China faces up to 500 protests per day against human rights abuses

Report on Human Rights informed that the Chinese government censors and violates human rights. However, the protesters still manifest and face severe penalties from the state.

China justifies the abuse of human rights as “necessary to preserve social stability”, but pressure from activists and up to 500 events per day, is defying the authorities, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

“The government censored the press, Internet, print publications, academic research, and justifies the abuse of human rights as necessary to preserve social stability”, writes Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2014, which refers to past year events.

The “strong control” exercised by the Chinese authorities on individual liberties has been mitigated by the rapid socioeconomic changes, as explained by HRW analysts , stressing that, “according to official and academic statistics, based on the reports of the security forces, there have been in between 300 and 500 protests per day , taking part in them tens of thousands of participants”.

“Despite the risks, Internet users and the media that support policy reforms are aggressively pushing the limits of censorship, calling for greater transparency and the rule of law, denouncing the errors and irregularities of the authorities and demanding political reforms”, writes the report in the chapter about China.

“The civil society groups are gradually extending their work despite their precarious situation and an informal but strong network of activists that is controlled, and continue documenting cases of human rights abuses, facing the police control, arrests, detentions, forced disappearances and torture”, the report concludes.