Safeguard Defenders

Short description: Human rights organization based in Spain

Safeguard Defenders

Formation| 2019
Founder|

* Peter Dahlin
* Michael Caster

Founded at| Madrid, Spain
Type| Nonprofit, NGO

VAT ID no.

| G88426192
Legal status| Foundation
Purpose| Human rights activism
Location|

* Madrid, Spain

Website| {{{1}}}

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 China.

In October 2022, Safeguard Defenders published a report on China's Ministry of Public Security's clandestine police stations around the world.[6][7]

In November 2022, NewsGuard reported that a pro-Chinese government disinformation campaign on Twitter had been launched against it.[8]

## See also

* Human rights in China
* Forced confession

## References

1. ↑ Hale, Erin (2021-12-02). "Why the Women's Tennis Association rallied for Peng Shuai". https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/2/why-the-wta-rallied-to-the-defence-of-peng-shuai.
2. ↑ Wong, Edward (2016-01-21). "China Uses Foreigners' Televised Confessions to Serve Its Own Ends" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/world/asia/china-confession-cctv.html.
3. ↑ "瑞典人彼得·達林：我在中國上電視認罪，《1984》噩夢成為現實" (in zh-Hant). https://theinitium.com/article/20180709-opinion-luosiling-peter-dahlin-forced-confession/.
4. ↑ "Disposición 8052 del BOE núm. 195 de 2020". https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2020-8052.
5. ↑ "About Us". http://www.china-action.org/ABOUTUS.aspx.
6. ↑ "China mantiene al menos nueve 'comisarías clandestinas' en España" (in es). 2022-10-26. https://www.abc.es/internacional/china-mantiene-nueve-comisarias-clandestinas-espana-20221026112950-nt.html.
7. ↑ "China, acusada de tener 'comisarías' clandestinas en el exterior para detener a disidentes" (in es). 2022-10-26. https://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20221026/8582575/china-acusada-comisarias-exterior-detener-disidentes.html.
8. ↑ Sabin, Sam (29 November 2022). "New pro-China disinfo Twitter campaign zeros in on critical NGO". Axios. https://www.axios.com/2022/11/29/pro-china-disinfo-twitter-safeguard-defenders.

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