Tag: prisoners of conscience
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Labor Advocate Feng Rui Interrogated While Ill in Guangzhou Detention, Rights Group Reports
SOURCE CLAIM (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 21, 2026, citing the Rights Defense Network): Police in Guangzhou have held labor rights advocate Feng Rui (冯睿), known online as Xiao Wu (小五), since September 14, 2026, on suspicion of…
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Canada’s House of Commons Passes Bill C-219: “Prisoners of Conscience” and Transnational Repression Written Into Sanctions Law
On October 8, 2026, Canada’s House of Commons passed Private Member’s Bill C-219 at third reading — a sanctions-reform bill that would write definitions of “prisoners of conscience” and “transnational repression” into Canadian law. The bill now proceeds…
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CBS Reports Min Zin Held in MSS “Black Site” Without Charge; Wife Urges Trump to Press Xi
September 24, 2026 — Min Zin, the Myanmar-born U.S. scholar detained in China since June 3, is being held by China’s Ministry of State Security in a “Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location” (RSDL) — an undisclosed detention…
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Rapid Response: Senate Whip Durbin Urges Trump to Press Xi for Release of Five Political Prisoners
September 24, 2026 — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) took to the Senate floor on September 22, 2026, urging President Donald Trump to use this week’s Washington summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to press Beijing…
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Rapid Response: Bipartisan Senators Urge Trump to Press Xi on Jailed Pastors and Religious Persecution
September 23, 2026 — Ten U.S. senators, led by Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), sent a bipartisan letter to President Donald Trump on September 22, 2026, urging him to press Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Beijing’s…