Human Rights in China

Human Rights in China (HRIC) "is a non-profit organization independent of any political groups or governments. HRIC's work involves collecting information about and publicizing human rights violations in the People's Republic of China, informing Chinese people about their rights as defined in international human rights instruments and assisting those in China who have suffered persecution and imprisonment for the non-violent exercise of their fundamental rights and freedoms."


 * "Human Rights in China (HRIC), established in 1989, is a non-profit organization independent of any political groups or governments. HRIC's work involves collecting information about and publicizing human rights violations in the People's Republic of China, informing Chinese people about their rights as defined in international human rights instruments, and assisting those in China who have suffered persecution and imprisonment for the non-violent exercise of their fundamental rights and freedoms. Liu Qing is the chair; Li Xiaorong is the vice chair; Fu Xin-yuan is the founder and treasurer; Xiao Qiang is the executive director; Wang Yu is the research director; Sophia Woodman is the press director; Mark Goellner is the program officer; Beatrice Laroche is the UN Liaison." HRIC, 1997

HRIC's quarterly journal is China Rights Forum.


 * "Louisa Coan Greve, National Endowment for Democracy senior program officer for Asia, believes that one of the biggest accomplishments of HRIC has been its ability to grow into a credible, well-known organization in such a short period of time due largely to its ability to present its research in a detailed, organized and meticulous fashion that is taken seriously by the international community and the media. According to Greve, Human Rights in China is considered as reliable as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International as a source of accurate human rights information.


 * "In a recent speech, “The Challenges of Covering China Today,” delivered by Robert L. Bernstein, the founder of Human Rights Watch and currently co-chair of the HRIC Board of Directors, Bernstein commented on the under-reporting by the press on human rights violations in China, but also mentioned that some NGOs and human rights organizations were doing extensive reporting about the ongoing situation.


 * "“The best of them, like Human Rights in China and Human Rights Watch, have extremely high standards of proof before they go public with their information, and their findings have stood up against the most aggressive challenges from those they hold accountable. They have proven themselves over and over to be rock solid sources for journalists and policymakers around the world,” said Bernstein."


 * Xiao Qiang was the Executive Director of HRIC from 1991 to 2002.

In 1993, Liu Paopu and Xiao Qiang reported that "HRIC... sent a five-person delegation composed of Guo Luoji, Li Shuxian, Liu Qing and ourselves to Vienna." 


 * He Qinglian, senior research scholar in residence at Human Rights in China

Executive Committee 1995
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 * Liu Qing, chair
 * Li Xiaorong, vice-chair
 * Xiao Qiang, executive director
 * Wang Yu, research director
 * Sophia Woodman, executive editor of HRIC's journal, China Rights Forum
 * Liu Baopu
 * Fu Xinyuan
 * Yu Ping
 * Zhang Huajie


 * In 1995 Su Xiaokang, "46. Writer, author of controversial TV series "River Elegy," escaped China after June 1989. Currently living in Princeton, New Jersey. Editor-in-chief of the journal Democratic China, member of the organization China Initiative and board member of Human Rights in China.
 * Liu Binyan, "70. Former investigative journalist for the People's Daily in Beijing and author of a number of books. Currently living in Princeton, New Jersey. Publisher of monthly newsletter China Forum. Honorary chair of China Initiative and board member of Human Rights in China.
 * Fang Lizhi, "59. Former vice-president of the Chinese University of Science and Technology. Arrived in the United States in 1990 after taking refuge in the United States Embassy in Beijing for one year following the Beijing Massacre of June 1989. Currently professor of physics at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Board member of Human Rights in China.
 * Guo Luoji, "63. Former professor of philosophy at Nanjing University. Punished for criticizing the conviction of Wei Jingsheng in 1979. Currently a visiting scholar at Columbia University's East Asian Institute. Board member of Human Rights in China."

Other former board members

 * Fiona Druckenmiller
 * In 1999 "New members include: Greg Carr, the former chairman of Prodigy and the chair of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University; Jurgen Domes, professor emeritus of political science and East Asian studies at Saar University in Germany; Fiona Druckenmiller, former mutual fund portfolio manager and trustee of Human Rights Watch; Hu Ping, editor of Beijing Spring; Cheuk Kwan, chair of the Toronto Association for Democracy in China; Nina Rosenwald, co-chair of the American Securities Holding Company and founding member of the Center for Human Rights at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Susan Whitfield, China specialist at the British Library and long-time human rights advocate; and Derrick Wong, former executive director of Doctors of the World and consultant for not-for-profit organizations."

Current Directors

 * Sharon Hom - Executive Director Pdf
 * Robert L. Bernstein - chair
 * R. Scott Greathead
 * Harold Hongju Koh


 * Hu Ping board member (in 2005)
 * Joseph Birman Honoury Governor
 * Andrew Nathan
 * Nina Rosenwald

==2004 Directors ==
 * Co-chairmen Fang Lizha and Robert L. Bernstein
 * President Liu Qing
 * Executive Director Sharon Hom
 * Secretary Tong Yi
 * Treasurer R. Scott Greathead


 * William Bernstein
 * Joseph Birman
 * Bo Yang
 * Gregory Carr
 * Cheng Hsin-yuan
 * Cheung Xiangxiang
 * Guo Luoji
 * Han Dongfang
 * Marie Holzman
 * Hu Ping
 * Mab Huang
 * Robert James
 * Harold Hongju Koh
 * Cheuk Kwan
 * Joel Lebowitz
 * Li Lu
 * Li Xiaorong
 * Lin Mu
 * Perry Link
 * Liu Binyan
 * Torbjorn Loden
 * Lu Keng
 * Paul Martin
 * Robin Munro
 * Andrew J. Nathan
 * James Ottaway, Jr.
 * Nina Rosenwald
 * Ruan Ming
 * Orville Schell
 * Su Xiaokang
 * Anne Thurston
 * Tsung Su
 * Wang Dan
 * Wang Yu
 * Albert S. Waxman
 * Megan Wiese
 * Xiao Qiang
 * Zhang Weiguo

Interesting Publications
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 * Media Control in China, revised edition by He Qinglian, senior research scholar in residence at Human Rights in China (HRIC), 2006, paperback, Chinese only.
 * Promoting Human Rights In China: Report of the China Human Rights Strategy Study Group - Sponsored by the Open Society Institute and Human Rights in China, October 2001.
 * China and the International Asylum Regime: The Case of North Korean Refugees - By James D. Seymour for Human Rights in China (HRIC), November 2000.

Related SourceWatch Resources

 * Beijing's Dissident Blacklist
 * Dream Corps

Contact

 * HRIC New York Office
 * 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3311
 * New York, NY 10118
 * Tel: +1 212-239-4495
 * Fax: +1 212-239-2561
 * Web: http://www.hrichina.org