The 29 Principles

The 29 Principles is a non-profit organisation based in the United Kingdom. We promote lawyers' human rights and support lawyers under repression.

[The 29 Principles @the29principles]

Join us in supporting our future campaigns with Asian Commons and The 29 Principles.
Our series highlight the decline of rule of law in Hong Kong.
Your solidarity matters!

https://t.co/FprImvjtmF

#Law #Lawyers #WHRDs #HRDs #LegalGovernance

[The Rights Practice @RightsPractice]

The Rights Practice, and 7 other organisations, issue joint statement to express our grave concern over the recent sentencing of prominent human rights lawyer Lu Siwei to 11 months' imprisonment following a closed trial in Chengdu, China.

https://t.co/D91F6Qcmvq

[China Deviants @China_Deviants]

说到「纪念六四」，你脑中会浮现什么？
蜡烛？广场？沉默？还是——一句「我不知道可不可以说」？

但如果纪念不一定要严肃、悲伤或沉重呢？
如果，我们可以用说故事、画图、创作、一起做点什么新的方式，来记得那件从来没被好好讲完的事——
你会来参加吗？

在六四事件36周年的此刻，我们想邀请你，重新想像纪念的可能：
不只是沉默的烛光悼念，也许可以是故事、创作、还有更多形式……

这场创意工作坊不是严肃的历史课，这里没有正确答案。
我们想一起问问题，分享记忆，探索身体如何也能成为记忆的载体，重新拼凑属于自己的六四记忆碎片。

我们会一起聊聊、玩玩、动动，
最后，一起留下些什么——
用属于我们这一代的「纪念」方式，去纪录、去记得、去延续。

现场活动内容会包括：
•圆桌对话：关于你如何知道六四、又如何记得
•共感练习：那些说不出口的部分，如何透过身体与空间感知
•集体共创：在活动尾声，我们将一起创造出一个属于当下的纪念行动／作品，作为留存与发声的一部分

【活动部分内容将记录下来，作为一个公开口述历史 archive 的初步素材。你可选择匿名参与，并拥有退出与保留的权利。】

活动资讯：
•日期｜ 2025年5月17日（星期六）
•时间｜ 14:00 – 17:00
•地点｜ 报名后邮件通知
•语言｜ 中文
•参与免费！名额有限，请提前报名

[自由亚洲电台 @RFA_Chinese]

【人权律师余文生与妻儿元宵节前在狱中见面】
中国人权律师余文生因煽动颠覆国家政权罪成被判囚3年，目前在江苏的镇江监狱服刑。同案已出狱的妻子许艳在元宵节前2月7日，带着儿子余镇洋到监狱与余文生见面。这是一家三口在三地分离1年10个月后第一次会面。https://t.co/kuLuLKdkCm
#余文生

[CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance]

#HongKong 🇭🇰: Today, human rights defender #ChowHangTung celebrates her 40th birthday while in detention for her activism.

Our birthday wish is for her to be released from prison in 2025 to spend her next one with her family & friends #StandAsMyWitness 🔗 https://t.co/ChaiNmsBp6

[BBC News 中文 @bbcchinese]

【BBC调查纪录片：诊治“麻烦制造者”——中国精神病院里的异见者】

《BBC之眼》调查中国警方滥用精神病收容制度的现象，示威人士可能被强制关进精神病院并在未经同意的情况下接受药物治疗。

2012年，中国颁布法律以遏制当局滥用精神病收治的普遍现象，但效果不佳。

这项深入调查揭露了中国警方如何通过规避法律、在不经过刑事司法体系的情况下，惩罚抗议者。由于几乎没有制衡机制，被非法送入精神病院的人数据报正在激增。

三名示威人士的证词揭示了他们在精神病房被监禁数月的经历—— 被约束、被强制使用精神科药物，甚至被施以电击治疗。而他们的罪名则是“寻衅滋事”。

（为保护其中一位受访者的身份，本片使用了AI技术来改变其容貌和声音。）

▶️观看影片：https://t.co/D6mLzMwfmB

[Jane Wang @changchengwai]

#张展 在老家被上海警方跨省抓捕已 140 天。#释放张展

[CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @CHRDnet]

Just in 💡: Activist #XuYan, wife of imprisoned lawyer #YuWensheng, has been released after serving a 1 year and 9 months sentence for "inciting subversion."
Detained on April 13, 2023, while en route to a mtg with @EUdelChina in #Beijing, her case was not tried until Aug. 2024.

