Safeguard Defenders

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]

Safeguard Defenders

Formation	2019
Founder	Peter Dahlin Michael Caster
Founded at	Madrid, Spain
Type	Nonprofit, NGO
VAT ID no.	G88426192
Legal status	Foundation
Purpose	Human rights activism
Location	Madrid, Spain
Website	safeguarddefenders.com
Formerly called	China Action

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

• Forced confession

References

1. "Disposición 8052 del BOE núm. 195 de 2020". Boletín Oficial Del Estado. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
2. Hale, Erin (2021-12-02). "Why the Women's Tennis Association rallied for Peng Shuai". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
3. Wong, Edward (2016-01-21). "China Uses Foreigners' Televised Confessions to Serve Its Own Ends". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
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 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
5. "About Us". Chinese Urgent Action Working Group (中国维权紧急援助组). Archived from the original on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
6. "Group launches legal center to fight China's 'long-arm' enforcement". Radio Free Asia. February 20, 2024. Archived from the original on February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
7. "China mantiene al menos nueve 'comisarías clandestinas' en España". ABC (in Spanish). 2022-10-26. Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
8. "China, acusada de tener 'comisarías' clandestinas en el exterior para detener a disidentes". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2022-10-26. Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
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.

External links

• Official website