Focus on China (only social media & video)

🇨🇳 Chinese authorities are harassing and sending death threats to lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher, who is representing jailed dissident and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai. 🇨🇳 China

🇨🇳 Chinese police detained and beat Gonpo Kyi, the sister of a businessman serving a life sentence for protesting Chinese rule of Tibet in 2008.

🇨🇳 China drastically broadened its anti-espionage laws. Legal experts warn the move could further heighten the risk to foreign individuals and organizations operating in the

🇨🇳 China arrested Taiwan-based book publisher Li Yanhe, who has put out books critical of Beijing, for “endangering national security.” 🇨🇳 China sits on the

GOOD: UN experts express concern over China's efforts to undermine Tibetan religious, linguistic and cultural identity and politically indoctrinate Tibetans. They warn China's actions could

🇨🇳 China charged Taiwanese activist Yang Chih-yuan with “secession,” after holding him for eight months. Yang is vice chair of a minor political party that advocates

🇨🇳 China to step up efforts to censor books in libraries which could “threaten national security.” We urge the @UN_HRC to speak out.https://t.co/w3LBZPtbSm — UN

Heard at the UNHRC: 🇨🇳 “China has always been on the side of peace, dialogue and the right side of history and has in her

🇨🇳 China tells the UNHRC: “DPRK works hard to improve people's living standard, maintain social equity, develop health and health care, protect the rights of

“The biggest problem for the free world is the over-dependence of our economies on China. The time has come to establish an economic 'NATO' for

“He devoted himself fulltime to activism, encouraging citizens to understand & assert their rights protected in China’s constitution, like freedom of speech & assembly. He

China just handed down lengthy prison sentences to two of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers. https://t.co/e2CXROAcqT I took the floor at the U.N.