Death penalty

Effective defence

An effective defence can be a matter of life or death if you are facing the death penalty. Read more

Protective Safeguards

For Nie Shubin the decision of China's Supreme Court was 21 years too late. Read more

Abolishing the Death Penalty

The use of the death penalty always carries the risk of an unsafe conviction and a miscarriage of justice. Read more

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Reject National Security Law

The Rights Practice signed a joint letter, along with 85 other organisations, urging China to abandon plans to introduce national security legislation for Hong Kong.

Joint Statement on Covid-19 and the Death Penalty

The Rights Practice signed a joint statement calling for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coping in the Time of Coronavirus

Chinese human rights defenders and lawyers have met the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus with resilience and imagination.

A Secret Criminal Process

It has been over 300 days since Cheng Yuan and his fellow NGO workers, Liu Dazhi and Wu Gejianxiong, were detained in Changsha and they have still not been allowed to meet with their lawyers.