[The 29 Principles @the29principles]

#ChowHangTung #HongKong #lawyer
#HKFP Chief Justice Cheung added: “How could the court decide whether those missing paragraphs… provide [the commissioner] with reasonable grounds to believe [the Alliance] is a foreign agent? It’s an impossible task.”

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

‘Impossible task’: Hong Kong’s top judge raises questions over whether Tiananmen vigil activists given fair trial

🔗 https://t.co/AASqW72QPs

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

The day before Chow Hang-tung's final appeal, a statement of hers was posted on a social media account of her supporters. Here is an English translation of the statement. The original: https://t.co/CNaMUp2cQ7
https://t.co/TL2v34iWRc

[Anitta Hipper @ExtSpoxEU]

China: EU deeply regrets the decision to uphold the conviction of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng.

EU calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Yu Wensheng, as well as all other detained and convicted human rights defenders.

Full statement 👇
https://t.co/DvyACXzSXH

[Margaret Satterthwaite @SRjudgeslawyers]

Disturbing news: the conviction of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has been upheld on appeal.

I have previously shared my concerns about proceedings against #YuWensheng with the Government of #China: https://t.co/xoGTnjUkTT

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

🕯️Today, we mark the 4th anniversary of the arrest of #BennyTai Yiu-ting 戴耀廷, one of 47 #HongKong democrats charged under the #NationalSecurityLaw simply for participating in a democratic primary. Read his story. Recall his courage. Remember his name: https://t.co/B06cF342wj

[The 29 Principles @the29principles]

Read more about #YuWensheng https://t.co/PuRa2BBssg

[The 29 Principles @the29principles]

The second trial of #HumanRights #lawyer #YuWensheng, who was accused of "Inciting Subversion of State Power," was concluded at 9:30 AM on January 6 at the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court. The appeal was rejected, and the original verdict was upheld.

[自由亚洲电台 @RFA_Chinese]

【人权律师余文生被控“煽颠”案二审维持原判】
据维权网1月6日消息，中国知名人权律师余文生被控“煽动颠覆国家政权”的案件二审，在1月6日上午9点30分于苏州市中级法院宣判，驳回上诉，维持原判。
https://t.co/gNrTwvFpzG
#余文生

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

Yu Wensheng's appeal against his baseless prison sentence for "inciting subversion" was rejected today - once again highlighting the Chinese government’s deep fear of human rights defenders who dare to dissent. https://t.co/Y7JurPUkva

[维权网 @weiquanwang]

维权网: 中国人权律师团声明：强烈谴责南昌当局再次把李宜雪强制送精神病院 https://t.co/CfUWyObIzG

[法庭線 The Witness @thewitnesshk]

支聯會拒交資料案｜鄒幸彤3人下周三終極上訴　終院安排5名本地法官審理
https://t.co/tFdsCVrile

#鄒幸彤 #徐漢光 #鄧岳君

[维权网 @weiquanwang]

维权网: 著名人权律师余文生案二审维持原判 https://t.co/qu0XdE96zz

[法庭線 The Witness @thewitnesshk]

47人案判刑專頁　他們為何面對這樣的刑期？
https://t.co/jGuAlMm1tx

2024 年來到尾聲，《法庭線》刊出 47 人案判刑專頁，回顧 3 名法官對被告的裁決及判刑理據，以及眾人在庭上說過的話。

[Free Xu Zhiyong & Ding Jiaxi 厦门聚会案关注组 @FreeXuDing]

November, Xu Zhiyong met with his lawyer. 
Xu Zhiyong has stopped his hunger strike. He and his fiancée's right to correspond has been illegally interrupted by the prison. They are each doing their best, hoping for continued attention.
Details: https://t.co/gVNl8cygdn