Yuan Keqin, Japan-Based Scholar Jailed Seven Years in China on “Espionage” Charges, Reportedly Released

In 2019, Professor Yuan Keqin and his wife made a brief trip to China to attend his mother’s funeral. After entering China, Yuan disappeared. Denied a lawyer for two years, Yuan was detained and convicted under the Counter-Espionage Law. Now, he has reportedly been released, but may remain under surveillance. 

May 04, 2026
HRIC Launches New Digital Rights Report on Substack

HRIC presents the Digital Rights Report, a Substack newsletter which offers a monthly roundup of what you may have missed in the China digital rights space. We will be covering cybersecurity, AI, digital transnational repression, the Great Firewall, and much more. Read and subscribe here!

Human Rights in China Statement Regarding the Mass Arrests of the “Fan’er Community” in Yuhuan, Zhejiang

Human Rights in China strongly condemns the large-scale crackdown on the “Fan’er Community” online anime forum by the Yuhuan Public Security Bureau in Zhejiang Province.