Safeguard Defenders Explained

Safeguard Defenders
Formation:2019
Founding Location:Madrid, Spain
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Type:Nonprofit, NGO
Vat Id:G88426192
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Status:Foundation
Purpose:Human rights activism
Location City:Madrid
Location Country:Spain
Formerly:China Action

Safeguard Defenders is a not-for profit human rights organization that monitors disappearances in China. Co-founded by Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin in June 2019 in Madrid, Spain, it operates as a private foundation.[1] [2] [3] [4]

History

In 2009, activists Peter Dahlin and Michael Caster, from Sweden and the United States respectively, founded China Action, an NGO with a mission of promoting human rights in China.[5] After some years of low profile activity, the foundation was re-established in Madrid under the name Safeguard Defenders, with a wider scope of work spanning across Asia while being specialized in documenting and combatting transnational repression by China.[6]

Research

In October 2022, Safeguard Defenders published a report on China's Ministry of Public Security's clandestine police stations around the world.[7] [8]

Reception

In November 2022, NewsGuard reported that a pro-Chinese government disinformation campaign on Twitter had been launched against it.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Disposición 8052 del BOE núm. 195 de 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220425203236/https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2020/07/17/pdfs/BOE-A-2020-8052.pdf . 2022-04-25 . 2023-04-19 . Boletín Oficial Del Estado.
  2. Web site: Hale . Erin . 2021-12-02 . Why the Women's Tennis Association rallied for Peng Shuai . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230420003927/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/2/why-the-wta-rallied-to-the-defence-of-peng-shuai . 2023-04-20 . 2021-12-03 . Al Jazeera.
  3. News: Wong . Edward . Edward Wong . 2016-01-21 . China Uses Foreigners' Televised Confessions to Serve Its Own Ends . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209151050/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/world/asia/china-confession-cctv.html . 2023-02-09 . 2020-06-19 . . en-US . 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: 瑞典人彼得·達林：我在中國上電視認罪，《1984》噩夢成為現實 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221027040616/https://theinitium.com/article/20180709-opinion-luosiling-peter-dahlin-forced-confession/ . 2022-10-27 . 2018-10-01 . . 9 July 2018 . zh-Hant.
  5. Web site: About Us . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130903040416/http://www.china-action.org/ABOUTUS.aspx . 2013-09-03 . 2023-04-19 . Chinese Urgent Action Working Group (中国维权紧急援助组).
  6. News: February 20, 2024 . Group launches legal center to fight China's 'long-arm' enforcement . February 21, 2024 . . February 21, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240221034944/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/legal-center-02202024093204.html . live .
  7. Web site: 2022-10-26 . China mantiene al menos nueve 'comisarías clandestinas' en España . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221027084642/https://www.abc.es/internacional/china-mantiene-nueve-comisarias-clandestinas-espana-20221026112950-nt.html . 2022-10-27 . 2022-10-27 . . es.
  8. Web site: 2022-10-26 . China, acusada de tener 'comisarías' clandestinas en el exterior para detener a disidentes . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221027041655/https://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20221026/8582575/china-acusada-comisarias-exterior-detener-disidentes.html . 2022-10-27 . 2022-10-27 . . es.
  9. News: Sabin . Sam . 29 November 2022 . New pro-China disinfo Twitter campaign zeros in on critical NGO . . 29 November 2022 . 9 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209202328/https://www.axios.com/2022/11/29/pro-china-disinfo-twitter-safeguard-defenders . live .

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