====== Chinese Urgent Action Working Group ======

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The **Chinese Urgent Action Working Group (中国维权紧急援助组)**, also known as **China Action**, was a non-governmental organization based in [[China:Beijing]], [[China]]. It now operates as [[Safeguard Defenders]] based out of [[spain:Madrid]], [[Spain]].

===== History =====

China Action was founded in early 2009 by [[Michael Caster]] and [[Peter Dahlin]].((//Who?// Peter Dahlin. Retrieved April 20, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230420004526/https://www.peterjdahlin.com/who)) ((//About Us.// Chinese Urgent Action Working Group | 中 国 维 权 紧 急 援 助 组 . Retrieved September 3, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20130903040416/http://www.china-action.org/ABOUTUS.aspx)) ((//About Us.// Safeguard Defenders. Retrieved December 2, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.12.02-145421/https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/about-us)) 

In 2016, the Chinese government shut down China Action and forced Dahlin to relocate to Madrid.((Small, R. (2022, December 8). //NGO says it uncovered more Chinese police stations in Canada.// Western Standard. http://archive.today/2023.04.20-021202/https://www.westernstandard.news/bc/ngo-says-it-uncovered-more-chinese-police-stations-in-canada/article_fdcb3ac2-773c-11ed-8cfc-5fa0deed9d45.html))

===== Organization =====

==== Funding ====

China Action was funding by the [[National Endowment for Democracy]] (NED) and the [[European Union]].((Wong, E. (2016, July 9). //Inside China’s Secret 23-Day Detention of a Foreign Nonprofit Chief.// The New York Times. http://archive.today/2016.10.07-185550/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/world/asia/china-ned-ngo-peter-dahlin.html?_r=0))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130903072624/http://www.china-action.org/HOME.aspx|Website (archived)]]
  * [[https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/chinese-urgent-action-working-group/|White Rose Wiki]]