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Strengthening Women's Rights

Strengthening Women's Rights

Lawyers inspired to take action to tackle domestic violence Read more

Published: 2nd October, 2017

Updated: 18th April, 2018

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Mental health abuse

Mental health abuse

Committed by his family to a psychiatric institution, after 15 years Xu Wei was finally released. Read more

Published: 5th February, 2018

Updated: 16th April, 2018

Author: Nicola Macbean

Appropriate Adults

Appropriate Adults

Revised law in China requires an Appropriate Adult to accompany children during police interviews. Read more

Published: 22nd January, 2018

Updated: 15th April, 2018

Author: Nicola Macbean

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  • China must release Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing

    China must release Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing

    The Rights Practice, along with 31 other civil society groups, signed a joint statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing.

  • Ensure the Release of Lawyer Lu Siwei

    Ensure the Release of Lawyer Lu Siwei

    On 1 August 2023, The Rights Practice, along with 84 other organisations, signed a joint statement urging Governments and Laos authorities to ensure the release of rights lawyer Lu Siwei.

  • Submission to Fourth Cycle UPR of China

    Submission to Fourth Cycle UPR of China

    In July 2023, The Rights Practice submitted a report for the fourth cycle of the UN Universal Periodic Review of China.

  • Disappeared by the State

    Disappeared by the State

    In July 2023, The Rights Practice published its latest briefing paper "Disappeared by the State: Tracing Uyghur Relatives in China”.

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    Rahima's Story

    Rahima Mahmut, Uyghur singer and human rights activist, shared her story at the UK Parliamentary Roundtable on Xinjiang.

  • Handbook for the Uyghur Community in the UK

    Handbook for the Uyghur Community in the UK

    In June 2022, The Rights Practice has produced a new handbook to address some of the concerns and needs of Uyghurs living in the UK.

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    Our Trustees come from a wide range of backgrounds.

  • Impact of the Death Penalty in China

    Impact of the Death Penalty in China

    In April 2022, The Rights Practice responded to a call from the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, which focused on the imposition of the death penalty and its impact in China.

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  • Criminal Law and Deprivation of Liberty in Xinjiang

    Criminal Law and Deprivation of Liberty in Xinjiang

    In June 2021, we released a Working Paper on Criminal Law and Deprivation of Liberty in the XUAR. The paper delves into official statistics and Chinese law to try and understand how the criminal law is being used to detain Uyghurs.

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    Learning, sharing and critical reflection. Founded in 2002 to help put human rights into practice.

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    Mission

    Building a world in which everyone can live in dignity.

  • The Uyghur Community in the UK

    The Uyghur Community in the UK

    December 2020. The Rights Practice recently surveyed Uyghurs living in the UK. Our survey revealed a community desperate for information about relatives in Xinjiang.

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