Safeguard Defenders
History
Safeguard Defenders was co-founded by Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin in late 2016.1) 2) The pair had previously worked together as part of the Chinese Urgent Action Working Group.3) Known as “China Action” for short, the organization started operations in early 2009 and operated for almost ten years.4) In 2016, the Chinese government shut down China Action and forced Dahlin to relocate to Madrid.5)
The group reformed into Safeguard Defenders, commencing operations in late 2016.6) A new version of the organization was registered in Spain on June 13, 2019 under the corporate name Fundacion Safeguard Defenders.7)
Organization
Personnel
| Safeguard Defenders - Team8) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Notes |
| Peter Dahlin | Co-Founder and Director | Chinese Urgent Action Working Group |
| Michael Caster | Co-Founder and Senior Adviser | Chinese Urgent Action Working Group, Minority Rights Group International (MRG), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| Dinah Gardner | Research Director | - |
| Laura Harth | Campaign Director | Apple Daily |
| Zhang Zhiming | Coordinator | - |
| Chen Yen-ting | Coordinator | Radio Free Asia, Apple Daily, Initium |
| Jing-Jie Chen | Campaigner and Researcher | - |
| Wang Mang | Coordinator | - |
| Liu Zhiqiang | Coordinator | - |
| Wang Xiao | Coordinator | - |
External links
1)
Hale, E. (2021, December 2). Why the Women’s Tennis Association rallied for Peng Shuai. Al Jazeera. https://web.archive.org/web/20230420003927/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/2/why-the-wta-rallied-to-the-defence-of-peng-shuai
2)
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About Us. Safeguard Defenders. Retrieved December 2, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.12.02-145421/https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/about-us
3)
Who? Peter Dahlin. Retrieved April 20, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230420004526/https://www.peterjdahlin.com/who
4)
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
5)
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
7)
Disposición 8052 del BOE núm. 195 de 2020. (2020, July 17). Boletín Oficial Del Estado. https://web.archive.org/web/20220425203236/https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2020/07/17/pdfs/BOE-A-2020-8052.pdf