In a joint letter by 9 UN Special Procedures mandates to the Chinese government made public today, the experts noted “recurring patterns of repression including incommunicado detention and enforced disappearance, aimed at restricting artistic, cultural and religious expressions, and silencing human rights defenders and dissenting or opposing views critical of the Government” highlighting the cases of 19 individuals, including Huang Xueqin, Wang Jianbing, Zhang Zhan, and many more prolific activists. Read:
