Safeguard Defenders (保护卫士)
@SafeguardDefend
Safeguard Defenders promotes rule of law and help rights defenders build capacity in Asia. 保护卫士人权组织致力于推动亚洲国家法治，促进人权捍卫者能力建设. Also @safeguarddefenders.bsky.social
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CCP uses united front channels, such as hometown associations and chambers of commerce, to extend control over Chinese communities abroad. “The only thing that changed post 2022 is they stopped being so dumb as to put actual police signs on walls abroad.”
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Beijing’s overseas police stations were part of something much bigger. A new @SafeguardDefend's report maps the PRC’s system for monitoring and controlling Chinese diaspora communities, including in Canada. 🧵1/9 🔗👇🏻
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#BREAKING#
In response to new @SafeguardDefend report launched at #IPACTheHague26#, 54 lawmakers from 26 countries call for 6 urgent measures to combat CCP foreign interference and transnational repression.
They demand an end to wilful blindness and overly tolerant acquiescence.
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OUT NOW from @safeguarddefend - A FORMULA FOR REPRESSION
4 years after "police stations": more than ever Chinese police, courts, prosecutors and others "extend their tentacles" around the world.
The aim: control what people think, say and do. No matter where they are... 1/2
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OUT NOW from @safeguarddefend - A FORMULA FOR REPRESSION
4 years after "police stations": more than ever Chinese police, courts, prosecutors and others "extend their tentacles" around the world.
The aim: control what people think, say and do. No matter where they are... 1/2
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Read about #ChengLei#'s experience in #RSDL#, and how it compares to other foreign targets like #JeffHarper#, #HidejiSuzuki#, #MichaelKovrig#, #MorrisonLee# and others in our brand new #ThePeoplesRepublicoftheDisappeared#.
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"The Other China We Need to Talk About".
On the release of #ThePeople#'sRepublicoftheDisappeared, our new book on #RSDL#, foreign targets, and its use in hostage diplomacy, now out worldwide.
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“Residential surveillance at a designated location” – a form of enforced disappearance – is becoming a go-to tool for the CCP, as a new book details.
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Did China really close its overseas Chinese “police stations”?
The answer’s coming November 6.
Stay tuned for @SafeguardDefend new report launch at @ipacglobal Summit in The Hague!
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The book #PeoplesRepublicoftheDisappeared# is out!
#MichaelKovrig#, #LeeMingChe#, #ChengLei#, #LiQiaochu# and others write about being disappeared into #RSDL#. With added focus on foreign victims, how it compares, and when RSDL is used for hostage diplomacy.
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A total of 402 Taiwanese detained in China since 2024, with 216 or more in pre-trial detention. What they can expect inside China's detention centers is the topic of SD's recent #BehindBars# report, providing unique insight into life in detention.
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#Thailand#: UN experts today expressed grave concern at the continued detention of Chinese journalist & human rights defender Bai Zhaodong & the risk of his forcible return to China.
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UN experts express grave concern over the continued detention of journalist and human rights defender Bai Zhaodong in Thailand and the risk of his forcible return to China, due to the persecution and repression he suffered at the hands of PRC authorities.
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China issues a striking new regulation on its use of #ExitBans#, the third one this year alone. As SD recently exposed, its use has seemingly ballooned post-COVID. Key takeaways here.
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"The Chinese embassy in Canberra called the Safeguard Defenders report "pure fabrication", but declined to respond to the ABC's detailed questions."
#BehindBars#, SD's new report on prison conditions, now out. Find it on our website.
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Art for Free #BaiZhaoDong#
Journalist Bai Zhaodong at imminent risk of forced return to China: More than 50 NGOs, including RSF, urge Thailand not to bow to Beijing's pressure.
Today is #MandelaDay#, a date that honors Nelson Mandela’s life’s work fighting for social justice. To mark the day, we are releasing our new report #BehindBars#. Through talking to former inmates, it exposes the abuse in #China’s# massive prison system.
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SPJ joins a coalition of more than 50 organizations, led by @RSF_inter and @SafeguardDefend, in calling on Thai authorities to refrain from forcibly returning detained Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China.
🔗Read the full letter:
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#Thailand#: We join @RSF_inter and other organisations calling on the authorities to refrain from forcibly returning detained
Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China. If returned, Bai faces grave risk of persecution ⬇️
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Joint Statement: 59 press freedom, journalists’, human rights, and international organizations urgently call on Thai Government to refrain from forcibly returning investigative journalist Bai Zhaodong to China.
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