Portraits of Defenders
CHRD profiles on several individuals who have been sent to prison or Re-education through Labor in retaliation for their human rights activism or exercising their universal rights. Some of them have already been released.
Updated: December 22, 2021
CHRD has produced profiles on select individuals who have been arbitrarily detained in retaliation for their human rights activism or exercise of universal rights. Such individuals have been sent to detention centers, prisons, secret locations under “residential surveillance at a designated location,” or Re-education through Labor camps. There are currently 209 profiles, including:
Dong Rubin (董如彬 aka Bian Min 边民)
Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄 aka Yang Maodong 杨茂东)
Li Maizi (李麦子 Aka Li Tingting李婷婷 )
Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) [deceased]
Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche (普布泽仁仁波切)
Yang Lin (aka Yang Mingyu 杨明玉)
Yang Tongyan (杨同彦) [deceased]