often lack an understanding of the abuses of authoritarianism. For Asians who grew as a majority under authoritarianism, they often lack an understanding of racism. The two sides should listen to and learn from each other.

This is a brilliant way to honor imprisoned Uyghur intellectuals! More academic institutions should follow suit — and not follow Beijing’s money!

Rather than going to the community and immediately asking people to identify suspected CCP agents, investigators might start by asking, “What are your needs? What do you worry about? How can we help?” My piece on the right way to combat CCP interference👇thediplomat.com/2024/09/to-com…

王靖渝：一位高调批评中共的异议人士会设下骗局吗？ Here is the Chinese version of NPR investigation of Chinese celebrity dissident Wang Jingyu, who is accused of being a conman, which he denies. npr.org/2024/09/07/g-s…

Beijing's decision to ban international adoption might not be big international news, but nothing reveals the nature of the regime more than cruel -- and completely unnecessary -- policies like such. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This week marks six years since Dr. Gulshan Abbas was unjustly imprisoned in China as part of the CCP’s campaign against the Uyghur and other Turkic people, including prominent intellectuals, artists, and community leaders. We join Campaign For Uyghurs in calling for her immediate and

Tomorrow I will testify at Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urging the US govt to support and protect Chinese, Hong Kong and other activists in their fight for democracy, including passing laws that give them special visas and sanction their abusers. foreign.senate.gov/hearings/anti-…

Your periodic reminder that it is an extremely precious right -- one that billions around the world don't get to enjoy -- to laugh, mock and trash your leaders without the slightest fear at the back of your mind that you might get punished or jailed by your government.

🗣️ FH’s Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 is joining ICNL Alliance’s Doug Rutzen & Transparency Int'l GE’s Eka Gigauri on Capitol Hill to help spotlight dangerous, antidemocratic restrictions on human rights defenders around the world. Watch live via Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 10:30am ET ⬇️ foreign.senate.gov/hearings/anti-…

自由之家的@yaqiu做客五羊和李老师李老师不是你老师主持的《西郊打边炉》，作为在中国人权领域从业十余年的活动者，聊聊“自由”与“真相”，也聊聊从业过程中获得的观察及收获： youtube.com/watch?v=GGSuPk…

🚨《蘋果日報》創辦人黎智英從2020年12月起被單獨監禁至今已有3年9個月。他在獄中受到不人道待遇，急需國際社會關注及支援。

A comprehensive piece on the despairing state of information blockage in Tibet and how researchers try to break it. Images, videos and personal voices are so important for human rights stories to attract global attention but we don't have those for Tibet. thewirechina.com/2024/09/15/rem…

The CCP first fans incessant anti-Japanese hate. Then, after a Japanese boy is killed, it censors all discussions around it. And now it is removing the flowers Chinese citizens placed outside of the boy's school. The CCP not only teaches you to hate, but also forbids you to love.