Safeguard Defenders

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Safeguard Defenders
Formation2019
Founder
  • Peter Dahlin
  • Michael Caster
Founded atMadrid, Spain
TypeNonprofit, NGO
G88426192
Legal statusFoundation
PurposeHuman rights activism
Location
  • Madrid, Spain
Websitesafeguarddefenders.com Edit this at Wikidata
Formerly called
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, a non-governmental organization (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 Safeguard Defenders.[9]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Hale, Erin (2 December 2021). "Why the Women's Tennis Association rallied for Peng Shuai". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  3. ^ Wong, Edward (21 January 2016). "China Uses Foreigners' Televised Confessions to Serve Its Own Ends". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. ^ "瑞典人彼得·達林：我在中國上電視認罪，《1984》噩夢成為現實". Initium Media (in Traditional Chinese). 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. ^ "About Us". Chinese Urgent Action Working Group (中国维权紧急援助组). Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Group launches legal center to fight China's 'long-arm' enforcement". Radio Free Asia. 20 February 2024. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  7. ^ "China mantiene al menos nueve 'comisarías clandestinas' en España". ABC (in Spanish). 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. ^ "China, acusada de tener 'comisarías' clandestinas en el exterior para detener a disidentes". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  9. ^ Sabin, Sam (29 November 2022). "New pro-China disinfo Twitter campaign zeros in on critical NGO". Axios. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.