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Lee Cheuk-yan: Critical moment for rights and freedoms in Hong Kong as trial concludes

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/ China Lee Cheuk-yan: Critical moment for rights and freedoms in Hong Kong as trial concludes [ITUC] 25-05-2026


/ Global At least 90 dead in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports [BBC] 23-05-2026


/ China The Shrinking Space for Labor: Hong Kong’s Trade Unions Face “Chilling Effect” Under National Security Overhaul [HKLRM] 04-04-2026


/ China BWI affiliate signs recognition agreement with Chinese engineering company [BWI] 27-03-2026


/ China Lee Cheuk-yan: “I have no hostility in my heart, only love. I hope the people can obtain the rights and happiness they deserve” [ITUC] 24-03-2026



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China Hungary cracks down on BYD plant over forced labor allegations 2026-06-09 [The World]

Africa Holding Chinese MNCs accountable across the value chain 2026-06-03 [BWI]

State-backed Forced Labour Transfer Scheme 2026-05-30 [LinkedIn / Financial Times]

China NUM send condolences to families of China mineworkers who died last week Friday 2026-05-28 [NUM]

China Lee Cheuk-yan: Critical moment for rights and freedoms in Hong Kong as trial concludes 2026-05-25 [ITUC]

Coal Mine Explosion In China Kills Over 90 Workers With Rescue Operation Underway 2026-05-23 [10News]

Global At least 90 dead in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports 2026-05-23 [BBC]

Global Death toll rises to 37 in central China fireworks plant explosion 2026-05-08 [News CN]

China Explosion at China fireworks factory kills 26 people 2026-05-05 [BBC]

Court rules that companies cannot replace workers with AI purely to cut costs 2026-05-02 [Instagram]

China The Shrinking Space for Labor: Hong Kong’s Trade Unions Face “Chilling Effect” Under National Security Overhaul 2026-04-04 [HKLRM]

China BWI affiliate signs recognition agreement with Chinese engineering company 2026-03-27 [BWI]

China Lee Cheuk-yan: “I have no hostility in my heart, only love. I hope the people can obtain the rights and happiness they deserve” 2026-03-24 [ITUC]

China UN Experts Call on China to Release Hong Kong Activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung After Over 50 Months in Pre-Trial Detention 2026-03-16 [HKLRM]

UK Sweatshop Claims Unresolved as Starmer Praises Pop Mart China Visit 2026-03-02 [HKLRM]

China Transnational Union-busting? HungryPanda riders say Chinese police intimidating families in China over Sydney protests 2026-02-18 [ABC]

China Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison 2026-02-11 [IFJ]

China COSATU notes with caution the signing of the Framework Agreement on Economic Partnership with China 2026-02-07 [COSATU]

China BWI denounces Zhongmei Engineering Group’s pattern of abuse 2026-01-30 [BWI]

China Statement of the Council of Global Unions on the trial of Lee Cheuk-yan 2026-01-22 [ITUC]

Workers at Chinese factory that produces Labubu toys are being exploited, says NGO 2026-01-18 [The Guardian]

China Rein in Chinese companies against workers' rights violations and social protection-ZCTU 2025-12-31 [New Zimbabwe]

China Brazilian labor prosecution reaches R$40 million deal on forced labor at BYD Camaçari facility in 2025 2025-12-26 [mix vale]

China More Than a Third of Migrant Workers in Kazakhstan Are Chinese Citizens 2025-12-26 [Times of Central Asia]

China Memories of the Struggle against Fascism: A story of how Australian dock workers sacrificed their livelihood for Chinese people 2025-12-26 [CGTN]

China 60 seconds on ... Lee Cheuk-yan, jailed leader of Hong Kong's trade union movement 2025-12-08 [LabourStart podcasts]

Critical Chinese journalist detained again after campaign of harassment 2025-12-08 [IFJ]

Courts upholds seven-year sentence for journalist 2025-11-19 [IFJ]

China Alliance Case | Chow Hang-tung Questions: When Did Words Become a Crime? 2025-11-09 [HKLRM]

China Curbing violations by Chinese multinationals in African critical minerals boom 2025-11-02 [IndustriALL]

China Trade Unions Unite to Protest SHEIN’s Entry into Paris BHV Department Store 2025-11-02 [HKLRM]

Global Chinese Sweatshops Go Global: Workers Strike, Outrage Spreads 2025-11-02 [HKLRM]

China Lee Cheuk-yan & Chow Hang-tung: 1,500 Days Jailed Without Trial 2025-10-26 [HKLRM]

China Thorsten Raue interviews Raymond Tam, the president of the Macau Air Traffic Controller Association 2025-10-19 [IFATCA]

China ZCTU slams Sino-Bikita minerals, says sovereignty has been mortgaged 2025-09-28 [New Zimbabwe]

£4,000 for a Life? The Human Toll of Cheap Deliveries in China 2025-08-11 [HKLRM]

Xinjiang Forced Labour Spreads Worldwide as China Unveils “Washes Cotton” Through Chicken Feed 2025-07-26 [HKLRM]

China EU-China summit must tackle existential threats for European industrial workers 2025-07-25 [IndustriAll Europe]

China Trade unions unite for a just transition to green and decent work 2025-07-24 [ILO]

China New trade union law delivers fresh blow to civil liberties 2025-07-11 [IFJ]

Workers movement under fire 2025-07-08 [Green Left Weekly]

China ‘Chinese classify themselves as SA firms to score construction tenders’ 2025-07-01 [Sunday World]

China FNSCBA-CGT denounces abuse of Chinese workers renovating Eqiom CRH cement plant 2025-06-26 [BWI]

China “It’s an uphill struggle to run a trade union in Hong Kong” – but still, they organise 2025-06-25 [Equal Times]

How big brands and foreign money prop up Chinese forced labour 2025-06-22 [BIJ]

China NGO China Labour Bulletin dissolves after 3 decades, cites financial strife 2025-06-13 [The Free Press]

China Chinese Labor Rights Group Led by Former Tiananmen Protest Leader Closes 2025-06-13 [New York Times]

China Hong Kong police launch first known joint operation with Beijing’s national security office 2025-06-13 [Hong Kong Free Press]

China 中國勞工通訊解散聲明 Statement on the Dissolution of China Labour Bulletin 2025-06-12 [China Labour Bulletin]

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This month in labour history

4-06-1989 The Chinese Army massacres thousands of student and workers demonstrating in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. [more]

6-06-2012 Li Wangyang, an organizer of independent unions, given 21 years in prison for his participation in Tiananmen, who became blind and paralyzed while in prison, is found "after committing suicide" in his hospital room, provoking monster protests in Hong Kong. [more]