CHRD人权捍卫者 (@chrdnet.bsky.social) 🏆 Two women activists, #WeiWenyuan & #WangRongwen, receive the 12th #CaoShunli Memorial Award for #HumanRights Defenders, honoring their grassroots advocacy for petitioners and other vulnerable groups despite years of detention and mistreatment. 🔴 https://www.nchrd.org/2026/03/winners-named-for-the-2026-cao-shunli-memorial-award-for-human-rights-defenders/

🏆March 14, marks the 12th anniversary of the death of #CaoShunli.

#WeiWenyuan & #WangRongwen, receive the Cao Shunli Memorial Award for #HumanRightsDefenders for their grassroots advocacy for petitioners and other vulnerable groups.
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🇨🇳 authorities targeted activist #WeiWenyuan for documenting abuses and supporting petitioners after her 2009 home demolition. Police repeatedly detained her and jailed her for 7 yrs combined. She received the 2026 #CaoShunli Memorial Award.

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🏆 Two women activists, #WeiWenyuan & #WangRongwen, receive the 12th #CaoShunli Memorial Award for #HumanRights Defenders, honoring their grassroots advocacy for petitioners and other vulnerable groups despite years of detention and mistreatment.

🔴 www.nchrd.org/2026/03/winn...

Chongqing citizen journalist #WeiWenyuan is serving 4 years for “picking quarrels.” Detained on June 4, 2021, she wasn’t sentenced until 2023, with little info available. Wei worked with human rights news site "64 Tianwang" and advocated for its jailed founder #HuangQi.
Read her bio🔽