For the second day in a row, authorities in Hong Kong have used the charge of “publishing seditious content” to target two media outlets in Hong Kong, Apple Daily, and Stand News. …

December 26 marks the two-year anniversary of the “Xiamen Meeting” case, where more than a dozen human rights lawyers and dissidents were arrested across China after a private gathering in Xiamen in Dec. 2019. …

Last week, a court in Morocco ruled in favor of extraditing Uyghur activist Idris Hasan back to China after detaining him for five months. The news raised concern among international human rights organizations, as they worry Hasan could be tortured if he were to be deported back to China. On…

Chinese activist Guo Feixiong lost contact with the outside world again on Dec. 5 after he was banned from leaving China to visit his wife Zhang Qing in the U.S., who is under palliative care for metastatic bowel cancer. …

Taiwan will vote on four referendum initiatives on Saturday, including US pork import, which is potentially going to impact Taiwan-US relations, and whether to restart the nuclear power plant no. 4. …

Chinese Australian artist Badiucao and Australian activist Drew Pavlou are trying to display a series of artwork critical of the 2022 Beijing Olympics in Brisbane. However, local billboard companies retracted an original agreement due to fear of backlash and potential cyberattack from Beijing.

According to Badiucao, the series of artwork…

In a recent report published by the Uyghur Human Rights Project and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, the result of the survey shows that more than 90% of the Uyghurs living in democratic countries feel like they have been threatened. …

In a report released on Dec. 7, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) focuses on Beijing’s expanded crackdown on media and press freedom in China. …