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HRIC Weekly Brief
Hong Kong arrested eight over the August 31 Prince Edward station commemoration, including independent journalist Tang Ho-wing; Tibet Watch found that drone fleets and counter-drone systems have been deployed across Tibet for "stability maintenance"; and MI5 issued a warning over an institute which funded research into AI and cybersecurity as an MSS front.
HRIC Weekly Brief
Anti-CCP protesters during Xi Jinping’s Washington visit were met with organized violence; a man at the Chinese consulate in Toronto shoved and threatened peaceful protestors; imprisoned pastor Wang Yi reportedly has late-stage liver cancer; and more.
CCP Agents Attack Anti-Xi Protestors in Washington D.C. in the Presence of Law Enforcement
During Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, DC, protesters critical of Beijing were repeatedly subjected to encirclement, seizure of banners, pepper-spraying, and physical assault, strongly mirroring the attacks at APEC in 2023. However, law enforcement disproportionately detained and charged anti-Xi protestors.
习近平访美期间，反习近平抗议者在华盛顿DC连续遭到有组织暴力
中国人权关于2026年9月23日至25日华盛顿DC街头事件的事实综述与初步观察
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Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to the United States has mobilized protests related to human rights issues in China; journalist Huang Xueqin has been released but likely faces extended surveillance; a new tool allows Chinese media to simulate foreign-audience response to test messaging; and more.
An Open Letter to Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping
Human Rights in China joins 29 other organizations in urging Xi Jinping to release political prisoners, end transnational repression, and enact human rights reforms ahead of his Washington visit.
HRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026
Devastating flash floods along the Nepal–Tibet border in late August exposed the human cost of China’s information controls. While more than 1,000 people were confirmed dead and thousands remained missing across the affected region, Chinese authorities minimized information about casualties, restricted independent reporting, and detained people for sharing information about the disaster.
HRIC Publishes Gao Zhen’s Closing Statement: “A Helpless Defense and Confession”
In March 2026, Gao Zhen delivered his closing statement in a one-day, closed-door trial for infringing on the reputation of China’s “heroes and martyrs” with artworks he had created decades earlier. HRIC has translated the full text of Gao Zhen’s final statement to the court.
Joint Statement: Ensure Sophia Huang Xueqin’s release and guarantee her freedom from arbitrary restrictions
As journalist and prominent #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin approaches the end of her unjust five-year prison sentence, we, the undersigned civil society organizations, call on the Chinese authorities to ensure her immediate release and guarantee that, once released, she can carry out her journalism and human rights work without surveillance, harassment, retaliation or other restrictions.
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Macau plans to hold a closed-door trial for lawmaker Au Kam San, who has been held incommunicado for a year without access to a lawyer. Also, Chow Hang-tung has been sentenced to seven years and three months in prison, Lee Cheuk-yan to seven years, and Albert Ho to five years and two months.