Safeguard Defenders

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 which monitors disappearances in China. It was co-founded by Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin.[1][2][3] Founded in June 2019 in Madrid, Spain, it operates as a private foundation.[4]

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]

In October 2022, Safeguard Defenders published a report on China's Ministry of Public Security's clandestine police stations around the world.[7][8]

In November 2022, NewsGuard reported that a pro-Chinese government disinformation campaign on Twitter had been launched against it.[9]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  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.