Civil Human Rights Front
| 民間人權陣線 | |
 Members of the Civil Human Rights Front protesting near Tsim Sha Tsui on the day of 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay | |
| Abbreviation | CHRF |
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| Formation | 13 September 2002 |
| Type | NGO |
Key people | Johnson Yeung Ching-yin (楊政賢) (Convener)
Andrew Shum Wai-nam (沈偉男) |
| Website | http://www.civilhrfront.org/ (Chinese only) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 民間人權陣線 | ||||||||
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Civil Human Rights Front or CHRF (Chinese: 民間人權陣線) is an organisation that focuses on the issues of Hong Kong politics and livelihood, affiliated with almost all pan-democratic camps in Hong Kong. Forty-eight NGOs and political groups have been involved in the organisation as of January 2006. The most well-known event held by the CHRF is the Hong Kong 1 July marches.[1]
Organisational development
Civil Human Rights Front was founded on 13 September 2002, with the aim to provide a platform consolidating voices and powers from various groups and spectrum of the societies in order to advance the development in the human and civil rights movements.[2]
The initial aim was to focus on the enactment of the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law.[3] After the protest in 2003, the organisation started to diversify its mandate, to include issues such as equal opportunities and authorities given to the police.[4]
References
- ^ Chan, Ming K.; Lo, Shiu-hing (1 April 2010). The A to Z of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 97. ISBN 9780810876330. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Kuah, Khun Eng; Guiheux, Gilles (2009). Social Movements in China and Hong Kong: The Expansion of Protest Space. Amsterdam University Press. p. 56. ISBN 9789089641311. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Lo, Shiu Hing (2008). The Dynamics of Beijing-Hong Kong Relations: A Model for Taiwan?. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN 9789622099081. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Civil Human Rights Front Civil Human Rights Front Police Powers Monitoring Group’s Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, 11 March 2013
External links
- Civil Human Rights Front (in Chinese)
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