Human Rights in China

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This article is about the non-governmental organization promoting human rights in the People's Republic of China. For an overview of the human rights situation there, see human rights in the People's Republic of China. For the human rights situation in the other Chinese state, see human rights in the Republic of China.

Human Rights in China (HRIC; Traditional Chinese: 中國人權; Simplified Chinese: 中国人权; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénquán) is an international, Chinese, non-governmental organization with a mission to promote universally recognized human rights and advance the institutional protection of these rights in the People’s Republic of China.

Founded by Chinese scientists and scholars in March 1989, HRIC implements programs to generate institutional, systemic change in China while also engaging in critical advocacy strategies on behalf of individuals in China.

With offices in Hong Kong and New York, HRIC serves as a source of analysis and information on the human rights situation in China, as well as an active NGO advocate in the international arena. In 2005, HRIC was also recognized for its creative and effective use of technology by The Tech Museum of Innovation as one of twenty-five Tech Award Laureates of the year.

HRIC’s Executive Director from 2002 to present is Sharon Hom. HRIC’s former Executive Director is Xiao Qiang.

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[edit] Program

Working china is cool and very pretty.with a diverse network of domestic and international partners, HRIC links individual advocacy with systemic and policy interventions addressing human rights, technology, legal and administrative reform issues. HRIC’s core programs and reports address human rights violations affecting China’s rural population,[1] migrant workers,[2] ethnic minorities,[3] women[4] and children[5].

[edit] Domestic advocacy

HRIC’s domestic work with political prisoners provides support for legal representation and assistance to activists in China. HRIC works with domestic Chinese groups internationally and domestically in calling upon the Chinese government to engage in a constructive reassessment of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and subsequent crackdown and to move toward greater reforms and social stability.

By supporting domestic groups such as the Tiananmen Mothers, HRIC links Chinese calls for redress to current international debates such as lifting the European Union arms embargo on China. HRIC’s online June 4th Archive , is a Chinese-language archive documenting the history of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement. HRIC also maintains Fill the Square, an online petition mobilizing individuals and organizations worldwide to support the Tiananmen Mothers’ demands for accountability for the June 4th crackdown.

[edit] International advocacy

HRIC’s advocacy initiatives contribute to multilateral and bilateral human rights policy discussions, analyses and recommendations. HRIC provides briefings and reports to United Nations bodies, international conferences, WTO processes and the EU-China Dialogue.

Since 2002, HRIC has submitted over 30 individual cases of the victims of human rights abuses to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. All 12 detention cases for which decisions have been made have been determined arbitrary. These cases are additionally brought to the attention of governments such as the United States and European Union.

HRIC’s campaign Incorporating Responsibility 2008, launched in 2003, is a research and monitoring project focusing on the Chinese government's human rights practices in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics. The IR 2008 campaign seeks to take strategic advantage of international windows of opportunity arising from China's role as host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, its increasing integration into the international community, and a growing Chinese civil society.

HRIC regularly addresses the relationship between corporate social responsibility, trade, and human rights through reports, briefings, and presentations, thus contributing to a global framework that respects and promotes human rights. HRIC has outlined a best practices matrix for IT companies doing business in China,[6] involving information communication technology (ICT), surveillance and security, multilaterals, the media, governments, and NGOs.

[edit] E-Advocacy

HRIC’s E-Activism Project supports Chinese citizens’ increasing activism and promotes the free flow of information in China by building a technology platform that uses proxy server technology and a weekly e-newsletter[7] sent to hundreds of thousands of subscribers in China. The project includes the development of six interrelated Web sites with online Chinese publications, tools for accountability, and online advocacy resources.

[edit] Funding

HRIC is funded by private foundations and individuals from Europe, Asia, and North America. HRIC does not receive governmental funding.

[edit] Ongoing publications

China Rights Forum (CRF) [8] is HRIC's English-language quarterly journal. Since its founding in 1990, CRF has covered a range of issues regarding China's human rights developments. CRF provides space for the voices of Chinese scholars, artists, writers and activists promoting democratic reform, labor rights, freedom of expression, and the rights of religious and ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups. Current and previous issues of CRF are available online.

Ren Yu Ren Quan (人与人权, Humanity and Human Rights) [9] is a Chinese-language online monthly journal publishing in-depth analyses, research papers, current events commentaries, theoretical discussions and law reviews. Issues covered have included torture and corruption in China, Internet censorship and China’s unsound legal system.

Huaxia Dianzi Bao (华夏电子报) [10] is a Web site archive of HRIC's weekly Chinese-language e-newsletter. Each issue contains news from China that has been banned and censored in the mainland. The majority of the contributors and readers are mainland Chinese Internet users.

[edit] Reports

HRIC’s research fuels a range of reports and publications [11] such as thematic reports and briefings, issues backgrounders, trends bulletins, and short reports on topical issues involving ethnic minorities,[12] women and children,[13] control of the media,[14] labor rights and state secrets,[15] legal reform [16] and social unrest.[17] HRIC regularly issues reports on human rights issues and circulates them to multilateral bodies, media, policy makers, governments, and NGOs.

[edit] Recently published

In April 2005, HRIC released a joint report with Human Rights Watch, Devastating Blows: Religious Repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang,[18] which reveals for the first time the complex architecture of law, regulation, and policy in Xinjiang that denies Uyghurs religious freedom, and by extension, freedom of association, assembly, and expression. The report is based on previously undisclosed Communist Party of China and government documents, as well as local regulations, official newspaper accounts and interviews conducted in Xinjiang.

In 2004, HRIC published Media Control in China[19], a Chinese-language report countering China’s claims to easing controls on the media by openly portraying the oppressive, often violent, and lethal consequences of overstepping the government’s limitations on freedom of speech and of the press. The report has been partially translated into English,[20] and has been widely circulated on Chinese Web sites, in classrooms, and at conferences.

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