Hong Kong Should Immediately Release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan

10/12/2025
Statement
Hong Kong
WiNG

On the occasion of the World Human Rights Day, civil society organisations, including FIDH and OMCT within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, call the Hong Kong government to immediately release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan. The authorities must stop suppressing individuals who exercise legitimate human rights work.

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  • Co-signatories

    Initiated by:
    1. Amnesty International
    2. International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)
    3. International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
    Co-signed by:
    4. ARTICLE 19
    5. Building and Wood Workers International (BWI)
    6. CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
    7. Education International (EI)
    8. Fortify Rights
    9. Front Line Defenders (FLD)
    10. Human Rights Foundation (HRF)
    11. Human Rights Watch (HRW)
    12. IndustriALL
    13. International Association of People’s Lawyers, Monitoring Committee on
    Attacks on Lawyers (IAPL)
    14. International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF)
    15. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), within the framework of the
    Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
    16. International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
    17. International Observatory of Lawyers at Risk (OIAD)
    18. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
    19. International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)
    20. Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)
    21. Public Services International (PSI)
    22. Safeguard Defenders
    23. Solidar
    24. Trade Union Solidarity Center of Finland (SASK)
    25. World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the
    Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
    26. UNI Global Union
    27. Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA


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