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with intentions to promote international

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and facilitate the institutional protection of these rights in the

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Mission and approach
HRIC is a member organization of the

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, HRIC is committed to an independent, non-political, and intelligent approach Founded by Chinese students and scholars in March 1989, HRIC ''Human Rights In Chinaimplements programs to generate infrastructural change in China while also engaging in advocacy strategies on behalf of individuals living in China.Human Rights Watch
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as one of twenty-five Tech Award Laureates of the year. HRIC's Executive Director from 2002 to is Sharon Hom. Its former Executive Director is

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Program

HRIC links individual advocacy with systemic and policy interventions addressing human rights, technology, legal and administrative reform issues. HRIC's core programs and reports address human rights violations affecting China's rural population, migrant workers, ethnic minorities, women, and children.

Domestic advocacy

HRIC's domestic work with political prisoners provides support for legal representation and assistance to activists in China. HRIC works with domestic Chinese groups internationally and domestically in calling upon the Chinese government to engage in a constructive reassessment of the

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and to move toward greater reforms and social stability. By supporting domestic groups such as the

Tiananmen Mothers The Tiananmen Mothers ( zh, 天安门母亲) is a group of Chinese democracy activists promoting a change in the government's position over the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. It is led by Ding Zilin, a retired university professor whos ...

, HRIC links Chinese calls for redress to current international debates such as lifting the

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. HRIC's online June 4 Archive, is a Chinese-language archive documenting the history of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement. HRIC also maintains Fill the Square, an online petition mobilizing individuals and organizations worldwide to support the Tiananmen Mothers' demands for accountability for the June Fourth crackdown.

International advocacy

HRIC's advocacy initiatives contribute to multilateral and bilateral human rights policy discussions, analyses, and recommendations. HRIC provides briefings and reports to United Nations bodies,

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, WTO processes, and the EU-China Dialogue. As of 2006, HRIC has submitted over 40 individual cases of the victims of human rights abuses to the UN

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; 13 of the cases have had decisions made on them, and all of the 13 have been deemed arbitrary. HRIC regularly addresses the relationship between

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, and

through reports, briefings, and presentations, thus contributing to a global framework that respects and promotes human rights. HRIC has outlined a best practices matrix for IT companies doing business in China involving information communication technology (ICT), surveillance and security, multilaterals, the media, governments, and NGOs.

Online advocacy

HRIC's online advocacy project supports Chinese citizens' increasing activism and promotes the free flow of information in China by building a technology platform that uses

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technology and a biweekly e-newsletter sent to hundreds of thousands of subscribers in China. The project includes the development of six interrelated Web sites with online Chinese publications, tools for

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, and advocacy resources.

Ongoing publications

''China Rights Forum'' is HRIC's bilingual semiannual journal. Since its founding in 1990, it has covered a range of issues regarding China's human rights developments. It includes articles from Chinese scholars, artists, writers and activists promoting democratic reform, labor rights, freedom of expression, and the rights of religious and ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups. Archives of the articles are available online. ''

China Human Rights Biweekly The ''China Human Rights Biweekly'' (), also known as ''Zhongguo Renquan Shuangzhoukan'' or ''Chinese Human Rights Biweekly'' or ''China's Human Rights Biweekly'', generally known as ''Human Rights in China Biweekly'', abbreviated as ''HRIC Biw ...

'' () is a Chinese-language biweekly journal publishing in-depth analyses, current events commentaries, theoretical discussions, and law reviews, in addition to news from China that has been banned and censored in the mainland. Issues covered have included torture and corruption in China, Internet censorship, and China's legal system. The majority of the contributors and readers are mainland Chinese Internet users. ''Daily News Brief'' is HRIC's daily news roundup.

Reports

HRIC has published thematic reports and briefings, issues backgrounders, and short reports on topics involving ethnic minorities, women and children, control of the media, labor rights and state secrets, legal reform, and social unrest. HRIC also issues long reports on human rights issues and circulates them to multilateral bodies, media, policy makers, governments, and NGOs.

Funding

HRIC is funded by private foundations and individuals from Europe, Asia, and North America. Since it was founded, HRIC has obtained support from groups including the

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, the

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, the European Human Rights Foundation,

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, and Asia Watch. In 2006, the

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honored

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by establishing the Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights which supports an annual, one-year fellowship for recent graduates to work with the NGO.Human Rights in China, Robert L. Bernstein Fellowship in International Human Rights

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References

External links

Human Rights in China

中国人权

中國人權

HRIC Biweekly（中国人权双周刊）
- HRIC's biweekly Chinese journal.
''China Rights Forum''
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