After the launch of the Dui Hua Foundation in 1999, one of our first goals was to find the names of political prisoners in Chinese books and magazines. In two issues of People’s Police, we discovered Yu Rong, the man who protested from high and low. Read the story: duihua.org/a-single-spa...
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America First meets human rights diplomacy. Our Fall Digest reviews what human rights concerns in China still matter to U.S. policy, and what's negotiable when Washington's interests take priority. duihua.org/dui-hua-dige... #humanrights #USChina
"I got to know Jerry Cohen during my masters at Harvard University between 1974-75. His classes on Chinese law laid the foundation of my human rights activism that began 15 years later. He will be truly missed."
John Kamm, Dui Hua Executive Director
NEW: On Sept 15, 2024, US Pastor David Lin walked out of a Chinese prison and into freedom. As his plane flew over Alaska, his daughter called to give me the good news. Here I share the story of Dui Hua’s involvement on the anniversary of Lin’s release.
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NEW: Part 1 of our Prisoner Updates 2025 #6. A veteran democracy activist is sentenced for a third time. A journalist awaits trial for "endangering state security". A dissident is released after serving 11 years for subversion. Read more:
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First sentence reduction for leader of unorthodox Christian group five years into his imprisonment; environmental activists detained for exposing pollutions. duihua.org/prisoner-upd...
Chinese authorities use "cult" crime targeting house churches and Buddhist group. duihua.org/prisoner-upd...
NEW JKR: I first discovered Zhu Jianbin's name in a NYT article by Nicholas Kristof and resolved to work on cases of the "disappeared" in China. Read what happened next: duihua.org/lost-but-not...
2025 Prisoner Update #3: Taiwan publisher Li Yanhe sentenced for inciting splittism; Missing professor Hu Shiyun returned to Japan; Bishop of Wenzhou in custody again. duihua.org/prisoner-upd...
NEW: In Roads to Rome, John Kamm recalls his meeting with Vatican officials and hearing the Chinese government remark on Dui Hua’s work - one of the few times that they have publicly done so. Read more: duihua.org/roads-to-rome/
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NEW: In Roads to Rome, John Kamm recalls his meeting with Vatican officials and hearing the Chinese government remark on Dui Hua’s work - one of the few times that they have publicly done so. Read more: duihua.org/roads-to-rome/ #China
NEW: Dui Hua's Spring Digest. Tariffs and tough talk but what about human rights? duihua.org/dui-hua-dige...
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Dragon Years: Remembrance of Times Past 2024. Dui Hua's Bill McCahill & John Kamm analyze key 2024 events in US-China ties that are shaping policies in Beijing & Washington right now. Listen now: duihua.org/dragon-years...
5. A retired Xinhua journalist, was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for picking quarrel and provoking trouble by a district court in Shanghai in November 2024.
3. Dui Hua’s research found that three members of the Church of Almighty God (CAG 全能神) might have received their first sentence reductions between April and August 2024. They were convicted of using a cult to undermine implementation of the law.
2. Information unearthed by Dui Hua revealed that a key member of the “Mainland China Administrative Deacon Station” (MCADS 中华大陆行政执事站) might have been released early after receiving clemency in 2024.
1. A copy of the judgment posted online by an overseas group shows that six people charged with subversion were sentenced to between three and 12 years by the Luzhou Intermediate People’s Court in April 2024. In December 2024, their sentences were upheld by the Sichuan High People’s Court.
NEW: 2025 Prisoner Updates 2: Sentencing and Clemencies in Anhui, Sichuan and Shanghai: duihua.org/prisoner-upd...
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NEW John Kamm Remembers: "When Dialogue is Derailed: Hurdles in Hubei." John meets a defense counsel for the notorious Gang of Four and visits a detention center for corrupt officials. duihua.org/dialogue-der...
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Is dialogue just about having a nice chat? No says Dui Hua board member, Maggie Yum. It takes hard work. Listen to Maggie, John Kamm and Len Edwards discuss Dui Hua's 2012 exchange with China's top judges and the lasting results of that exchange in China.
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BlueSky posting banner of Dui Hua's Dragon Years podcast series. Shows a curved dragon graphic, the dragon years of 1979, 1988, 2000, 2012 and 2024, and four images, each depicting a scene from those years.
NEW Podcast: Dragon Years: Remembrance of Times Past 2012. In our latest episode, we go behind the scenes of Dui Hua's pivotal juvenile justice exchange with China's Supreme People's Court and its lasting impact. Listen now: duihua.org/dragon-years...
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NEW John Kamm Remembers: The Persecution of Rebiya Kadeer duihua.org/the-persecut...
Members of Twitter group sentenced for subversion in Chongqing; Independant filmmaker sentenced in Shanghai. More #PrisonerUpdates https://buff.ly/40no19J
Dui Hua wishes you a Happy New Year! https://buff.ly/3VZhTln
Gearing up for 2025, read Dui Hua's year end message. https://buff.ly/3VZhTln
Dui Hua had a truly memorable year, capped off by the release of American prisoners before Thanksgiving. These cases occupied our work, in one case, a dozen years. Read John Kamm's year-end message and watch our holiday video. duihua.org/ringing-out-...
It's the Holiday Season. Take a moment to consider getting involved with us to support our mission of seeking clemency for religious and political prisoners in China. duihua.org/get-involved/
NEW: Dui Hua's Winter Digest focuses on Trump's line up of China hawks and what that heralds for US-China relations in 2025. Will US citizens under coercive measures in China remain a priority for the incoming administration? Read more: duihua.org/dui-hua-dige...
