Chinese Urgent Action Working Group
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 Beijing, China. It now operates as Safeguard Defenders based out of Madrid, Spain.
History
China Action was founded in early 2009 by Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin.1) 2) 3)
In 2016, the Chinese government shut down China Action and forced Dahlin to relocate to Madrid.4)
Organization
Funding
China Action was funding by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the European Union.5)
External links
1)
Who? Peter Dahlin. Retrieved April 20, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230420004526/https://www.peterjdahlin.com/who
2)
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
3)
About Us. Safeguard Defenders. Retrieved December 2, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.12.02-145421/https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/about-us
4)
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
5)
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