Human Rights Watch Issues Commentary: Research Is Not a Crime - China's Arrest of U.S. Scholar Part of Worsening Trend
June 18, 2026
June 18, 2026
NEW YORK, June 19 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following commentary by Asia Advocacy Director John Sifton:
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Research Is Not a Crime
China's Arrest of US Scholar Part of Worsening Trend
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The recent arrest of a prominent political analyst on Myanmar visiting China demonstrates Beijing's intensifying intolerance of any independent voices or viewpoints not to their liking.
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Research Is Not a Crime
China's Arrest of US Scholar Part of Worsening Trend
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The recent arrest of a prominent political analyst on Myanmar visiting China demonstrates Beijing's intensifying intolerance of any independent voices or viewpoints not to their liking.
On J . . .