Since July, more than 70 workers, activists and students had been harassed, assaulted or detained. So far:

• 4 workers have been charged with criminal offence awaiting trial;

• 2 workers and 6 activists, currently in detention, are at high risk of facing criminal charge;

• Released student supporters are disciplined by their colleges, under police surveillance at home.

This is the most severe repression against workers and labour activists in China since a crackdown on labour rights organisations in 2015.

We, the undersigned, support the right of Chinese workers to organise unions, and the right of their allies to express solidarity, and demand the Chinese government:

#Release all detained workers, reinstate their jobs and recognise their right to unionise;

#Release all detained labour rights group staff.

Signed by (to be updated):

Organisations (22):

United Students Against Sweatshops, US
American Federation of Teachers, US
Chinese Progressive Association, US
Global Labor Justice, US
DC Jobs with Justice, US
The People’s Lobby, US
Student Action, US
Reclaim Philadelphia, US
Pennsylvanian Student Power Network, US
Conselho Nacional das Populacoes Extractivistas (CNS), Brazil
SOAS Fractionals For Fair Play, UK
Unsere Zeit, Germany
Worlds of Labour/Forum Arbeitswelten e.V., Germany
Labournet TV, Germany
LabourNet, Germany
Association for Critical Social Research, Labour Struggles Working Group, Germany
China Study Group Europe, Europe
European Alternatives, Europe
Another Europe is Possible, Europe
Parson Young, on behalf of the International Marxist Tendency
RC44 - Research Committee on Labour Movements, International Sociological Association
China Labour Bulletin, Hong Kong

Individuals (78):

Lucas Klein
Anita Chan, independent researcher
Manfred Elfstrom
Dennis Kosuth, Chicago Teachers Union
Stephen Philion, St. Cloud State University
Jeffery Hermanson, International Union League for Brand Responsibility
Rina Mascitti
Ellen David Friedman, Labor Notes
Michael Yates, University of Pittsburgh-Emeritus
Saul Thomas
Neil Rogall, UCU
Gabriel Schwartz, Harvard University
Robert Kosuth Mr.
Tim Pringle, Soas, University of London/ UCU Rep
Günter Triebe, IG Metall
Kiki Yeung
Amanda Achin
Ralph Litzinger, Duke University
LU ZHANG, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Eli Friedman, Cornell University
Jenna Grady
Prof. Dr. Bodo Zeuner Forum Arbeitswelten
Torsten Bewernitz
Doris Lee
Sue Sparks
Andrew Law, Newcastle University
Stefan Kausch
Joel Andreas, Johns Hopkins University
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, SOAS
Karla Gutierrez, 1996
David Brophy, Sydney University
Guowei Liang, Johns Hopkins University
Jessica Yeung, SOAS
Valerie Nichols
Yueran Zhang, University of California-Berkeley
Ashley Smith, International Socialist Organization
Rick Kuhn
William Nee
Paolo Novak, SOAS
Qiao Vimenet
Charlie Hore
Rob Hoveman, Unite
Sai Englert, SOAS UCU
Feyzi Ismail, SOAS, University of London
Daniel Fuchs, SOAS, University of London
Philip Roberts, University of York
Lee Chun Wing
Kenneth NG, University of Hong Kong
Kieran Latty
Qiaochu Li, Renmin University of China
Zhang Shuchi, Labour NGO practitioner
Sophie CHEN, SACOM
Elaine Lu
Simon Sihang Luo, Indiana University
Alison Gardner, University of Nottingham
Wen Lin, Newcastle University
Tian Miao, Frankfurt University
Emily Feng, The Financial Times
Lee Chun Fung
Gregor Benton
Jenny Chan
Tomas Mac, Gilla Phoill
Yunbing He, City University of Hong Kong
Martina Sproll, Berlin School of Economics and Law
Peter Franke
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Link, Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft Germany
Hsiao-Hung Pai
Mariya Ivancheva, University of Leeds
Winfried Fleischmann, Forum Arbeitswelten
Nonni Morisse, Gewerkschaft ver.di
Paniz Musawi, SOAS
Owen Miller, SOAS UCU
Frido Wenten, London School of Economics
Catherine Craven
Ka Wai Wu, Lingnan University
Eva Rosenau
Peter Pan
Panayiotis Savvas, Leicester University

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