Civil Human Rights Front

Civil Human Rights Front

民間人權陣線
File:Tsim Sha Tsui - 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Hong Kong - 2008-05-02 09h23m08s SN207008.jpg Members of the Civil Human Rights Front protesting near Tsim Sha Tsui on the day of 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay
Abbreviation	CHRF
Formation	13 September 2002 (2002-09-13)
Type	NGO
Key people	Johnson Yeung Ching-yin (楊政賢) (Convener) Icarus Wong Ho-yin (王浩賢) Jimmy Sham (岑子杰) Andrew Shum Wai-nam (沈偉男)
Website	http://www.civilhrfront.org/ (Chinese only)

Civil Human Rights Front
Traditional Chinese	民間人權陣線
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Man4 gaan1 Jan4 kyun4 Zan6 sin3 Yale Romanization Màhn gāan Yàhn kyùhn Jahn sin

Civil Human Rights Front or CHRF (Chinese: 民間人權陣線) is an organisation that focuses on the issues of Hong Kong politics and livelihood, affiliates almost all the pan-democratic camps in Hong Kong. Forty-eight NGOs and political groups have been involved in the organisation as of January 2006. The most well-known event held by the CHRF is the Hong Kong 1 July marches.

Organisational development

Civil Human Rights Front was founded on 13 September 2002, with the aim to provide a platform consolidating voices and powers from various groups and spectrum of the societies in order to advance the development in the human and civil rights movements.

The initial aim was to focus on the enactment of the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law. After the protest in 2003, the organisation started to diversify its mandate, to include issues such as equal opportunities and authorities given to the police.

External links

• Civil Human Rights Front (in Chinese)