Chair Holds Press Conference with Prominent Advocates for Human Rights in China
On March 29, 2016, CECC Chairman Chris Smith held a press conference with prominent advocates for human rights.
CECC Chairman Delivers Speech on Human Rights at NYU-Shanghai Campus
CECC Chairman Chris Smith during a February 2015 visit to NYU Shanghai, discussing religious and academic freedom and human rights in China.
Press Conference on Fifth Anniversary of Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Peace Prize
On December 9, 2015, the CECC held a press conference on the fifth anniversary of Liu Xiaobo receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
CECC Releases 2015 Annual Report
On October 8, 2015, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China released its 2015 Annual Report on human rights and rule of law developments in China.
Free China's Heroes Initiative
Representative cases from the Free China's Heroes Initiative profiling prisoners of conscience in advance of President Xi's September State Visit
Chairman Smith and Cochairman Rubio
Commission cochairs Representative Christopher Smith and Senator Marco Rubio at a July 2015 hearing.
TIBETAN SELF-IMMOLATIONS
Tibetan Self-Immolations Reported or Believed To Focus on Political and Religious Issues:
Summary, Source, and Location Information.
Chen Guangcheng Testifies at CECC Hearing
Chinese legal advocate Chen Guangcheng testifies at an April 2015 hearing on population control in China.
CECC Hearing: Religion With "Chinese Characteristics"
Actress and Miss World Canada 2015 Anastasia Lin testifies at a July 2015 hearing on religious freedom in China.
CECC Hearing: Religion With "Chinese Characteristics"
On Thursday, July 23, 2015, the Commission held a hearing on the topic of "Religion With 'Chinese Characteristics': Persecution and Control in Xi Jinping's China."
Chairmen's Statements and Press Releases
December 9, 2016
November 9, 2016
October 6, 2016
China’s Failure To Honor WTO Commitments Subject of CECC Chairs’ Letter to U.S. Trade Representative
September 22, 2016
September 1, 2016
April 26, 2016
April 19, 2016
March 30, 2016
March 24, 2016
March 3, 2016
March 1, 2016
February 26, 2016
December 22, 2015
December 14, 2015
December 10, 2015
October 26, 2015
October 8, 2015
September 15, 2015
August 13, 2015
October 1, 2014
October 1, 2014
July 21, 2014
Events
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December 7, 2016| Hearing
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May 24, 2016| Hearing
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April 14, 2016| Hearing
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February 3, 2016| Hearing
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December 9, 2015| Roundtable
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December 3, 2015| Hearing
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September 18, 2015| Hearing
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July 23, 2015| Hearing
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June 3, 2015| Hearing
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April 30, 2015| Hearing
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December 11, 2014| Hearing
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November 20, 2014| Hearing
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June 17, 2014| Hearing
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May 20, 2014| Hearing
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April 8, 2014| Hearing
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April 3, 2014| Roundtable
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January 15, 2014| Hearing
Commission Analysis
Liu Xiaobo
On December 25, 2009, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court sentenced prominent intellectual Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for inciting subversion. The Beijing High People’s Court denied his appeal on February 11, 2010. Prosecutors said Liu drafted and organized Charter 08, signed by thousands of Chinese and calling for political reform and protection of human rights. Liu was also punished for six essays he wrote that were posted on overseas Web sites. Read more...Xu Zhiyong
On January 26, 2014, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court announced via Weibo that it had sentenced Xu Zhiyong to 4 years' imprisonment for "gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place" (CL, art. 291). Authorities had confined Xu, a leading rights advocate and proponent of the New Citizens' Movement, to his home in Beijing municipality for 3 months prior to criminally detaining him on July 16, and formally arresting him on August 22 (NYT, 17 July 13, 23 August 13). Read more...
Ilham Tohti
According to Reuters (16 January 14) and AP (17 January 14), on January 15, 2014, security officials detained Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti at his home in Beijing municipality. Tohti's wife reported around 30 police officers participated in the raid, seizing computers, cellphones, and other items. On January 16, a Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman stated Tohti was "criminally detained" on suspicion of "committing crimes and violating the law" (BBC, 16 January 14). Read more...Guo Feixiong
According to RDN (17 August 13; 21 August 13) and RFA (18 August 13), on August 8, 2013, security officials in Guangzhou municipality, Guangdong province, detained rights activist Yang Maodong, a.k.a. Guo Feixiong, at the Tianhe District PSB Detention Center on suspicion of "gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place." Authorities reportedly detained Guo for participating in January 2013 protests supporting... Read more...
Su Changlan
According to CHRD (30 October 14) and RDN (28 October 14), public security officers in Foshan city, Guangdong province summoned activist Su Changlan to the Guicheng Police Station in Nanhai District on October 27, 2014, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Police later searched her home and confiscated 3 laptop computers. On October 28, authorities criminally detained Su... Read more...
Zhang Haitao
According to RFA (17 July 15; 3 August 15; 2 October 15), on June 26, 2015, public security officials from Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), took rights defender Zhang Haitao into custody on suspicion of "inciting ethnic hatred and discrimination" and transferred him to a PSB detention center in Urumqi. On July 31, authorities reportedly arrested Zhang on a modified charge of "picking quarrels... Read more...