ALN Statements

Joint Statement

CHINA: IMMEDIATELY RELEASE HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER YU WENSHENG AND ACTIVIST XU YAN

7 November 2023. [ALN Co-signs Public Letter]

ALN has co-signed a public letter to US President Biden along with 58 other organizations calling for him to prioritize human rights when speaking to Xi Jinping during the upcoming APEC Summit.

President Biden: Prioritize Human Rights When Speaking to Xi Jinping during the APEC Summit

Dear President Biden, On behalf of 59 organizations and individuals devoted to improving respect for human rights in China and communities the Chinese government impacts, we write to urge you to prioritize concerns about Beijing’s lack of concrete human rights improvements in your discussions with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco.
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1 November 2023. [ALN Statement] "More than Eight Years after the 709 Crackdown, Chinese Authorities Continue to Disappear, Arbitrarily Detain, Abuse, and Harass Human Rights Lawyers in China"

More than eight years after the “709 Crackdown” in China on 9 July 2015, in which more than 300 human rights lawyers and activists were arbitrarily detained, greatly expanding Xi Jinping’s assault on all voices of dissent in China, Chinese human rights lawyers continue to face disappearances, arbitrary detention, torture, disbarment, travel restrictions, surveillance, relentless harassment of them and their families, and other abuses.
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